It is the top of an period.
Since 1979, when the Jazz moved from Utah to New OrleansThere was just one voice on the workforce: Dan Roberts. The Utah Jazz introduced Friday that the longtime announcer will retire after the 2024-25 NBA season.
“He is a real skilled and he was all the time prepared. He by no means had a nasty phrase for anybody and I do not assume he ever had a nasty sport.”
Former Utah Jazz coach Frank Layden talks Dan Roberts
Not solely was Roberts the one PA announcer the Jazz ever had, calling over 2,135 video games over 45 seasons, however he was additionally the Utah Stars (ABA) announcer earlier than auditioning for and getting the job with the Jazz.
“Dan is the most effective within the league. His voice defines Jazz basketball and units it other than all others,” former Jazz participant and present radio analyst Ron Boone mentioned in an announcement. “We now have shared greater than 4 a long time as colleagues and buddies, and his voice has been a continuing presence, not just for the followers, however for these of us on the court docket. He all the time has a means of constructing each play bigger than life, and his impression on the Jazz and this group is immeasurable.”
Along with lending his voice to the Utah Stars, Roberts was additionally the voice of the College of Utah males’s basketball workforce within the Seventies and was the in-arena announcer for the legendary 1979 NCAA males’s championship sport in Salt Lake Metropolis, when Magic Johnson’s Michigan State Spartans defeated Larry Chook’s Indiana State Sycamores, 75-64.
The Jazz plan to honor Roberts at house video games in the course of the 2024-25 season. Roberts may even make a number of appearances on the Jazz’s in-house podcast, “The Observe Podcast,” and can be a part of one other particular solid for a to-be-determined away sport for Jazz+.
“It was an honor and a privilege to work with Dan. He made us all higher,” mentioned the previous Jazz Coach Frank Layden mentioned: “He was a real skilled and was all the time prepared. He by no means had a nasty phrase for anybody and I don’t assume he ever had a nasty sport. He made us really feel constructive about ourselves and all the time had a smile on his face. I wish to thank him for sharing his abilities with our nice followers. He’s really one of many all-time greats of Jazz.”
In early 2025, Jazz will start accepting functions for the following public deal with announcer.
