Louisville basketball fans already had a big reason to cheer for the Utah Jazz with former Cardinal Donovan Mitchell becoming an overnight star during the 2017-18 season. So when the Jazz signed Trey Lewis this summer league, after several seasons of dominating in Germany, Louisville essentially turned into a branch of “Jazz Nation.”
As someone who follows the NBA pretty closely, I knew that the Jazz signing Lewis meant little to nothing about his long term future in the NBA. However it did represent hope and a chance for the three year pro to prove he belonged. After going undrafted in 2016 following one season with Louisville in which he averaged 11.