The Memphis Grizzlies may have dropped their second-straight game of the 2023 Las Vegas Summer League Wednesday afternoon, but not every player’s head hung low after the bout.
Following several low-usage performances, heading into their outing against the Los Angeles Clippers, first-year two-guard Nathan Hoover received word from SL head coach Vitaly Potapenko that he’d be receiving a starting nod.
Following the contest, when asked by Grizzlies reporter Kelcey Wright what the emotions were for the Tennessee-born talent to be inserted into the first five lineup for his “hometown team,” the 26-year-old admitted that he was “on cloud nine.