Miye Oni’s performance in Saturday night’s preseason game doesn’t jump off the stat sheet: nine points on 4-of-7 shooting from the field, five rebounds, three assists in 18 minutes.
But given the position in which he was put, that qualifies as a major success. Yes, Oni stood out by not seeming out of place, even as he shared lineups with Joe Ingles, Royce O’Neale, Ed Davis and Jeff Green. There are obviously qualifiers — the biggest being that the Jazz were playing against Adelaide, an Australian National Basketball League team — but Oni played well.
“It was a good experience, getting to play with the older guys,” Oni said.