Ryan Smith

There's nothing you can't do from Utah.

There's nothing you can't do from Denver.

There's nothing you can't do from these places.

And I think that, you know,

We've always had players who've had their best years in Utah.

Always.

Growing up, you look at Hornacek, you look at Boozer, you look at D. Will.

They'll all tell you after the fact, like, I had my best years in Utah.

Why is that?

It's because they could come get locked in.

They could actually do it in...

It's interesting because we're in such a global media market where instead of one or two voices, everyone's got a voice.

And so it's a little bit like we're playing in the United States and we're playing in Europe.

Yeah, there's a difference there.

Yeah.

So, so when we went through this process, like it was, I would, I mean, there's no secret.

I was looking at Minnesota.

I, I, you know, it sold my company to SAP.

You know, I've come from tech.

know spent my whole career in tech didn't do one thing else and everyone's like well what company gonna start next and i was like you guys i want to do hoops play hoops every morning i love going out to boston and just hanging with the angels and like watching hoops with them and i'd go down to summer league and play golf with da and like uh you know i just sit next to him in the suite watching players and i was like this is so fascinating like i'm such a junkie and