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Andy Larsen

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4 years

Bucks player Sterling Brown had a knee to his neck and was punched by Milwaukee PD for parking incorrectly. Former Buck John Henson had the cops called on him while shopping for jewelry, just for being black. This is personal to them.

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This is Jazz equipment manager Adam Klauke... after the Jazz beat the Bucks 132-116.

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JAZZ WIN!!!

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Kyle Korver scrum ends. Then Kyle interjects: "Can I just say one more thing?" Cameras come back, mics turn back on. Then he delivers this soliloquy about Donovan Mitchell.

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1 year

NBA players with 70 dunks and 70 3s this year: 1. Lauri Markkanen 2. nobody else

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4 years

I tested negative.

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10 months

Respectfully, if Damian Lillard wanted to play in Miami, period, he should not have signed an extension to play for Portland through 2027. Period.

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10 months

News: Regarding report about message to non Heat teams, Lillard's agent, Aaron Goodwin, tells me: "I do what I should for my client. Some teams I did call. Other teams have called me. It's a respectful relationship with most teams. Truthfully, he wants to play in Miami. Period."

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4 years

They’re now wiping down the Jazz’s bench area.

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4 years

Obviously, multiple former teammates of Thabo Sefolosha, who had his leg broken by NYPD (!!!) are on the Bucks.

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1 year

Just poor refereeing from Ismail Elfath there. Worse VARing from Armando Villarreal. The best refs MLS has to offer.

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6 years

“Has beef with random teenagers” nearly ended me

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@TheNBACentral @CroesFire Basically... the advanced stats all favor Kessler, and I've always been an analytically-oriented voter. I think I would have made this vote even if I covered another team. Here's where the rookies rank in EPM, and here's what I wrote in explaining my vote.

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2 years

This happened in Utah… Duke played BYU yesterday. We must admit that we have a racism problem in Utah and take action against it.

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4 years

C.J. McCollum on the foul: “It cost us a game. We’re competing for a playoff spot. The explanation I got pissed me off... makes me think you’re not capable of doing the job the way you’re supposed to. Which means you should be reprimanded and you should be fined accordingly.”

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6 years

Donovan Mitchell on why his finishing has improved so much this year: "It's easier to watch film when you don't have 5 classes to study for."

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3 years

Every Utah fan who has whined for years that "The Jazz get no respect!!!!!!!!!" has just been proven correct in 24 hours, this is incredible

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4 years

On the Rudy Gobert microphone incident: at the time, I actually took it as a measure of support for the media. We were being told to keep 6-8 feet away from them on the assumption that we might infect a player. I thought it was Rudy thumbing his nose at the separation between us.

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4 years

After scoring 30, Jordan Clarkson was set to check back in with about 4 minutes left, but he had a conversation with Quin Snyder where Clarkson told Snyder to "Let them rock." "We were playing well. We were scoring and rotating defensively. I did my role... Let them rock."

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4 years

@BensHoops Did he say Monday like Mun-dee too??

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4 years

New story: Jazz head coach Quin Snyder donated $500 2x to GOP congressional candidate Burgess Owens, who has spoken against BLM and NBA players' protests. I tried to dig in to the context around the donations. Snyder and the Jazz declined to comment.

Utah Jazz’s Quin Snyder donated to Burgess Owens, who has criticized the NBA and Black Lives Matter

Utah Jazz coach Quin Snyder gave two donations worth $500 each to Burgess Owens, the Republican candidate in Utah’s tight 4th Congressional District race.

www.sltrib.com

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2 years

Rudy does stuff like this pretty frequently… I know some national folks don’t like him, but he truly is one of the most thoughtful players in the NBA.

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1 year

Man the Miles Bridges news just gross all the way around 1) That Charlotte wants him back 2) That ESPN agreed to a Friday 5 PM ET news dump to minimize PR blowback 3) That ESPN wrote or agreed to write the phrase "his role in an offseason domestic violence case"

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3 years

Mike Conley on Shaq's interview with Donovan Mitchell: "I don't know how you can make a statement like that regarding his progress at such a young age."

