Jackpotting Around: A Utah Jazz Podcast · Art Cummings and Chad Lowe

Episode 28: The People's Champ - Andy Larsen!

·1 hr 12 min·6 clips

Jazz didn't know about Luka until 45 minutes before.

Andy Larson gets the full People's Champ welcome. Chad Lowe and Art Cummings open with some joking around, then pivot into trade-deadline fallout, the Lakers and Luka reaction cycle, and the general Jazz mess that comes with any big NBA rumor. The show stays loose. Instead of treating every roster question like a final ruling, they use the conversation to test the edges of patience, the front office's patience, and the fan base's tolerance for uncertainty. Then comes the Sophie's Choice game. They ask Andy to weigh which young Jazz players are easiest to move on from, which ones still have the most room to grow, and which ones can survive a rough stretch because the upside is strong enough to keep the door open. Bryce comes up fast. The read on him is straightforward: he can score, but right now that scoring has to do a lot of the work because the rest of his game still leaves holes, especially on defense. Keontae is trickier. The discussion turns to how much he has shown, how much he still needs to sharpen, and whether a future extension could turn into a trade decision if the market and the Jazz ever split on value. Cody and Taylor get more leash. Top-10 draft status buys them patience, but the hosts still weigh health, athletic ceiling, and the simple fact that pedigree only matters if the on-court return starts showing up. Isaiah Collier enters the mix too as another useful stress test for their thinking, since the difference between a fixable weakness and a permanent one changes the whole conversation. Then they try to fix tanking. That part becomes the most practical stretch of the episode, with the hosts trying to imagine a cleaner system while still admitting the current incentives make the whole thing messy. The back half keeps moving through roster construction, draft value, and the cost of holding the wrong player, which is very much the point of this show. The outro is direct: they thank listeners, ask for reviews, mention YouTube, and leave you with the sense that this is a podcast for people who like their Jazz talk honest, argumentative, and a little overcaffeinated.

As heard by us

A loose Jazz conversation that turns roster friction into something worth sitting with.

This one mostly runs as a trade deadline cleanup session with Andy Larson at the center, then widens into a familiar Jazz check-in on how people are reacting to the team.

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Why you'd press play

You want Jazz trade talk that thinks out loud instead of posturing.

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