Uhhh, you just listed 3 great games (2 of which were supernova great), 1 very good game, and 1 moderate game according to BPM lmfao.
Nothing you say makes any sense. It's literal garbage.
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Nothing you say makes any sense. It's literal garbage.
And if you are unable to guard the team's best player, that doesnt make you a defensive liability. There is such a thing as team defense and making rotations.
IT's funny that we can be ultra critical of Conley because he's paid highly, but the moment anyone throws any critique at Mitchell for his mistakes that cost us the series it's shot down and considered blasphemy. There are so many double standards simply because you got some posters who are terrified of being wrong. Yes, we get it, you hate Conley and you hate the Conley trade so youre going to look at any data point you can find to bash Conley ( EVEN WHEN THEY ARE OVERWHELMING POSITIVE LIKE THE BPM STATS YOU JUST POSTED).
"Oh, he can't guard Jamal Murray, he sucks on defense"
"Oh, we went 3-2 with Mike Conley vs 1-1 without him, he must suck *** and be the reason we lost the series"
The ****ing dude had his first year on a different team with a completely different scheme than what he's use to. A global pandemic happened. Then he had a child born at the start of the playoffs then had to self-quarantine for 3 days and still played out of his mind in the first round and we got morons scapegoating him to an extreme degree. He was the only ************ on the team making plays down the stretch of the 4th quarter of Game 7 while Donovan was too busy being tired from trying on D for the first game of the series to do anything positive on offense.
"Oh, he can't guard Jamal Murray, he sucks on defense"
"Oh, we went 3-2 with Mike Conley vs 1-1 without him, he must suck *** and be the reason we lost the series"
The ****ing dude had his first year on a different team with a completely different scheme than what he's use to. A global pandemic happened. Then he had a child born at the start of the playoffs then had to self-quarantine for 3 days and still played out of his mind in the first round and we got morons scapegoating him to an extreme degree. He was the only ************ on the team making plays down the stretch of the 4th quarter of Game 7 while Donovan was too busy being tired from trying on D for the first game of the series to do anything positive on offense.
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He had a costly mistake but I think the reason we are reluctant to blame him... and see if you can follow me here... was because he was/is the per game leader in scoring per game. See if you are still following me here, but he also did that on insane efficiency.
Mike was good in the playoffs... blame Royce or Joe if you want... I ain't going to blame Mike or DM though.
You can blame everyone the appropriate amount.
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I prefer to think of it as a credit/blame balance sheet. Both Mike and DM were clearly positive.
Royce was the biggest disappointment. Joe struggles to fit in the starting lineup we ran out and was rough defensively early in the series... thought he got better as the series went on. JC was uneven, which is what I expect from him. Would have liked to see better from Rudy but we gave him a basically impossible task.
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Royce should shoulder most of the blame. 1. He is the wing defensive stopper. Allegedly anyways. He got murdered to death. 2. He **** the bed in HUGE moments. It's not the fact he didn't score. It's the fact he pissed his pants, then took 3 steps, instead of shooting a wide wide wide open 3. If it doesn't go in whatever. But you can not travel when you are unguarded. 3. Royce just sucks.
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His on/off splits were so bad in the series... -21. Obviously we had him matched up with Murray most of the time. He was bad, but he's still a quality player. He's a good defender but he's not great against guys like Murray. Better against the bigger wing types.
Murray is proving to be a tough cover for everyone.
He didnt travel tho. IT was a bad call.
K, so, the “appropriate amount” to me sounds like the NET, and in the NET, Mitchell gets no blame. Especially since he played a good regular season sufficient to get us to the playoffs in the first place which is infinitely more than we can say about Conley.
To an extent, but I do believe Mitchell does receive substantial critique for the backcourt violation in Game 1, the 4th quarter performance in Game 7, and just his overall lack of commitment to D the entire season and in the series.
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Meh, he might as well have taken 13 steps. Just shoot the WIDE OPEN 3 you bum who can't guard anyone!!!!