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Donovan Mitchell: Steal of the Draft?

Before I post this I want the record to be clear that I absolutely love Mitchell. But according to ESPN he has a PER of -0.27
That's negative PER. I had never seen a player with a negative PER (I dont look at players PER often for the record) But that does seem a bit odd to see a player with a negative PER
 
Before I post this I want the record to be clear that I absolutely love Mitchell. But according to ESPN he has a PER of -0.27
That's negative PER. I had never seen a player with a negative PER (I dont look at players PER often for the record) But that does seem a bit odd to see a player with a negative PER
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And this has put Alec Burks at the end of the bench ......Burks is the new Dante Exum (DNP)for this year
 
Crawlnstall said:
Before I post this I want the record to be clear that I absolutely love Mitchell. But according to ESPN he has a PER of -0.27
That's negative PER. I had never seen a player with a negative PER (I dont look at players PER often for the record) But that does seem a bit odd to see a player with a negative PER
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For the record, I've always thought the bleary-eyed rhetoric about Mitchell around here has been absurd, but it bears mentioning that Hayward also had a negative PER for a number of months to start his NBA career. He was a god-awful player who also wasn't passing the eye test.
 
How people have been comparing him to players whose identities are lights-out shooters (Lillard, Eric Gordon) is totally ****ing mystifying. Don't you have to make shots to earn a reputation as a great shooter? Yes, his form is nice.
 
He's just missing open shots. I'm not really worried at all. He struggled his first year in college too.
 
Mitchell is a great shooter...........he just isn't a great maker.

One of my favorite Sloan quotes ever about the team having enough shooting guards, they just needed a making guard.

Quin is frustrating me. Guys aren't getting open for shots so he doesn't play the one guy that is best at getting to the hoop: Burks. Quin gets an F- for coaching. And this after his A for the Denver game when he made great adjustments and played the hot hands.
 
Jack Strop said:
Mitchell is a great shooter...........he just isn't a great maker.

One of my favorite Sloan quotes ever about the team having enough shooting guards, they just needed a making guard.

Quin is frustrating me. Guys aren't getting open for shots so he doesn't play the one guy that is best at getting to the hoop: Burks. Quin gets an F- for coaching. And this after his A for the Denver game when he made great adjustments and played the hot hands.
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Yeah, that was a dumb quote because Sloan failed to understand basic math that 3 > 2 and just because you dont make 3's at the same rate as 2's doesnt mean you should shy away from taking them.
 
DANTE EXUM was lambasted by some morons here because he shot less than 30% from 3 point range.
Guess what, Mitchell is shooting with 25% fg% and 16% 3pts.
 
NUMBERICA said:
How people have been comparing him to players whose identities are lights-out shooters (Lillard, Eric Gordon) is totally ****ing mystifying. Don't you have to make shots to earn a reputation as a great shooter? Yes, his form is nice.
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This. I also laughed when people were complimenting his misses saying there just barely going off the rim. Like, wtf. :)
Not saying he's limited to, but better comparisons for me would be Willie Greene, Marshon Brooks, Ronnie Price, Tyreke Evans and Shannon Brown at this point. Good thing the sample size is only 5 games, but he's clearly struggling, which is expected, against NBA talent.
 
DANTE EXUM was lambasted by some morons here because he shot less than 30% from 3 point range.
Guess what, Mitchell is shooting with 25% fg% and 16% 3pts.
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how old was Exum ....19 yrs old and 21 yrs old ,isn't Mitchell 21 yrs old
 
utahjazzz said:
DANTE EXUM was lambasted by some morons here because he shot less than 30% from 3 point range.
Guess what, Mitchell is shooting with 25% fg% and 16% 3pts.
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Cuz Dante's shot looked painful.

Don's looks good. It's going to go in.
 
I don't mind Mitchell shooting the ball. We are obviously nowhere near a competitive team, we may as well give him some time and practice to get his form down, learn to play in the flow of the game, and learn to shoot with an NBA player's hand directly in his face (not just someone maybe rushing at him like he probably saw in college). That all will take time and repetition. Let him get his confidence up. Why not? What exactly will be accomplished not letting him play? But he needs to split time with Alec too, so we see what Alec has, but also so we can showcase Alec for possible trades down the road.
 
There is nothing wrong with Mitchell's shooting mechanics. Shot selection and amount of shots is different story.
 
NUMBERICA said:
For the record, I've always thought the bleary-eyed rhetoric about Mitchell around here has been absurd, but it bears mentioning that Hayward also had a negative PER for a number of months to start his NBA career. He was a god-awful player who also wasn't passing the eye test.
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This.

I think the premature addolations were thrust upon Mitchell because he's the "rebound." We loved Hayward, he dumped us, and now we're "dating" Mitchell. We don't know how much we truly like him yet but that's not the point. We're dating him and we have to say we like him so the world knows we're over Hayward.

It's sort of pathetic really. It reeks of the inferiority complex for which Jazz fans are known. That's not to say other fanbases wouldn't be doing the same thing but it certainly doesn't help our image.
 
Wes Mantooth said:
This.

I think the premature addolations were thrust upon Mitchell because he's the "rebound." We loved Hayward, he dumped us, and now we're "dating" Mitchell. We don't know how much we truly like him yet but that's not the point. We're dating him and we have to say we like him so the world knows we're over Hayward.

It's sort of pathetic really. It reeks of the inferiority complex for which Jazz fans are known. That's not to say other fanbases wouldn't be doing the same thing but it certainly doesn't help our image.
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Obsessors gotta obsess.
 
How much of Don's struggles are just the Jazz being the worst offensive team? It'd be different if he was assimilating into an established and efficient offense.

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