Before working out for the Utah Jazz on Thursday morning at the Zions Bank Basketball Campus, Marial Shayok had a little bit of insider intel.
After transferring from Virginia and sitting out a year, he spent his senior year playing for Iowa State, so he knows Georges Niang and Naz Mitrou-Long a little bit.
“I spoke to Georges a few days ago — he wished me well, said he was proud of me and to keep going, keep working hard. It was good to hear from him. It’s always love,” Shack said after completing his workout. “… Obviously Naz, being from Canada, we have a connection, so we’re pretty close.