Playoff Don

[infection]

He has certainly done well on the offensive side of the ball the past two years (17 games). I have reservations, though.

The first seven games were played without Bojan Bogdanovic and two of those games were also without Mike. The following year, 6 of those 10 games were without Mike, and 2 more were effectively without Mike.

Currently, those two guys are healthy. I hope they can be utilized because the mandate for "Playoff Don" isn't as high as it has been in the past. On the flip side, this year teams found out they could blitz him and he often couldn't make anything happen out of that, and a whole season of clutch numbers don't look that great. If he comes back down to earth even a bit then it could look pretty bad, especially if he's playing as if Mike and Bojan don't exist.

 

[LogGrad98]

He has certainly done well on the offensive side of the ball the past two years (17 games). I have reservations, though.

The first seven games were played without Bojan Bogdanovic and two of those games were also without Mike. The following year, 6 of those 10 games were without Mike, and 2 more were effectively without Mike.

Currently, those two guys are healthy. I hope they can be utilized because the mandate for "Playoff Don" isn't as high as it has been in the past. On the flip side, this year teams found out they could blitz him and he often couldn't make anything happen out of that, and a whole season of clutch numbers don't look that great. If he comes back down to earth even a bit then it could look pretty bad, especially if he's playing as if Mike and Bojan don't exist.

Yeah my concern is that now we have a decent sample size of clutch games and frankly it looks terrible. Hopefully this is not indicative of what we are getting in the playoffs where lots of games tend to be close. Especially with a much more clutch-efficient Conley and Bogey available if all we see is Mr. 0.162 it will not bode well for a deep run.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

SUre, but Playoff Don also blew two games in the 4th quarter like the 8 second violation and losing the ball to Garry Harris in a final possession.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I dont think Mitchell has any secret playoff sauce. Him being awful in the clutch this year (which is like the playoff moment of a regular season game) makes me think that. I dont think Don is some playoff super-star who can repeat these kinds of performances series after series, year after year.

Hopefully he can make the winning plays when winning plays need to be made and get the whole team involved.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I dont think Mitchell has any secret playoff sauce. Him being awful in the clutch this year (which is like the playoff moment of a regular season game) makes me think that. I dont think Don is some playoff super-star who can repeat these kinds of performances series after series, year after year.

Hopefully he can make the winning plays when winning plays need to be made and get the whole team involved.

How many players ever have averaged 30+ PPG in two consecutive playoffs while playing a minimum of 15 games total?

 

[MTS]

I dont think Mitchell has any secret playoff sauce. Him being awful in the clutch this year (which is like the playoff moment of a regular season game) makes me think that. I dont think Don is some playoff super-star who can repeat these kinds of performances series after series, year after year.

Hopefully he can make the winning plays when winning plays need to be made and get the whole team involved.

I'm kind of reminded of the 2010 series against Denver. Adrian Dantley talked about the need to pressure Deron and tilt the defense towards him, and when Deron was asked about it, he said something to the effect of "Good, I hope they do that. It'll make it easier to set up other guys."

I think Donovan has the skillset to expose that type of gameplan against him. Just needs the same mindset.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

How many players ever have averaged 30+ PPG in two consecutive playoffs while playing a minimum of 15 games total?

I would separate it by playoff series, not playoffs.

 

[FalseFlagg K]

can playoff Don make a layup or two in the fourth quarters ?

 

[LoPo]

Don has been amazing in the playoffs. One of the best first 4 postseasons in the history of the playoffs for a guy's first 4 years in the league.

He will be fine. I expect great things.

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[slc]

Let's hope Donovan plays terrific from first game
He needs to send message to all teams that they should be scared of him and Jazz

 

[nateboz]

Let's hope he has a great series so it'll pump up his trade value to the Knicks. Maybe we can get 6 picks.

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[SoUjazzfan]

Damn, the first page was pretty positive then it went south. I was hoping for an optimistic week before reality sinks in (one way or the other, either good or bad.) Let's keep the positive vibes for a while. It makes this place a lot nicer to visit. Hope springs eternal or some **** like that!