The Jazz Wonderbra
Well-Known Member
I am saddened that no one has posted a best wishes to Donovan Mitchell. So, without further adieu...
Best of Luck Donovan. You will be missed.
TheJazzWonderbra's Favorite spida Memory:
I have attended most summer league games since I was 13. I have been Jazzed about prospects from Raul Lopez, DeShawn Stevenson, Morris Almond, and D Williams, to Byron Russell, Shandon Anderson, and Dante Exum, and Chris Miles. But I will never forget sitting on the front row of the 2017 rocky mountain review summer league at the University of Utah basketball arena. It was an incredible showdown between Jayson Tatum, Boston's lanky sweet shooting 3rd overall pick, and Donovan Mitchell, the lottery pick we traded up to get. Gordon Hackwad pulled a 4th of July bomb on us and we fans needed something to lift us. Donovan was a lanky, defensive minded, athletic player who looked promising on paper. But he captured my fandom in a heart beat with his infectious smile and incredible play as soon as he stepped on the court. I have never seen any summer league player do what he was doing. He took on the challenge of guarding Tatum for the final minutes of the game. He was locked in, slapping the court, clapping, and smiling from cheek to cheek competing against a clearly tremendous athlete and player. But in the final minutes of the game he took over on both ends of the court. The heroics included a defensive stop on Tatum, a 360 spin move followed by an emphatic dunk in the lane, and a jazz win against Danny Ainge and the Celtics who couldn't even give us a TPE for Gordon. It was cathartic... the jazz hit gold and who needed Gordon Haywart? We were in for a magical ride.
I hoped you would retire in Utah with several championship rings but it was not to be. Not sure where things went wrong exactly but clearly it was time for a change for everyone. Spending all summer in the New York limelight didn't make me feel the love. But you made watching the Jazz a delight for 6 years.
Best of luck in Cleveland and beyond. You are an incredibly fun player to watch! I will always be a fan. Thanks for the memories!
Love him, despise him, or somewhere in between... lets show our class by POSTING OUR FAVORITE SPIDA MITCHELL MEMORIES BELOW.
Best of Luck Donovan. You will be missed.
TheJazzWonderbra's Favorite spida Memory:
I have attended most summer league games since I was 13. I have been Jazzed about prospects from Raul Lopez, DeShawn Stevenson, Morris Almond, and D Williams, to Byron Russell, Shandon Anderson, and Dante Exum, and Chris Miles. But I will never forget sitting on the front row of the 2017 rocky mountain review summer league at the University of Utah basketball arena. It was an incredible showdown between Jayson Tatum, Boston's lanky sweet shooting 3rd overall pick, and Donovan Mitchell, the lottery pick we traded up to get. Gordon Hackwad pulled a 4th of July bomb on us and we fans needed something to lift us. Donovan was a lanky, defensive minded, athletic player who looked promising on paper. But he captured my fandom in a heart beat with his infectious smile and incredible play as soon as he stepped on the court. I have never seen any summer league player do what he was doing. He took on the challenge of guarding Tatum for the final minutes of the game. He was locked in, slapping the court, clapping, and smiling from cheek to cheek competing against a clearly tremendous athlete and player. But in the final minutes of the game he took over on both ends of the court. The heroics included a defensive stop on Tatum, a 360 spin move followed by an emphatic dunk in the lane, and a jazz win against Danny Ainge and the Celtics who couldn't even give us a TPE for Gordon. It was cathartic... the jazz hit gold and who needed Gordon Haywart? We were in for a magical ride.
I hoped you would retire in Utah with several championship rings but it was not to be. Not sure where things went wrong exactly but clearly it was time for a change for everyone. Spending all summer in the New York limelight didn't make me feel the love. But you made watching the Jazz a delight for 6 years.
Best of luck in Cleveland and beyond. You are an incredibly fun player to watch! I will always be a fan. Thanks for the memories!
Love him, despise him, or somewhere in between... lets show our class by POSTING OUR FAVORITE SPIDA MITCHELL MEMORIES BELOW.
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