OKLAHOMA CITY — Grayson Allen was glued to the television screen at Donovan Mitchell’s home in Salt Lake City on Wednesday night as his alma mater Duke University was matched up against their rivals, North Carolina.
There was a bunch of trash talk happening between the former college rivals-turned-Utah Jazz teammates, but just 36 seconds into the game that verbal warfare immediately turned into concern as freshman phenom Zion Williamson collapsed to the ground.
“Oh, my gosh,” Allen said, as he sat up immediately, waiting for a replay of the injury.
Then his nerves calmed down once the play didn’t look as gruesome as it did initially during live action.