Golden State Warriors newcomer Jonas Jerebko recently admitted that he was caught a bit off guard by the Utah Jazz's decision to cut him last summer. After a solid season with the team, the 31-year-old was expecting that he was going to remain as a Jazz player entering the new season.

In an interview with Raul Barrigon of HoopsHype, Jerebko explained how his summer turned out to be a roller coaster of emotions, and how delighted he was with eventually signing with the defending champs.

“I thought I was going to be [in Utah],” he admits. “We made the playoffs, I think I played well so I was expecting to come back to the Jazz. But you know, this is also a business. Coach [Quin Snyder] called me and told me that there wasn’t a lot of minutes at my position. But right after I knew I was going to be waived, my agent [Bill Duffy] called me and told me that the Golden State Warriors were interested. I kinda told him, ‘We don’t really need to hear anything else’. That’s where I wanted to go. I got lucky. You must be playing good basketball when the world’s best team wants you to join them.”

Jerebko went on to share his experience in the buildup to the Warriors' opening week matchup against the Jazz.

“It’s always a little extra when you get to play against your former teammates, especially when you played there last year,” explains Jerebko. “I had a great time there, I love that team, I love my old teammates and all that, but obviously I wanted to win that game bad. I must have said that probably more than 10 times [to my teammates] in practice, in shootarounds. All the time I was mentioning ‘I want to win this game’. I just came into the game with a lot of energy. Steve gave me the opportunity to play, my teammates put me in great positions and I managed to get my hands on that last tip to win the game, which is awesome. It was an amazing feeling.”

Jerebko certainly reminded the Jazz what they had missed out on after he sank the game-winning tip-in in said contest, which surely quenched his desire for some form of revenge.

Nonetheless, all is well that ends well for Jerebko. He definitely can't complain about his current situation, as the Swede now has his first NBA championship within arms reach.