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2 years

These are, officially, the Jazz's four jerseys next season:

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4 years

Rudy Gobert was careless about touching things in the locker room because he didn’t think he had coronavirus. He wasn’t in the locker room after feeling sick or after testing positive.

Adrian Wojnarowski

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4 years

Jazz star Donovan Mitchell has tested positive for the coronavirus, league sources tell ESPN. Jazz players privately say that Rudy Gobert had been careless in the locker room touching other players and their belongings. Now a Jazz teammate has tested positive.

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5 years

ESPN says that it’s telecast of the Portland Trail Blazers vs. Utah Jazz game drew a 1.5 metered market rating, up 36 percent from last year’s Lakers vs. Minnesota Timberwolves telecast. They say it’s the highest-rated Christmas game in the late window since 2015, across networks

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3 years

Perhaps the worst officiated game I've ever seen.

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4 years

Donovan Mitchell: "I'd go to war with any one of these guys in the locker room. Any one of these coaches."

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6 years

Donovan Mitchell has 41 points. Gordon Hayward's career high is 40.

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5 years

Full statement from Russell Westbrook on the interaction with a fan at the game tonight:

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3 years

Rudy Gobert's full comments after the game on the way the Jazz are officiated:

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5 years

Rudy Gobert is the league's Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive season.

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3 years

The Jazz now have 100% of the NBA’s Rudys.

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4 years

If I was a coach of a team needing one stop, I’d probably put the Defensive Player of the Year in the game

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4 years

There are so many Utahns who don’t think institutional racism is a real thing.

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4 years

Rudy Gobert’s locker is next to Donovan Mitchell’s, FWIW.

Shams Charania

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4 years

Sources: Donovan Mitchell was the only Jazz player/personnel to test positive for coronavirus out of 58 tests administered on Wednesday night. Remaining tests came back negative.

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4 years

Another addendum to this crazy Jazz/Blazers game: a clock malfunction occurred at the 1:43 mark of the 4th... a whole possession went untimed.

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2 years

Minnesota fans are going to love Gobert, by the way. He really is one of those guys that, when you watch him every day, you start to understand how truly game-changing he is. The analytics get at it too, but he's honestly incredible.

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3 years

I just can’t imagine how Karl-Anthony Towns feels about all of this.

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3 years

Crussell was planning to have a surprising amount of sex at Jazz games this year

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7 years

This is Stockton Malone Shorts. He's the best player in the highest level of Utah high school ball this year. Yes, that's really his name.

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5 years

Donovan Mitchell on Adam Silver's comments that some players are unhappy: "I'm having the time of my life, this is incredible to me. I know there are people in this league who have different feelings... but for me personally, I'm the happiest kid in the world. I love my job."

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2 years

Absolutely the most important Chick-Fil-A moment for the Jazz, ever

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4 years

Donovan Mitchell taking shots in Vivint Arena after the Jazz’s loss:

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3 years

These images of Rudy Gobert that the Jazz just sent us media folk may bring you joy:

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3 years

Georges Niang on the possibility of Joe Ingles passing John Stockton's Jazz 3PM record tonight: "I say we don't pass him the ball. John Stockton's a legend."

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5 years

@OfficialNBARefs So if a player just bobbles the ball from one end of the court to the other, they never have to dribble, coolcoolcool.

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5 years

Rudy Gobert: "I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year."

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1 year

Lauri Markkanen, All-Star Starter, is not something anyone expected at the beginning of this year… what a cool story for him and all of his Finnish fans.

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2 years

FWIW: I'm hearing some pushback regarding the idea that the Jazz are definitely keeping Donovan Mitchell moving forward. Sense is that the Jazz are keeping their options open here: they could retool around Mitchell, or trade him for a massive haul to jumpstart a rebuild.

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4 years

The Jazz are winning a playoff game by 31 points without Mike Conley or Bojan Bogdanovic.

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5 years

I asked Rudy Gobert about Draymond Green’s tweet today. Gobert: “Did he tweet? What did he say? As long as he didn’t post anything on Snapchat, we’re good.”

