TAYLORSVILLE — The tale of Jonathon Simmons never gets old.
You know the one where he turned a $150 NBA D-League tryout into a $20 million contract with the Orlando Magic.
On Saturday afternoon, the Salt Lake City Stars were hoping for their version of that Cinderella story through open tryouts at Bruin Arena on the campus of Salt Lake Community College.
“A Jonathon Simmons is what everyone is looking for,” said Bart Taylor, the Stars’ vice president of basketball operations. “We definitely challenge ourselves every year to try to find that guy.”
Not only were members of the Stars’ G League staff on site, so were Utah Jazz brass — including general manager Dennis Lindsey — as 69 participants showed up to audition for the team.