Deron and Locke give us a Chinese history lesson.

by Basketball John on Aug 28, 2008 12:17 PM MDT Comment 9 comments

Locke interviews (mp3) a hammered Deron Williams. They go over topics such as the length of the Great Wall, Deron's golfing, and hanging out with LeBron (Coming Summer of 2010 to the Utah Jazz!) and more.

These interviews always seem like Deron is uninterested. But from previous interviews, Williams seems to always be like that. And I think Shums said that they would rock/paper/scissors to see who would have to interview him. But added to the fact that Deron still has a timezone hangover, it's even better. The best quote was when Locke asked him what the gold medals look like. Deron's reply,

Gold, round.

Sounds like a Fess response. And at the end, Locke asked him if he "hooped" that day. Deron asked, "Did I hoop?" It sounded like the stereotypical white guy trying to use cool lingo while talking to a black guy exchange.

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Can't stand Locke

I remember Locke doing these interviews. I always felt like there was a ton of awkward silence. Like you mention, D-Will seems totally disinterested the whole time. It’s cool to hear him talk but at the same time it’s about as dry as toast.

I have a hard time listening to Locke. The guy is so full of himself and priding himself on numbers. When he first came back I liked listening to him, but then after a while I came to the point that he was more annoying than informative.

by P_Dizzle on Aug 28, 2008 1:00 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

wasn't me

we’ve never rocked off for the privilege of interviewing D-Will. But he’s definitely not the world’s best interview. He’s pretty careful about what he says on the record. He’s not as bad once the cameras and such are off.

I'll make it.

by Shums on Aug 28, 2008 1:19 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

Someone said it.

Let me look it up.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Aug 28, 2008 1:23 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Found it on my old site.

Don’t know why I thought it was you Shums. Here’s the link, http://www.basketballjohn.com/2008/05/02/did-i-just-say-that-out-loud/#comments. It was a guy from Illinois.

This is from his “I f#$%*ing hate that guy” slip he had.

SLCDunk.com, The Utah Jazz on SBNation

by Basketball John on Aug 28, 2008 2:04 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Williams should oust Locke like Malone did...

Remember when Malone wouldn’t do interviews because Locke was on the air? I think that was the case so correct me if I’m wrong. But if my information serves me correct it was Malone that basically forced Locke out of Utah and off 1320… I was sooooo happy to see him leave, but was a little happy when he came back. The guy creates good discussion with his opinionated comments. I do think he’s a stat geek and could liven up the airwaves with better topics and more entertainment. He’s still a slouch, but hey; when you’re on the air in a town with one legit professional sports team then it’s bound to be boring. You can only talk about the Jazz, Cougars, and Utes so much…

After living in Vegas for 6 months and listening to lines on games day after day it was refreshing to here actual sport talk instead of lines, lines, and more lines debated… Granted, I won a lot of money thanks to those lines…

Locke needs to stop trying to be cool… It’s never going to happen buddy!!!

Get some rest Williams, we need ya this year man!!!!

by TWSSO on Aug 28, 2008 2:35 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

locke isn’t so bad when he calms down (i.e. when he interviews people like koc, larry miller, etc.) but is at his worst/unbearable when he tries to be all buddy buddy with dwill.

as for dwill, i think the “disinterested” thing is a locke thing. there are three dwill interviews here:
http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikebasketball/en_US/athletes/hoopstalk
and they all flow well and dwill seems way more chatty and relaxed than he does/is with locke.

by moni on Aug 28, 2008 6:59 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs

thanx for the links

(our) great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit, our system of of credit is privately concentrated, the growth of our nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men... who necessarily, by very reason of their own limitations, chill and check and destroy genuine economic freedom.

We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated governments in the civilized world - no government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

--- Woodrow Wilson

by ptwnblzr on Aug 28, 2008 7:34 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Night and Day.

Deron sounds so different talking to the guy at hoopstalk! Quite comical.

by pmannion on Aug 29, 2008 3:12 PM MDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ha ha.. I can't stand Locke

I think the guy is smart, but he’s so into himself, and he’s such a stat geek that I can’t listen to his show for more than 5 minutes. But it could be worse… Fuchuck could still be on the air.

Whitewater In The Morning

by neff on Sep 2, 2008 6:42 PM MDT reply actions 0 recs