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Treveon Graham signs with Utah Jazz

Graham posted this photo on his Instagram tonight of him signing his first NBA contract with the Utah Jazz.
Graham posted this photo on his Instagram tonight of him signing his first NBA contract with the Utah Jazz.

Tonight Treveon Graham posted the selfie all aspiring ballers hope to one day post on their Instagram accounts, the one where he is signing an NBA contract.

Contract details aren’t known at this point but the picture clearly shows Graham signing a document labeled National Basketball Association Player Contract and with Graham’s personal caption beneath reading, “All my life I been dreaming of this moment and it has finally came … Just want to thank everyone that have been behind me from the beginning #dreamchasin #OKE #blessed #utahjazz”.

Graham led last season’s Atlantic 10 champion VCU team with 16.2 points per contest and finished as VCU’s second all-time leading scorer behind Eric Maynor, coincidentally drafted by the Utah Jazz with the 20th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft.

Graham went undrafted in the 2015 Draft but received an invitation to participate in this year’s NBA Summer League with the San Antonio Spurs where he averaged 7.9 points in his 15.6 minutes per contest, finishing with 17 points against the Jazz in Las Vegas. He finished his time with the Spurs by posting a 22-point statement in a Summer League Championship win on 7-11 shooting against the Phoenix Suns.

A two-time graduate of VCU (School of the Arts '07, Center for Sport Leadership '10), Mat is a co-founder of VCU Ram Nation and a longtime fan as the ...