Memphis, Tenn. • The Utah Jazz did not hold a traditional pregame shootaround Friday morning before playing the Grizzlies. But point guard Mike Conley nevertheless showed up to the FedEx Forum that morning, having agreed to meet with members of the media he’d dealt with over the previous dozen years as a member of the Grizzlies for his first return back to the city.
As he emerged from the tunnel flanked by Jazz PR members, he stopped to greet by name some employees of the organization, and workers in the arena, and even some of those aforementioned reporters.