FILE: The Salt Lake City Stars' Naz Mitrou-Long (#3) plays in an NBA G league basketball game against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers at the Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City on Monday, Nov. 27, 2017.
SALT LAKE CITY — Friday night was supposed to be a homecoming of sorts for Naz Mitrou-Long.
The two-way player for the Utah Jazz and Salt Lake City Stars played collegiately at Iowa State, and the Stars were set to open their season on the road against the Iowa Wolves in Des Moines, with Mitrou-Long primed to be a major contributor for the G League team this season.