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When an NBA player is traded most don’t know the day and the hour that it’ll happen. For Mike Conley, he was on a plane flight to see his mom in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Conley wouldn’t find out until he got off the plane.
“I was actually traveling to my mom’s house in Fayetteville, Arkansas and got off the plane and found out I had been traded. It happened so quick. I kinda expected it, but once it happened, all of the emotions and feelings came in.”
“After about 35 minutes or so, it all settled in and I’m really excited about the new opportunity.”
New @utahjazz point guard Mike Conley makes his first public comments since the trade at the NBA Awards Show. pic.twitter.com/ScJqxHKaTF
— Dana Greene (@dana_greene) June 25, 2019
Mike Conley, on when he learned about the trade: "I was actually traveling to my mom's house in Fayetteville, Arkansas and got off the plane & found out I had been traded. It happened so quick. I kinda expected it, but once it happened, all of the emotions and feelings came in."
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) June 25, 2019
Conley, cont. "After about 35 minutes or so, it all settled in and I'm really excited about the new opportunity.
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) June 25, 2019
To put the whole city of Utah to rest, Mike Conley had this to say, “It was an honest mistake! I was rushing when I was typing it, I was in a place where I couldn’t use my my phone... It’ll be my last turnover I promise.”
Conley on "city of Utah": "It was an honest mistake! I was rushing when I was typing it, I was in a place where I couldn't use my phone... It'll be my last turnover I promise"
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) June 25, 2019
Interviewer: "If you bring a championship to the city they'll forget about it"
Conley: "That's the plan"
Mike Conley is REALLY excited to get going in Utah, “It’s crazy! I’m thinking about it the opposite way, me coming there and the guys they already have in place, they were already there and I’m just trying to blend in. It’s just an honor and humbling that people feel that way about me.”
Conley, cont. "I'm just going to bring what I can to the team and give ourselves that chance."
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) June 25, 2019
On the roster Mike Conley was very complimentary. He believes the team is going to mesh well and it’ll be a seamless fit. He was very complimentary of Royce O’Neale—and guess what Exum Islanders—Dante Exum as well.
What Mike Conley thinks about his new team: pic.twitter.com/F9PpyOw6Zh
— Andy Larsen (@andyblarsen) June 25, 2019