SALT LAKE CITY — Royce O’Neale arrived in Salt Lake City during the summer of 2016 for the fourth annual Utah Jazz free-agent mini-camp, just three days after his 23rd birthday.
After not being selected in the 2015 NBA Draft, the Baylor product was one of 30 prospects that accepted an invite for the two-day event on June 8-9.
Let’s just say the rest is history as mini-camp player No. 77 put on a show at the Jazz practice facility.
Bart Taylor, Utah’s director of scouting and Salt Lake City Stars vice president of operations, was in attendance and can certainly attest to the now folklore tale.