But starting with tonight's season opener against Dallas, fans who want to take in such "Hundleyisms" as "good if it goes" and "you gotta love it baby" will have to turn down the TV and turn up the radio.

In a move that brings the Jazz in line with the rest of the NBA, Utah will no longer simulcast Hundley's voice during radio and TV coverage. Starting this season, Craig Bolerjack and Ron Boone will handle the announcing duties for KJZZ TV and Fox Sports Net Utah, and Hundley will only be featured on 1320 AM.

Hundley said given the choice, he'll always be a radio guy.

"I don't think I can keep quiet while the ball is going up and down the court," Hundley said. "That is just the way it is."

It has been that way since 1974, when Hundley joined the Jazz in New Orleans. Previously, he worked in Los Angeles with legendary broadcaster Chick Hearn, and in Phoenix. Hearn, the voice of the Lakers who coined such phrases as "slam-dunk" and "air ball," taught Hundley much of what he knows and has incorporated into his own style.

"Working with him was like going to school," Hundley said. "A lot of what I use, like 'the frozen rope' and 'good if it goes,' are from him."

Listening to games on the radio is now almost a thing of the past, with the popularity of TV and now pay-per-view games. Utah's move to separate broadcasts leaves Seattle as the only team still simulcasting games - much to the dismay of NBA officials, who have pressured teams to split the two.

"We'll see how long they can hold out," said Randy Rigby, the general manager of KJZZ-TV. "We were under a lot of pressure to split the two. . . . With radio, there is just too much talking because you have to describe what is going on, so you're restricted on how much analysis you can make."

Still, probably very few Jazz fans hear the phrase "Stockton to Malone" in their heads in something other than Hundley's gruff voice.

Such a strong association is why Bolerjack won't try to emulate any of Hundley's tendencies.

"Broadcasting on the radio is an art because you have to paint a picture," Bolerjack said. "I'm just acting as a traffic cop for the fans. You have to let them take a breath. A lot of them are knowledgeable about the game, and you have to be careful that you don't step over them."

Bolerjack is no stranger to the Salt Lake market, having served as a sports anchor for KSL-TV from 1985 to 1998.