Mike Conley and Donovan Mitchell, the Utah Jazz’s new and vaunted backcourt, want to hit the ground running when the two take the court together come October.
So while the trade bringing Conley to Utah hasn’t even been completed yet — it won’t be until at least July 6, when the NBA’s moratorium ends — the work between the two star guards has already begun in earnest.
This week, they worked out together with NBA skills development trainer Chris Johnson in Los Angeles. The two guards took turns weaving through pop-up defenders, chaining dribble moves together to get to the rim.