Bawse Dawg
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Hey Utah. Could we try to be a little less lame to the one dude who's happy to be here?
The Jazz have acquired the 13th pick and select Donovan Mitchell
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seattlejazzfan
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love this. one of his main goals as a player in the NBA should be to defend the ball like Avery Bradley.
Hey Utah. Could we try to be a little less lame to the one dude who's happy to be here?
There is nothing cooler than loving Jesus, brother Bawse Dawg.
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A totally random thought here, but could his tendency to point his toes in toward each other have any connection to a lack of effective one-footed jump?
Possibly but my guess is it is just how he has been trained or just habit. But I'll be honest I have watched about 2 minutes of Mitchell. I know very little about him. It's just a common thing in young basketball players.
Is this something that can be easily fixed?
I'm pretty much picturing him as a cross between Dwyane Wade and Russell Westbrook.
Yes, but like I said before I have not really watched much of Mitchell. It might not be a real problem. Just something I noticed in that workout video. His knees did track in a decent position which is a good sign I guess. I'll pay more attention in summer league.
I know some players are coached that way and feel more comfortable shooting that way. As long as the are externally rotating (even if they land with their feet internally rotated) when loading or loading to jump it's not as big of an issue. It's more a pet peeve of mine that I try and coach people out of early and often.
A kid as explosive as Mitchell really needs to train hard to prevent injuries and be very aware of his body when landing and more importantly when talking off. Burks could give him a good warning.
Although I will say it's shocking to me how long some issues get let go for. Favors still has a weak posterior chain that apparently according to him only started getting addressed this year properly.
Good strength training is important but so is teaching players how to move and reinforcing those movements so that happen on the court properly.
That part is really a shooting technique thing. Since you rotate the hip to enable the shooting shoulder to be aligned towards the hoop, it makes sense to roatate your foot since your aim is to have as little tension as possible so balance is at its peak. The toes pointing towards each other is a result of how you "break", keep momentum. You do the 1-2 usually out of a dribble motion or in a situation where you want attacking a close-out to be a possibility, so your trail foot's toes are pointing towards the hoop. When you 1-2 step into a 3 the decision to actually shoot and not use the 2nd step as the gather step and continue dribbling the ball is a split second thing, where you either align the lead foot in the direction you wanna move or you use it to adjust your body towards the hoop for the shot and said "turn" motion happens. Since your trail foot was pointing towards the hoop, he keeps that way (pivot foot stationary) and toes are closer than heels.
Don't forget Mitchell is almost 21(basically typial age group of juniors) for whatever that's worth. I like him quite a bit too, but it's not like he's a puppy who turned 19 a month ago.
Giannis is turning 23 this december and Mitchell turns 21 almost 2 months before Devin Booker does.
Jack Strop
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I think that's his floor, tbh.
Jack Strop
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This age thing is so overrated. Old school players like Stockton went to college for 4 years before being drafted. Yes, high school players are more advanced; they play a much more robust schedule outside of HS than players in the previous eras of basketball. So 1-and-done rookies might be at an advanced skill level than previous generations. But to think Mitchell can't make huge leaps is also erroneous. Just look at Hayward at 21 (couple of years in the league) vs. what he is today. Or George Hill. Mitchell committed late to basketball. And his work ethic is going to carry him a long ways. I think he eats up everything Quin teaches him. Wouldn't surprise me one bit if he's getting major rotation minutes very early.