We’re just a handful of days into the new NBA calendar with preseason play just tipping off this week. And while optimism abounds across the Association — especially in the Utah Jazz’s little corner of the hoops universe — I’ll always be the first guy to advise against overreaction at this early stage in the campaign.
With that being said, allow me to drop a potentially epic overreaction on you: after just one exhibition bout, it looks like the Jazz may have found themselves a real player in rookie wing Miye Oni.
In Utah’s big debut against the NBL’s Adelaide 36ers, Jazz coach Quin Snyder opted to rest his big guns; in the backcourt alone, Donovan Mitchell, Mike Conley and Emmanuel Mudiay all sat out.