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Start Mitchell at the Point.

Saint Cy of JFC said:
Yeah, it's the result of playing bad defensive teams. Like last night Clippers are a bad defensive team who try to play physically on the perimeter and don't have rim protection, so it leads to a lot of fouls.
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And the others? Donovan’s free throw rate previous to this string of games has been consistently pathetic. Bad defense or not (and not all bad defensive teams are bad defensively in the same ways).
 
ONE LOVE said:
Mitchell with 28 points, 6 assists, 3 steals against a very good Clippers side.

- Damian Lillard is averaging 6 assists this season.

- Steph Curry is averaging 5.5 assists this season.

- Kemba Walker is averaging 5.7 assists this season.

Mitchell has been playing the point for 4 games.

But, nah, Mitchell isn't passing the ball well enough to start at the point.

#DominateOverNegativity

#D.O.N.
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Again, for the people being weird about this, no one thinks Mitchell can't be a starting PG.
 
NUMBERICA said:
And the others? Donovan’s free throw rate previous to this string of games has been consistently pathetic.
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The same thing with Detroit and I think half of Mitchell's FTs in the Bulls game where off intentional fouls and a technical FT. And he still has a lot of bad to mediocre FT drawing nights, like the Lakers/Raptors/Bucks. His FTR for January is .26, which is pretty OK. He hasnt had long enough sample size of high FTR games to say it's any kind of trend.
 
Saint Cy of JFC said:
The same thing with Detroit and I think half of Mitchell's FTs in the Bulls game where off intentional fouls and a technical FT. And he still has a lot of bad to mediocre FT drawing nights, like the Lakers/Raptors/Bucks. His FTR for January is .26, which is pretty OK. He hasnt had long enough sample size of high FTR games to say it's any kind of trend.
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While I generally agree and believe in sample sizes, I don’t think it’s the same thing as shots randomly going in for a period of games versus other times.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I mentioned it in one of my posts.

Last night was pretty eye opening for me... clips blitzed the pick and roll and it wasn’t much of an issue for DM. Bradley and Beverly are mother effers on defense and we were fine... SGA is long but I’m not sure he’s good yet. DM handled it pretty well and they were clearly trying to go at him.

Had a good offensive night and didn’t shoot well from outside...
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Agreed, but I'd like to seem him do it consistently before the team decides to move a PG. Last year Donovan had a lot of trouble with pressure. I'd also like to see Donovan improve his decision making. He played well, but missed a lot of opportunities to pass to wide open players. Overall he has been doing a tremendous job for a second year player with all he is being asked to do.
 
JAZZGASM said:
Agreed, but I'd like to seem him do it consistently before the team decides to move a PG. Last year Donovan had a lot of trouble with pressure. I'd also like to see Donovan improve his decision making. He played well, but missed a lot of opportunities to pass to wide open players. Overall he has been doing a tremendous job for a second year player with all he is being asked to do.
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I don’t think it’s reasonable to be afraid of moving on from ONE PG that bricks us out of as many games as they help win.

I know my analysis isn’t rich with data but come the **** on. You’re blind if you haven’t seen that.
 
NUMBERICA said:
While I generally agree and believe in sample sizes, I don’t think it’s the same thing as shots randomly going in for a period of games versus other times.
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It's more random because there are more variables that go into a player's FT attempts that are somewhat out of the players control.
 
JAZZGASM said:
Agreed, but I'd like to seem him do it consistently before the team decides to move a PG. Last year Donovan had a lot of trouble with pressure. I'd also like to see Donovan improve his decision making. He played well, but missed a lot of opportunities to pass to wide open players. Overall he has been doing a tremendous job for a second year player with all he is being asked to do.
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I agree somewhat... I want to see it more and we will get the opportunity with the injury issues we have. He dealt with the pressure very well. He has missed guys underneath at times, but what you and I see on tv is not what they see at court level and sometimes guys don't have an angle to throw a pass.

I think we could mix and match DM with Ingles/Royce/Exum and allocate resources elsewhere and have it work out really well. If Exum develops an outside shot and stays healthy then he can become a starter... if not he's the backup. I don't think Ricky could move into a bench role... so if we are picking between them I would probably lean Exum (he's signed and less established) even though he still is a bit of a mystery box. I'm not sure Ricky needs to come off the bench... but I just don't think we'd have the option with him.
 
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