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Donovan Mitchell: All-NBA BEST Team

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Grade the Trade

  • A+

    Votes: 71 25.5%

  • A

    Votes: 109 39.2%

  • B

    Votes: 60 21.6%

  • C

    Votes: 26 9.4%

  • D

    Votes: 5 1.8%

  • F

    Votes: 7 2.5%
  • Total voters
    278
I just think Garland's shooting has been off and it has affected other aspects of his game. He still has a lot of confidence in himself and I think he's trying too hard to redeem himself in crunch time after he knows he's had a bad game shooting.

He needs to take a step back, break down the film with Donovan right there next to him in the room. They need to work together and understand one another better. DG needs to draw from Donovan's experience and intelligence, and Donovan needs to better understand where DG's head is at in those moments. They just need to figure out the details of how they're going to handle things differently the next time they're in a similar situation.
 
cabs said:
I really hope garland and Mobley develop fast coz it feels this man has entered his prime
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I'm encouraged by Mobley in the last two games. Showing urgency and aggression. He looks more confident and controlled in attacking the rim too; get the ball, size up, one step, attack.
 
Mobley worked on a lot of aspects of his game in the off season, but there is still a period of adjustment and recalibration that needs to take place as he gets a feel for how to make his adjustments and improvements effective in live action. It's one thing to improve your outside shooting and post moves in practice, and another thing to make those things translate against top competition and intensity.
 
buzzdog said:
Mobley worked on a lot of aspects of his game in the off season, but there is still a period of adjustment and recalibration that needs to take place as he gets a feel for how to make his adjustments and improvements effective in live action. It's one thing to improve your outside shooting and post moves in practice, and another thing to make those things translate against top competition and intensity.
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Bingo. I at least see the things he's failing at as deliberate moves he's practiced. I'm not terribly worried about it long term.

His touch around the paint and 5 feet outside the paint continues to be unbelievably good. I wish more sets were run for him to catch the ball and go to work there as opposed to the perimeter.
 
KevinLoveFan said:
Weeeelllll it will take me a bit to process this one.

I don't dislike Mitchell, but unsure how he'll fit here.

As many have stated, we're big and small focused, and now have even less versatility at the forward positions with Lauri gone.

We'll truly see what JBB is made of now, I guess.
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Quoting this to defend myself against the garbage take in the DG thread that I supposedly "predicted a rift" after the DM trade went down. This was the only post I made about it, posted back in September.

As you can see, I said nothing about a rift with DG. My concern was how balanced our team was at the various positions after losing Lauri, and wondering how JBB would work with the loss of versatility.

It was pure basketball concern, not some kind of wish for drama. It still remains to be seen how they play off each other since it's early in the season and DG had to miss a number of games with the eye laceration. I'm hoping for the best, hoping that DG's "stuff" that he's been dealing with has nothing to do with DM. I want to see the team win, want him to gel with DG.
 
ShawnKempIsMyDad said:
I’m not sure why people expect finished products from players that are still basically children.
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Yes. This. These guys deserve a lot of credit for their maturity. They certainly don't have a lot of experience
 
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