Former Laker, longtime Jazz broadcaster Hot Rod Hundley dies

Hot Rod Hundley, a former Lakers All-Star player and broadcaster who went on to broadcast Jazz games in New Orleans and Utah for 35 years, died Friday. He was 80.

The Jazz said Hundley, an original member of the Los Angeles Lakers in 1960, died at his home in the Phoenix area.

Hundley broadcast 3,051 Jazz games from 1974-2009. He joined the franchise before its first season in New Orleans in 1974-75 and moved with the team to Salt Lake City in 1979-80.