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Donovan Mitchell's Players Tribune

oneye said:
Donovan Mitchell.........he may end up a God here for sure.

Read this now.

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/donovan-mitchell-utah-jazz
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Wow. The contrast with He Who Shall Not Be Named is striking. So much good in the article. But how about this quote towards the end: "It’s crazy to me that only a year ago, I was still deciding whether to even be in the NBA at all — whether to stay in school or to enter the draft. And I made the best decision of my life, no doubt. One, because I had a rookie year I can be proud of. Two, because, man … I just love this league. But maybe most of all, I know I made the right decision because I ended up where I belong. Playing for this team, for this city."
 
colton said:
Wow. The contrast with He Who Shall Not Be Named is striking. So much good in the article. But how about this quote towards the end: "It’s crazy to me that only a year ago, I was still deciding whether to even be in the NBA at all — whether to stay in school or to enter the draft. And I made the best decision of my life, no doubt. One, because I had a rookie year I can be proud of. Two, because, man … I just love this league. But maybe most of all, I know I made the right decision because I ended up where I belong. Playing for this team, for this city."
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I’m not crying... you’re crying!
 
Ellipse said:
It is hard to properly respond to Donovan's words, because everything I can come up with is just a repeat of everything we said over the course of the season. So I will just say:

Thank you for being who you are. And give your mom and dad a hug from all of us.
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Just cant bring myself to do a joke about his sister.... Damn! I'm going soft!
 
bigmike said:
Man, after D Will and Hayward, it feels so foreign to have stars like Rudy and Donovan embrace the team, the fans, and the city so much.

We struck gold with this kid.
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As bad as it ended with D-Will, I think Jazz fans should forgive him a bit. He had some growing up to do. If there's one player that actually genuinely enjoyed Utah in the last 10 years it was D-Will. Still owns a home here, is here in the winter skiing, in the summer playing golf. Does a podcast with some guys that live here in Utah. Did quite a few charity events while he was here. Even mentioned he would like to come back this summer and do another one here again on his podcast a few months ago. From around the league D-Will talked highly of Utah, said his best and favorite years in the NBA were in Utah, and has kind of owned up to the fact he needed to grow up.........

Now either read this post and like it or move on by. Stay on topic......Donovan Mitchell. He's all that matters now and all that hopefully will for the next couple decades.
 
oneye said:
As bad as it ended with D-Will, I think Jazz fans should forgive him a bit. He had some growing up to do. If there's one player that actually genuinely enjoyed Utah in the last 10 years it was D-Will. Still owns a home here, is here in the winter skiing, in the summer playing golf. Does a podcast with some guys that live here in Utah. Did quite a few charity events while he was here. Even mentioned he would like to come back this summer and do another one here again on his podcast a few months ago. From around the league D-Will talked highly of Utah, said his best and favorite years in the NBA were in Utah, and has kind of owned up to the fact he needed to grow up.........

Now either read this post and like it or move on by. Stay on topic......Donovan Mitchell. He's all that matters now and all that hopefully will for the next couple decades.
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Totally fair, and I don't have any animosity towards him. But I do think it's fair to characterize him as not fully-committed to a long-term future with the team when he was here. He made a few comments similar to "that's why I only signed a 3-year deal" when the team made some specific moves (e.g., trading Eric Maynor away for nothing). Greg Miller even said that's why he was ultimately traded when he was, because the team wasn't confident he would re-sign long-term.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
He didnt mention Royce either, who is his best friend on the team and a guy he is with constantly, so I wouldnt read too much into it.
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He did mention all starters and the sixth man, but Derrick. And also mentioned the RFA, but not the UFA. Hope, as you say, it means nothing because I would like Derrick to be with the team next year.
 
bigmike said:
Totally fair, and I don't have any animosity towards him. But I do think it's fair to characterize him as not fully-committed to a long-term future with the team when he was here. He made a few comments similar to "that's why I only signed a 3-year deal" when the team made some specific moves (e.g., trading Eric Maynor away for nothing). Greg Miller even said that's why he was ultimately traded when he was, because the team wasn't confident he would re-sign long-term.
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Yeah, I see it quite different, though. I wasn’t a gigantic KOC fan. Things could surely be worse with the number of morons who have been GMs. KOC wasn’t a moron, but the only analogy I can think of is in pharmacological terms he was a partial agonist. He had some dynamite moves (I think Fisher was a dynamite move regardless of how it ended), but making comments about a franchise with KOC and Greg at the helm is a lot different than doing so when you’ve got Gail, DL, and Quin at the helm. You put Deron in theee current circumstances and I don’t think you see as much of that noise.
 
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