I don’t know when it happened, but at some point Ryan Smith got to walk through the gate we’ve all wanted to walk through. Maybe it was this week? Maybe it was weeks ago? Or maybe it hasn’t happened yet.
What is that gate? It’s the one that let’s you inside everything the Jazz front office is doing. The draft board, free agency plans, coaching decisions, everything. He’ll get to walk through the war room where important decisions and phone calls are made. He’ll find out about the trades that almost happened, and the trades they’re trying to make.