As an aspiring hooper growing up in Holladay, Nick Paulos was a "huge Jazz fan." So with Jerry Sloan watching from the stands on Wednesday morning, Paulos felt more than a few nerves as he worked out for his local team.
"It was kind of a surreal moment to see Utah Jazz across my chest," said Paulos, a former Olympus High School standout who just finished his collegiate career at the University of North Carolina Greensboro.
An All-State selection in high school, Paulos' basketball career took him to a New Hampshire prep school and ultimately onto UNC Greensboro, where he averaged 10.