Is this the game thread?

[Ron Mexico]

Yeah but JJJ is 19 years old. The fact he is already as good as Favors is disheartening.

Well if it makes you feel better he is not yet. But he does have a lot of upside.

This is a lot of over reaction from Favors being a little off and JJJ making 2 baskets inside on favors before getting stuffed hard on his 3rd try.

 

[Hitman]

From your post it sounds like crappy shooting from mitchell is a big problem. I would have to agree.
It also sounds like you think that our pg rotation shooting horribly isnt a problem.
Gonna have to disagree with you on that one.

Then you're wrong, both in your interpretation and conclusion. Rubio has been horrible but he isn't shooting anywhere near the volume that Mitchell has. Exum's 10 ppg at 40% off the bench isn't great, but isn't horrible (and he has had only one bad shooting game), and again, is low volume.

Btw, rubio has scored 20 points on 24 shots. (Similar to mitchell in that they both scored 4 less points than shots taken. Rubio has had much easier and more makeable shots however)

As I said, irrelevant. It's simply dwarfed by how many of our possessions end with a missed shot or turnover from Mitchell (he also has 10 TO - more than anyone - and only 9 assists, BTW). Mitchell has missed as many shots (40) as Ingles has taken (and remember, no-one else has taken more than 25 shots). He is 21/61 for 57 pts when Ingles and Gobert are a combined 38/61 for 104 pts. The problem is the sheer volume of shots Mitchell is taking. Last season he was successful because he was just another player for most of the game, but would pick his spots to take over and dominate. This season, he's trying to take over the entire game, and taking far too many 3s (nearly 10 a game!) for someone who never shot a great percentage from range in the first place. Whether this is from him believing his own press or by design from Quin (unlikely), it just isn't working. Instead of carrying the team, he's holding it back.