Dan Roberts is an American

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best known for his work for the

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of the

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. He has held this position since 1979, the entirety of the team's stay in Utah, and is the longest tenured PA announcer in the NBA. Throughout each Utah Jazz game, Roberts is known to address the Delta Center crowd by asking, "How 'bout this jazz?". His favorite Jazz basketball player is

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, whose baskets he announced by saying, "The Mailman delivers!" Dan's son, Jeremy, is also a PA Announcer, having worked for several professional and college teams since 1998. He fills in for Dan on the few occasions he misses a game; to date Dan has missed fewer than 10 games in 41 years as the Jazz announcer. Before joining the Jazz, Roberts was the public address announcer for

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. He called the 1979 national championship game featuring

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and

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. Dan has also done radio, as well as voice overs for numerous television and radio commercials. On September 13, 2024, it was announced that Dan would be retiring after the 2024-2025 NBA seaso

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