Live broadcast on September 23, malcanin and his wife Verna Aho recently told a story to Eric Walden, a jazz journalist of Salt Lake City Forum.
Marcanin said, “my wife was very excited after knowing that I was traded to jazz. She told me that we had a second chance to go to Salt Lake City. The world was really small.” Although malcanin was traded for the third time in his five-year NBA career, the excitement of going to Utah eased his original sadness.
Malcanin’s coach in high school used to be a star player in the University of Utah-Hano Motora. He was the most famous Finnish playing in NBA at that time. When malcanin decided to play in the United States, he first visited the University of Utah.
“Utah was the place I visited for the first time. I went with my father at that time. I joked with him at that time, ‘do I have to go somewhere else? I feel very comfortable here, and I am confident to stay in Utah. ‘”Malcanin said,” but then I calmed down and made other visits. Finally arrived in Arizona and stayed.”
When talking about the news of the transaction, malcanin said: “This is the first time that this kind of thing happened without any psychological preparation, which is a bit shocking. I didn’t hear anything before, and I didn’t see my name in any trading rumors. This is the emotional side, but I understand that he is a business, so I am not sad. But I was really excited at the beginning, because I really liked Cleveland and thought I found a home there.”
Mark Canin knew that the Timberwolves were chosen for the Bulls the night he was chosen by the Timberwolves. Last summer, when he agreed to renew the contract for four years, he knew it was a move to sign before changing, and he would be traded to Cleveland. But before the Jazz deal was reached, malcanin did not know. After a day or two of shock, he and his wife found that they liked Utah very much.
“The city looks very beautiful, the downtown looks very beautiful, and the surrounding blocks are also very beautiful.” Aho said, “I got excited directly. It was very sad to leave Cleveland. Our children made friends, which was always difficult. But I am very excited.”
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