DALLAS — Utah Jazz star rookie Donovan Mitchell couldn’t have been more excited recently to have a photo taken with a motivational speaker, an author, a former tractor collector, and a truck driver.
Those four guys are also known by their real names: Mark Eaton, John Stockton, Jerry Sloan and Karl Malone.
Mitchell’s fun photo op with the four franchise legends — all of whom have banners raised in the arena's rafters in their honor — happened Tuesday night when Stockton and Malone attended the Jazz's home game against the Atlanta Hawks. Stockton’s son David is on a 10-day contract with Utah, so his dad and godfather took the opportunity to come watch him and his team.