Rather than swallow, however, Sloan proceeded to chew out those responsible.

"I was promised," he said. "They said, 'You don't have one thing to worry about ... There's not going to be one thing that's going to be a problem.' So, where you go?"

Beyond access to strategy, which is supposed to be banned by a league censor working with the network, one of Sloan's major concerns is that what he says to (and, presumably, about) certain individuals might be made public.

"Sometimes you make comments, maybe, to the official, you wouldn't like heard," he said.

If the NBA demands that he wear the microphone during play, Sloan said, he will abide by the orders.

"It's what you have to do, I guess," he said. "The rules are the rules."

Not that he especially likes the rule.

"There's more and more access to everything we do," said Sloan, who some may believe began coaching the Jazz before microphones were invented.

"Some people ... want us to be involved in everything. That's not bad, probably, to a certain extent," he added. "But you kind of feel invaded, a little bit, as far as coaching is concerned."

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