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5 years

Jazz finishing lineup: Mike Conley, Donovan Mitchell, Joe Ingles, Bojan Bogdanovic, and Rudy Gobert.

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5 years

Rudy Gobert on whether or not the foul called late sending Wade to the line for the game-winning FTs was correct:

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Bogdanovic: "We’ve got to put our ego to the side & trust each other... We really have a great group of guys who aren’t looking for individual stats. Especially Rudy Gobert, having just 1 shot & being the best player on the floor. I don’t know another NBA player who can do that."

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3 years

The league has a huge refereeing problem, friends.

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5 years

Rudy Gobert, postgame: "I just got my ass kicked. I just wasn’t good tonight... Props to coach for putting me on the bench, and putting Fav in, who had a great game.”

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5 years

Gail: please respect our opponents when they come to our arena. *Jimmer comes to town* Gail: okay not that much respect

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3 years

By the way, I hadn't seen anyone fully transcribe Spencer Cox's answer about the Jazz's scholarship program yesterday. Here it is:

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3 years

Rudy Gobert is officially a 3-time Defensive Player of the Year.

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3 years

Looks like it really impacts your championship chances when your point guard isn’t available and your shooting guard’s leg is injured

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1 year

Walker Kessler's 20-20 game is the first in the NBA by a rookie since 2014.

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5 years

Rudy Gobert: “For all the kids watching, you’re basically telling them that defense doesn’t matter, that winning doesn’t matter.”

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6 years

After dumping Papa John's in July, Jazz have announced a 3-year deal with Little Caesars to provide pizza at Vivint Arena. Caesar died a long time ago, so his ability to embarrass the organization is minimal compared to Papa John.

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3 years

Donovan Mitchell said he's participating in the 3-point contest at the All-Star Game this year.

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6 years

James Harden on the Utah Jazz: "Unbelievable. Especially when no one expected them to be in the situation they're in right now. The sky is the limit for them."

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3 years

Jazz are going to be motivated after the All-Star break, wow

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3 years

Hey guys, I have a really hot take: Salt Lake City is, like, a very very very good city.

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3 years

Two bad calls in that minute meant Clippers went +5. But an early terrible call meant Jazz don't have a challenge left. Coaches who win their challenges should get them back.

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3 years

Also, what Donovan Mitchell is doing on one leg right now is one of the most impressive things I've ever seen on a basketball court

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2 years

Jordan Clarkson gives every Jazz media member a handshake on the way out of his postgame press conference.

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2 years

Snyder was the fourth-longest tenured coach in the NBA, only the fifth coach in Utah Jazz history. He took a team that was last in the Western Conference and took them to first by 2021. I think this is a significant loss for the club, even if it did feel like the right time.

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Donovan Mitchell: "I'm never one to blame the officials, but this is getting out of hand... the fact that we get continually screwed like this... we won this game, in my personal opinion."

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Will Hardy: "Jordan Clarkson had a 7-point play late, which is exactly what I told him to do."

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Luka Doncic on Rudy Gobert: "Yeah, I mean, I thought I had like three open layups and he came by and I didn't see him coming at all. Very, very long, very good defensive player. He's just tough to play against."

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Jazz GM Dennis Lindsey when he traded Rodney Hood: "I told Rodney today, I hope there’s a playoff game on ABC where Rodney Hood hits a game winning shot. That would tickle me. We’re rooting for him, we care about him, and we wish him the best." It was ESPN, not ABC, but hey.

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3 years

They really did just use the MLE on Favors. He's back, and many many Jazz fans will be thrilled.

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JORDAN CLARKSON GOT THE FIRST JAZZ REGULAR SEASON TRIPLE-DOUBLE SINCE 2008!!! He immediately calls timeout, exhausted. The whole Jazz team crowds around him to celebrate. Crowd goes bonkers.

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Donovan Mitchell on Snyder's 200th win: "This is what attracts us to him so much: When Jae had his game against Boston, giving him a hug. When we won the series against OKC, giving me a hug. It shows the relationship he has with us, and I wouldn’t want to play for anybody else."

