From Iowa State to ice baths in the bubble, Matt Thomas and the Utah Jazz have some history together
The guard just acquired from the Raptors was a college teammate and buddy of Georges Niang, and got to know some other Jazz players on the Disney World campus this past summer.
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Utah Jazz forward Georges Niang (31) welcome newcomer Utah Jazz guard Matt Thomas (21) off the court during a timeout as the Utah Jazz host the Memphis Grizzlies, Mar. 27, 2021 at Vivint Arena.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.