Less than 48 hours after learning he had been traded from Cleveland to Utah, Kyle Korver stepped on the floor on Friday for the first time as a Jazzman in 2018, and immediately hit a three just 12 seconds after entering the game.
But to get Korver to that point was a mammoth undertaking by a team of behind-the-scenes individuals working together to make it possible to put him in a Jazz uniform so quickly, and to set Korver up with a future in Utah for the rest of the season. Here’s how it all happened:
Like most players do, Korver was taking a pregame nap before his Cleveland Cavaliers — the team with the worst record in the NBA — were to face the Oklahoma City Thunder at Chesapeake Energy Arena.