SALT LAKE CITY — Like the rest of the world, Mike Conley couldn’t escape the NBA trade rumors and speculation floating around social media for the past few months.
So, as he hopped off the plane to visit family and friends in his hometown last week, he wasn’t necessarily shocked by the news he learned.
“I was actually traveling to my mom’s house in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and got off the plane and found out I had got traded,” Conley told NBA TV Monday on the red carpet ahead of the 2019 NBA Awards.
“It just happened so quick, you kind of expected it but once it happens, all the emotions and feelings come in.