Daily Mountaineer Minute 06.28.2025 Afternoon: Javon Small Introduced to Memphis Grizzlies
FANS LEARNED THAT JAVON SMALL WAS COMING TO MORGANTOWN FROM OKLAHOMA STATE…OF COURSE THERE WAS EXCITEMENT AT THAT ANNOUNCEMENT BUT I DON’T THINK ANYONE KNEW WHAT KIND OF YEAR HE WOULD PRODUCE. SMALL WOULD BE SMALL IN NAME ONLY IN MORGANTOWN…ROCKETI NG TO STARDOM WITH 18.6 POINTS PER GAME TO CHARGE THE MOUNTAINEERS THIS PAST SEASON CAPTURING THE HEARTS OF W-V-U FANS EVERYWHERE. JUST AS HE MADE AN IMPRESSION ON THE OLD GOLD AND BLUE…YESTERDAY HE MADE HIS FIRST IMPRESSION ON THE GRIT AND GRIND OF THE MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES AFTER BEING SELECTED 48TH OVERALL. SMALL WAS ONE OF THE THREE NBA DRAFT PICKS INTRODUCED TO THE MEDIA AND HE MADE IT CLEAR, THE BEARS ON BEALE STREET FOUND THEMSELVES A DAWG. (JAVON SMALL) “JUST PLAYING WITH THAT CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER. ME PERSONALLY, I’VE NEVER REALLY BEEN PICKED FIRST OR SECOND, AND PROBABLY NOT EVEN THIRD. SO, I’VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE I’VE GOT SOMETHING TO PROVE ON THE COURT. IF I’VE GOT TO SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF EMOTION, GET IN SOMEBODY’S FACE OR GET A LITTLE ROWDY TO HYPE MYSELF UP AND GET INTO THAT DOG MODE, THEN THAT’S WHAT I’LL DO.” JAVON SMALL ISN’T THE FIRST MOUNTAINEER TO BE DRAFTED BY MEMPHIS…IN FACT HE ISN’T THE FIRST MOUNTAINEER NAMED JEVON TO BE DRAFTED BY MEMPHIS. HE FOLLOWS JEVON CARTER WHO WENT TO THE GRIZZLIES BACK IN 2018. JAVON SMALL WILL TAKE THE FLOOR IN THE NBA SUMMER LEAGUE WITH THE GRIZZLIES STARTING JULY 10. BUT UNTIL THEN, THAT’S THE LATEST ON THE MOUNTAINEERS. IN MORGANTOWN, I’M JOHN LOWE.
Daily Mountaineer Minute 06.28.2025 Afternoon: Javon Small Introduced to Memphis Grizzlies
