Naz Mitrou-Long knew when he went on a two-way contract earlier this season, it was likely a short-term deal. So he wasn’t surprised after three weeks when he was waived. He was surprised, however, to learn that the Jazz were using his spot to pick up Georges Niang — his former teammate and roommate at Iowa State.
The two are so close, Niang drove up from Santa Cruz in December just in hopes of seeing Mitrou-Long play. So when he learned he was coming to Utah, he called up Mitrou-Long to make sure there were no hard feelings.