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Mitchell better be hurt

JFFR said:
I DRV'd the game and only watched bits and pieces of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th quarter.

My most distinct memory of Mitchell is him botching a 2 on 1 fast break and then the Rockets coming down and hitting a 3. I can't remember if it was in the 3rd quarter or 4th quarter. The Jazz called a time out shortly after that and the camera went on a visibly disgusted Mitchell who throws his fist in anger and drops an F-Bomb.

It's the first time I'd seen that reaction from Mitchell. It seemed like an over reaction to the one play and I assume something else had happened in the game that added to the frustration (probably the fact that he was playing James Harden).

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That being said. I love his fire. When Hayward got upset his posture change, he shrugged his shoulders, clapped his hands, and rolled his head back in frustration. I think Mitchell has all the tools to be great. He just needs to develop the attitude where you go out and eat souls. I think he is well on his way (but I expect it to take a few years and maybe one or two difficult playoff exits.)
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I love that fire because everything I have seen leads me to believe he uses it to improve his game. He is not like Cousins who is just a hot head.
 
JFFR said:
I DRV'd the game and only watched bits and pieces of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th quarter.

My most distinct memory of Mitchell is him botching a 2 on 1 fast break and then the Rockets coming down and hitting a 3. I can't remember if it was in the 3rd quarter or 4th quarter. The Jazz called a time out shortly after that and the camera went on a visibly disgusted Mitchell who throws his fist in anger and drops an F-Bomb.

It's the first time I'd seen that reaction from Mitchell. It seemed like an over reaction to the one play and I assume something else had happened in the game that added to the frustration (probably the fact that he was playing James Harden).

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That being said. I love his fire. When Hayward got upset his posture change, he shrugged his shoulders, clapped his hands, and rolled his head back in frustration. I think Mitchell has all the tools to be great. He just needs to develop the attitude where you go out and eat souls. I think he is well on his way (but I expect it to take a few years and maybe one or two difficult playoff exits.)
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The camera was zoomed in on him when he dropped the F-bomb. Pretty funny.

So at 7:42 in the third quarter Donovan stole the ball and Rubio ended up with it, passed the ball to Donovan who went under the basket and shovels a low pass to Udoh who brick-handed it into a turnover which led to a breakaway basket. Not sure but Donovan may have shown some frustration and it was in front of the Jazz bench.

Next play Ingles misses a three and Donovan almost gets the rebound but it goes out of bounds off of Chrissy. But they call it Houston ball. As Donovan walks back down the court the substitution buzzer goes off and Donovan looks back at the Jazz bench, sees Sefolosha up and Quin walking toward the scorers table, and lets the F-bomb fly while looking away from the bench.
 
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A lot of mistakes on both ends. Jingles needs to get more aggressive. Outside of the mistakes, the ball moved pretty well. A good amount of wide open shots that weren't falling for either Joe. JJ also needs to move the ball better, but that will never be the M.O. of Slo Mo Joe.
 
Hood and Rubio both played better last night, so they got the minutes. Hood was fan-damn-tastic by the way. This was our coach playing the hot hand. There are many nights where Hood or Rubio have lost mins because of Mitchell. Shoe was just on the other foot last night. No need to overreact.
 
I'm thinking Quin benched Donovan because he lost his cool in that moment.
 
No matter the what's or why's regarding Mitchell being on the bench last night, the kid still rose above and showed why he's a winner.

He was off the bench cheering after every basket, yelling encouragement to his teammates. He jumped up screaming after a bad call (I think an out of bounds), the ref appeared to do a double take at him, lol.

Most rookies would have sat there and pouted.
 
DL and Snyder have been preaching “evaluation period” for months. The jazz have been using the hero default button on Mitchell all season. Who steps up in his absence? They need some other players that can take over also. Maybe this was just an opportunity for them to “step-up” and get some confidence.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Hood and Rubio both played better last night, so they got the minutes. Hood was fan-damn-tastic by the way. This was our coach playing the hot hand. There are many nights where Hood or Rubio have lost mins because of Mitchell. Shoe was just on the other foot last night. No need to overreact.
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All three can play doe.
 
I don't want to over react to that loss because honestly we should not have been in the game... no Favs or Rudy. Jonas is trying, but he's not a center. We did not shoot well and there were some positives... thought Rubio played well (he had one WTF turnover at the end that drove me crazy but oh well) Hood was great last night, but Joe Jesus needs to be a 10 minute a night player right now.

Jesus is shooting 8% from three... does not rebound or defend as well as Thabo, Jerebko, or Royce. I realize he helps just go get buckets when the offense stalls, but he has the worst offensive and defensive rating on the team. No idea why he got 29 minutes last night.

I'm not sure if he just can't get a rythymn or if the wrist is still bothering him, but it needs to turnaround... hoping we have a JJ coming out game soon. I don't think he's done by any means, but we have better options if he can't figure it out.
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Ingles was also playing better. DM really didn't play well at all and was a liability in team defense as well. Made several mistakes


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I just think if its based on performance that Joe Johnson shouldn't be out there. Can play DM, Ingles, Ricky, and Hood against the Rockets.

Locke indicated he might be nicked up which would be an acceptable explanation.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I just think if its based on performance that Joe Johnson shouldn't be out there. Can play DM, Ingles, Ricky, and Hood against the Rockets.

Locke indicated he might be nicked up which would be an acceptable explanation.
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He still played like crap and was erratic making rookie mistakes


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