Mitchell did have some amazing self awareness and said the one thing that sticks out in his mind the most that he wishes he could change is his 8-second call against Denver in Game 1.
Mitchell says he told Jazz to keep Gobert
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Look... It's a nice thought. Let's run this back. But the second half of last year was one of my least favorite years to be a fan of the team. Outside of the Corbin years, I can't think of a worse display on the court. It was bad. Who wanted another one of those? No one.
Also, DONOVAN SPENT ALL SUMMER IN NEW YORK BEING AS PUBLIC / PRO NEW YORK AS HE COULD BE. Events. Wearing Mets and even Knicks gear. Hanging out with celebs. Nothing about his actions said let's run it back. Sure, part of him probably said we can do this. Let's make it work. But his actions spoke volumes to me.
I would really like to have a PhD in engineering by running back to school. But am I going to? Nope. But it's a nice thought.
Also, DONOVAN SPENT ALL SUMMER IN NEW YORK BEING AS PUBLIC / PRO NEW YORK AS HE COULD BE. Events. Wearing Mets and even Knicks gear. Hanging out with celebs. Nothing about his actions said let's run it back. Sure, part of him probably said we can do this. Let's make it work. But his actions spoke volumes to me.
I would really like to have a PhD in engineering by running back to school. But am I going to? Nope. But it's a nice thought.
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I don't think Don is a bad person. Far from it, I am extremely appreciative of him kicking Utah in its lily white complacency and trying to do the rights things for the community. His championing on social issues was a welcome revelation.
I also believe him to be one of this generations most gifted scorers and an underrated playmaker. He has all the hallmarks of a player that will probably have a Hall of Fame career. I want Don to be successful in Cleveland and where ever he goes. I believe him to be a good man with a good heart. But I do believe he was... inaccurate about the roster situation.
It was very hard to miss how the team did not trust each other and the core was simply going through the motions since the Clippers series. It wasn't going to get any better without an overhaul.
I also believe him to be one of this generations most gifted scorers and an underrated playmaker. He has all the hallmarks of a player that will probably have a Hall of Fame career. I want Don to be successful in Cleveland and where ever he goes. I believe him to be a good man with a good heart. But I do believe he was... inaccurate about the roster situation.
It was very hard to miss how the team did not trust each other and the core was simply going through the motions since the Clippers series. It wasn't going to get any better without an overhaul.
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I also sense he is pissy with the Utah FO and feels we did him dirty here... we are not the front office he should be pissy with... NY had everything to offer and withheld a bunch... he needed to send a clear message to his agency to get him to NY if that is what he wanted... or they *** getting fired.
When he was referring to his agent yesterday, it seemed like he said a different name. I wonder if he switched agents, because he didn’t say Ty when referring to his agent yesterday. Whoever his current agent is, needs to give him better advice on what to say and do, cause he’s sucked at it over the past couple years.
His agents are Austin Brown and Ty Sullivan. He mentioned Austin’s name on the pod.
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You really have no idea what he has done to work on his post game, but his stats for finishing at the rim and short shots has improved or stayed the same over the years, so there is not "nothing" going on there.
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I still remember after my wife and I were married and she gave public interviews how she really, really thought and wanted to end up with Cody as they'd known each other forever and their parents were tight, but she was still excited to be with me to see if we could work out and hopefully do some great things. Was a massive confidence booster for me.
One thing that was kind of interesting to me is that Don said he was excited about Cleveland when he learned about who they were able to keep.
Maybe I'm just cherry picking, but it kind of confirmed my theory that he didnt want out to Utah to NYK yet.
NYK has a **** roster and it would have been even more **** after trading for him. He wanted to be on a good team that would be a shoe in for the playoffs. The only good thing about going to NYK for him would be the close to family thing
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You could kind of read his thoughts on his face as he was talking about NY. I think he was bummed out... maybe excited to be out of Utah but Cavs werent his preferred destination.
Lol neither one of those is a post game my man. If he worked on it we would have seen something over the years. I understand the Rudy love but people on here just blatantly make stuff up sometimes and there is no need to do that.