Ryan Smith

And I said, well, we probably should talk to Adam.

And Adam called and we were all on the phone together.

He said, hey, we're transitioning the team in Utah and this and that.

And Adam called me back.

It was like we were having another conversation.

It was a little bit like, hey, look, if you're lucky in life, you get to work in the NBA, work in sports.

If you're really, really, really lucky, you can be a governor.

It's like no one gets the team they grew up.

sneaking into the arena and then right they grew up cheering for like this is unheard of and like so it's not lost on me but that's also a lot more weight like i know what it's like to be a jazz fan like like i i had a funny one today we were in the drive i just got back from chicago we were in the combine interview and you know interviewing all the players and i'm sitting there and you know at austin and set all this up it was phenomenal i did a great job and um

but Cam Boozer's in there and I'm, you know, I asked one question because I didn't say much the whole time.

I was kind of auditing the class, but Carlos is also one of our scouts and a little bit like, you know, Carlos could only take us to the Western conference finals.

Like, what do you think you can do?

Right.

And that's the fandom coming out.

Like, I know, I know the pain of not getting over the hump for Utah and so long and being like, when I took over and,

you know, one of the second or third most winningest franchise in the last 30 years without getting over the hump.

It's kind of crazy.

And so, you know, I think the lottery moment for every jazz fans, every jazz fan was like, boy, it's like whatever.

It's just nice to get a little luck.

It's nice to feel.