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3 years

Looks like Ja Morant’s dad is giving handshakes to Jazz security staff after the game... then he took a photo at half court with his group. Cool of the Jazz to set that up.

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5 years

Rudy Gobert confirms he’s been feeling sick all day, didn’t know he would play. But he has a goal to play all 82, and the training staff allowed him to play. Before vomiting in the locker room, scored 23 points, 17 rebounds, had 3 blocks.

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2 years

I believe that a Kings fan has barfed by the Jazz bench. The Jazz have left that side of the court, the fan has been escorted out of the seats, and crews are cleaning up the mess now. I have not seen this before.

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2 years

NEW STORY: Hassan Whiteside is turning heads wherever he goes around town with a custom $330K six-wheel Jeep/truck mashup. Meet Big Shirley. Why is she called Big Shirley? You’ll have to read the story:

Hassan Whiteside’s truck, Big Shirley, is the Utah Jazz’s biggest kid’s new favorite toy

Hassan Whiteside's truck is a passion project for the new Jazz center — and also earns a lot of attention on Utah roads.

www.sltrib.com

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3 years

Jazz have become the first team in NBA history to make 10 threes in every game in a season. (H/T @danclayt0n for tracking that all year long)

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3 years

Gobert is absolutely DPOY at this point in the season. Just incredible what he's doing.

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2 years

Rudy Gobert on owning a beehive: "There’s a few things. It’s good for the environment, it’s good for the landscape, the flowers, the fruits. And I love honey, so I always wanted to have my own. It’s great. Sometimes there’s some casualties."

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Rich Paul asking reporters to identify him as "CEO Rich Paul of Klutch Sports" is so funny Rich, man, you're fantabulously rich and dating Adele, it's okay

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Rudy Gobert: "When I was a kid, when I said I was going to be a professional player, people were laughing at me. Then when I said I was going to be in the NBA, people were laughing at me. Same when I said I was going to be an All-Star... it's pretty amazing to be there today.”

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3 years

ESPN's article of what the fans said to the Morant family is online, and, well, it's not good:

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4 years

One thought: Rudy Gobert was one of last season's nominees for the Magic Johnson Award, which "recognizes the player who best combines excellence on the court with cooperation with the media and fans." He's honestly been great to work with.

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These are all comments left on the Jazz’s FB page on their statement on the Chauvin guilty verdict. I checked... these weren’t outside trolls, but people with a history of posting Jazz stuff. We can either deny racism exists in our fanbase or we can work to counteract it.

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The Nets stopped paying Deron Williams today. The Jazz had Derrick Favors play for them for 8 and a half years, leave the team AND THEN COME BACK in the time the Nets paid Deron his stretch $

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Ryan Smith: "We're not just going to be anti-racist, we're going to be actively anti-racist. It's one of the things we're going to do, and I'm unapologetic about it."

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2 years

This sounds ridiculous to say, but I think this is the third win of the season that I am, like, very very positive last year's team would have found a way to lose.

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3 years

Donovan Mitchell is making a difference in Utah politics

The GRAMA Podcast

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#utpol Sen. President Adams talking at an ALEC meeting about how they tried to copy a Critical Race Theory bill, but failed because the Donovan Mitchell wasn’t happy. Also says CRT isn’t something we’ve seen a lot of in Utah

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3 years

Unbelievable. Spencer Cox ran on decency and is passing up the chance to be decent. (maybe the governor will reply to this tweet)

Ben Winslow

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JUST IN: In an internet town hall meeting, @GovCox announces he does NOT plan to veto the #utleg 's Redistricting Committee maps (assuming they pass). @fox13 #utpol #Utah

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4 years

I made it home. Thank you to all who made this possible, including the state of Utah and especially the Utah Jazz, for securing our transportation back today. It means everything.

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2 years

It's just absolutely unbelievable. I don't know what else to say. They've done it again. The exact same thing. Again. I mean, when they got the 25-point lead in the third, we kind of joked and laughed about it. Then they did it again. One of the strangest teams ever.

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I think Joe Ingles is going to be awesome on the Bucks.

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