When Rayjon Tucker got the call from agent Mark Bartelstein last Monday night, around 9 or 10 p.m. by his recollection, confirming that he’d be getting a fully guaranteed NBA contract from the Utah Jazz, the first thing the 22-year-old did, naturally, was call his mom.
It didn’t go exactly how he envisioned — her reaction evolving over the course of multiple hours and three phone calls.
“She had three stages, which was really funny,” Tucker recounted. “The first time I called her, she was kinda relaxed, chill, she was like, ‘Yeah, you worked hard, you deserve this.