Donovan Mitchell All NBA?

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

When Mitchell plays at the point, he plays a lot like James Harden, except he doesn't hog all the shots.

The Jazz's offense is now a machine that generates open 3pt looks. It starts with Mitchell coming off a screen at the top, or just beating his defender without a screen. Then he breaks the paint, collapses 2 or 3 defenders, and makes an athletic pass to find an open 3pt shooter. Ball swings, and someone gets a pretty wide-open look. It's a lot like Houston two years ago when they were the #2 offense in the league behind Golden State. Substitute Bogdanovic for Eric Gordon and Mike Conley or Jordan Clarkson for Chris Paul, playing off the ball. Rudy sets screens and rolls to the rim like Clint Capella. The 5th guy can be a 3D defender like Royce, Oni or Morgan.

The point is that the Jazz are now clearly designing their offense around Mitchell with the ball in his hands. It's like the James Harden era in Houston. Mitchell is going to be very high usage.

 

[Thee Jazz Fan]

No chance Curry is back, Irving is back. Morant could surpass DM as well.

I don't see it. Just too many good guards. Playing in a small market and having so few games nationally televised definitely won't help either.

Just stop!! Bunch a idiots up in here. Is Mitchell just chop liver to y’all’s?

 

[Jazzmix]

I don't think that being in a small market is a problem for Don in that matter, if he really plays great he will get the recognition. It's not like Rudy who may be snubbed from those kind of things because he doesn't do fancy stuff on offense. But it's going to be tough because of the competition and I don't know if he can sustain necessary efficiency for a whole season.

 

[oneye]

Donovan probably won’t make All NBA this year, but he’ll make it during this contract a couple times IMO. We should also very much hope he makes it in the next few years so he’s eligible for a super max extension in 3.5 years from now.

 

[rjfan]

It's tough cause that's real rarified air, but he totally can. Already deservedly made the all star (as a reserve, but not as an injuryreplacement), and kept getting better, on the bubble took his game to another level - and not the 50 point games, but the quality of display with the ball at his hands, running the offense - and looks ready to do so for an entire regular season, and I'd say the Jazz knows and is betting on that (this was always the long term plan, right ?)

More a question of how much he shines and how high we finish in the West (anywhere from 2# to 6# is conceivable).