“Ace Bailey Can Accomplish Everything He Wants In Utah” – Jazz Owner On Shocking 1st Round

“Ace Bailey Can Accomplish Everything He Wants In Utah” – Jazz Owner On Shocking 1st Round

great night last night for the Utah Jazz I assume that’s how the entire organization feels Danny A obviously genius over there You bring in uh so many big brains into every business that you do It feels like you were okay delegating power to other people and trusting the ride How was the room last night whenever you end up with Ace Bailey at five outrageously talented player who may have said that he didn’t want to go to Utah i don’t know if that was just on the internet but that was kind of being speculated And then Walter Clayton Jr the guy of March Madness Had to feel like a great night for the Utah Jazz Ryan Is that accurate yeah it truly was I mean um I think I think we brought in Austin A couple weeks ago and he came out for the press conference from Boston and didn’t leave actually He has not left to go back home to to pack up or anything He has been heads down And I think a couple weeks ago he said “If we can walk out of this draft with Ace Bailey and Walter Clayton that’s exactly what we want to do.” and um the team executed on exactly what they wanted Okay So whenever the chatter about Ace Bailey happens as the owner of the team I assume that is something that you have to take into account uh especially in the modern era of sports What is kind of your thoughts on that particular narrative about Ace uh at five to Utah with everything that’s been said leading up to the draft i mean look I think our philosophy and where we’re at as a team is we want to take the best player on the board and and we love Ace Um I got a chance to talk to Ace and Walter last night and you know all I saw was a kid who was humble he was grateful he was excited um to to be in the NBA Um and I think that’s all you can ask for from our standpoint I mean naturally probably doesn’t have a lot of experience out west here with Utah That’s our job to go make him love it Um I just I’m confident in our state I know that you know he’ll feel love like he’s never felt before People are fired up to have him And reality is there’s nothing that that Ace and others can’t accomplish here And so I think we’ve seen that um with the NBA Finals this year You guys have felt that love You were along for a hell of a ride with with Indie and OKC And um he’s going to do great He’s going to do great and he’s got a young coach who’s fired up about him Um you know he’s got a lot of really smart people around I mean with DA who’s been in the league 46 years um with a with a group of veterans on our team that are also incredibly unselfish and I think that’s really important So he gets a chance to learn but everyone wants this guy to succeed And so we’re we couldn’t be more excited Hell yeah And as I was watching and reading that narrative kind of take place on the internet and I don’t think it was just Utah I didn’t want to I think there was multiple places you know I think it was like considered a conversation about Ace leading up I’m like there’s no way he’s ever been to Utah Ace I want to let you know you and I obviously not same people Uh I had little to no expectation of Utah Just I’m just going to uh let’s keep it a buck uh how it will going out to Utah I was planning on uh doing show hotel room show plane Get me the hell out of here Yep Okay Get me the hell out of here You invited me to a game which is very kind Hey the owner of the Utah Jazz would like you to come to a Utah Jazz game tonight I can’t can’t do that I I got a big schedule big things planned And then uh I think Zitto was like “Hey you should look up who the owner of Utah Jazz is.” I looked it up I saw you and I was like “This is not what I expected out of the Utah Jazz owner at all.” I looked into your story I looked into how you treat people I looked into everything and I was like “Oh I’d love to go hang with this guy.” And what we got a chance to do is experience Utah Walked around downtown got a chance to go out We saw the people We saw the building We experienced everything about it It’s like this place is amazing We we thought about picking up and moving there Like that was that was where we’re at let alone the views and everything else And I think obviously conservative is a word that is thought about Utah but I I think people automatically assume that’s boring It’s like I don’t think your city was boring at all Like I think we had a great D out there you know no A lot of times in life I think the picture in our head can can actually lead us into a really weird spot and it actually limits all the opportunity that’s in front of us I mean growing up as a kid I never thought I would be in enterprise software like that picture of the head just didn’t seem what it is Um you know I’ll never forget D Wade’s quote right when we you know obviously were hoping for you know the draft lottery and everything came out and you know his quote right away is like hey there’s been a lot of killer players picked at number five you know back at where he was And so I think look it’s natural for people to be uncomfortable I think you went down the entire draft board and you’re like okay where’s everyone’s preferred destination it’s probably not the right move for them where they think it is in their head because everything I’ve had in my life that’s good it has never been the picture I had in my head It’s actually always kind of uncommon sense where it comes out and it’s like “Oh that don’t make sense.” And all you want is the ability to accomplish everything and not be held back And that’s what that’s what all these guys are going to get in Utah Let’s not talk about this And by the way And by the way I mean like this this little do this little view like if that’s not good for your mental to get locked in to go to go reach up for something where the air is thin I I don’t know what else Like like we’re we’re in the picture business here Yeah You postcards Postcards brother A lot of those Um yeah you got the mountains in a mountain uh resort view on one side Then you got 2,000 pairs of Jay’s on the other side Utah Utah baby Lake over there We got a basketball operation A great lake Yeah it is a great It’s not a great lake Great lakes are on our side of the country Yeah exactly Okay let’s make Yeah please Homes brother Homes Thank you No problem That’s Michigan right there That’s right I’ll shout out to Erie too You know one fishing up there in Lake Area Superior is a big sunk That’s a big That’s a great lake right there Ontario and Hiron though They hold up their end of the bargain because you can’t spell homes A hoe right there That’s right So that’s why we got the Great Lakes on our side You understand it Ryan You got good lakes over there You got good lakes You got good salt All right let’s move on Let’s move on I think Ace is going to love Utah is all I’m saying And I think you’re like uh if I was going to be a professional athlete you would be the owner that I would or style of owner that I would want to play You are fully invested What were some of the big storylines of last night obviously Ace Bailey goes five to Utah We just talked to Ryan Smith Is that the biggest takeaway from last night or what is it in your eyes from what everybody is talking about there are a few let for sure We can start with Utah Ace Bailey going at five You know what’s crazy a few days before the draft I actually heard Ace Bailey that that was the spot he was destined to go And then you know but classic like in the NFL I’m sure it’s the same way Smoke screens you hear this It’s like every single day it’s a new rumor You hear oh no he’s actually to Washington He’s actually going to go to New Orleans I heard everything in the book but uh I did trust the person I heard that from but you know I went into the draft eyes wide open We’ll see what happens I think I pick four and five there were a lot of conversations about moving back moving up things of that sort none of that happened And once Ace Bailey got to five I wasn’t really that surprised Ace Bailey had a very I think an un an orthodox process but it’s not a a totally different process It’s not the first time a player and his representatives chose to handle it and and really shield him and and keep it private and kind of throw different you know smoke screens in their own way out there to to shield his process Um and whether he got to where he wanted to or not what I was told going into draft night was that he was very comfortable with his process He was very comfortable with the fact that no matter what he does whether he works out with teams or doesn’t work out with teams whether he’s a good Samaritan or isn’t a good Samaritan in the in the team pre-draft form uh he’s going to go somewhere between three and eight And that’s exactly what happened He ends up going five to the Utah Jazz They’re thrilled And I think them getting Walter Clayton Jr I’m sure Ryan Smith and in that organization is through the roof because you had those two guys competitors shot makers shot creators Um those are two good gets

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