It was around 7 a.m. and Mike Conley found himself standing in line holding his son’s hand. Just like the other parents standing around him doing the same thing, Conley was half asleep but embracing the moment of normalcy as he was dropping his kids off at school.
It was a special moment for him because beginning on Tuesday—and running ideally through the end of June—Conley’s life will be anything but normal.
But before the season gets underway on Oct. 20, Utah held its annual media day at Vivint Arena on Monday morning.
In a way very fitting of Conley’s morning, the theme of family and chemistry were preached from nearly every player’s mouth throughout the day—and for good reason.