SALT LAKE CITY — Sounds of balls bouncing and sneakers squeaking echoed throughout West High on Monday morning as 140 kids were engaged in basketball drills when Royce O’Neale casually strolled into the gymnasium.
Fresh off celebrating his 26th birthday not even two weeks earlier on June 5, the Utah Jazz wing was excited to be back in Utah for an appearance at the Jazz Youth Camps and Clinics' Rookie Camp session before hitting the road for the annual Junior Jazz Summer Road Trip.
“Just to put a smile on their face is good,” O’Neale said, while surveying action in the gym.