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Does Donovan have a chance to be an All-Star this year?

Handlogten's Heros said:
Just did some analysis... Don't have time to go through all the numbers, but basically since DM took over as a starter he is as good or better than guys like Kyrie, Dame, Rose, Brandon Roy (would have been awesome if he stayed healthy), and Tyreke Evans. All of whom were really fricking good as rookies and won rookie of the year. Only a couple of them helped their team win games though and I think only Roy played good defense.

Don't know if he makes the all-star game, but dude is going to be a superstar. Make every move from now on with the though of maximizing him and Gobert. No short term BS (one year rentals, Kevin Love type trades). It's DMs world and everyone else is just living in it.
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Yep.
 
Donovan has to keep scoring, and the Jazz have to keep winning in extraordinary fashion for it to even be a consideration. With that said. . . if he’s clearly the best offensive player on a team playing dominant basketball into February - I think there has to be a chance. He’s getting a LOT of positive attention really get now and only getting better. I think he’ll dominate a bunch more games and the conversation will start to lean in his favor. He’s the kind of star that transcends the fact that he plays in Utah. People just really, really like him.
 
franklin said:
Donovan's 3 pt shooting has to come down at some time, right? If he can keep up this rate, DAMN!
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His form is fantastic and he gets good clean looks... I think hes a 40% 3 point shooter on a high volume. Since guys respect his drive, he gets elevation on his shot, and he gets catch and shoot shots off lightning quick his looks are pretty clean.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
His form is fantastic and he gets good clean looks... I think hes a 40% 3 point shooter on a high volume. Since guys respect his drive, he gets elevation on his shot, and he gets catch and shoot shots off lightning quick his looks are pretty clean.
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This. His jumpshot is pure butter. He might have the best shooting mechanics in the league.
 
He's just over 20 games into his career and has already gotten better even though he started out fantastic if you take away his poor shooting percentage in a few games. So he has gone from really good(except some poor shooting%) to incredibly good in just over 20 games. Does anyone think he's done improving?
 
str8line said:
He's just over 20 games into his career and has already gotten better even though he started out fantastic if you take away his poor shooting percentage in a few games. So he has gone from really good(except some poor shooting%) to incredibly good in just over 20 games. Does anyone think he's done improving?
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Nope. Just getting started. Guys with his work ethic and talent don’t come around very often.
 
tonstermits said:
Unlike Gordon who looked like a lost puppy I think Donovan would be a great face of the franchise at the All-Star game. Not this season though.
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Using Haywood and Donovan in the same sentence is blasphemy...Mitchell is straight up taking over games after only 20-something games in the league, that other guy needed 6-7 seasons of coddling and nurturing (building a team around him) before learning how to "be the man". No comparison. Really.
 
My favorite thing about Mitchell is that he will probably lead the history of the NBA in three point shots made after all is said and done. He has the most three pointers made as a rookie ever so far, and he was not great for like half his games...
 
b_line said:
My favorite thing about Mitchell is that he will probably lead the history of the NBA in three point shots made after all is said and done. He has the most three pointers made as a rookie ever so far, and he was not great for like half his games...
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Whoa.

That. Is. A. Stretch.
 
b_line said:
My favorite thing about Mitchell is that he will probably lead the history of the NBA in three point shots made after all is said and done. He has the most three pointers made as a rookie ever so far, and he was not great for like half his games...
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Bold
 
Thee jazz fan said:
Coaches could fall in love with a guy that is elite on both sides of the court
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I worry his defensive effort will ebb and flow in a few years. Really hard to give everything on both sides of the floor, but he could be Kwahi.
 
David Stern said:
I mean, look at the guy's numbers... he was 9 ppg in October, 18 ppg in November, and 31 ppg so far in December. While I don't think that he can keep up the 31 ppg number, I don't think it's insane to see him averaging 21-22 ppg for the rest of the season.

If he averages 21 per game for the rest of the season and plays 80 games, he'll average 19.8 per game. That would probably put him around 19 PPG around the All-Star break. If the Jazz are fighting for a Top-4 seed in the playoffs, I think we deserve an All-Star, and Mitchell has been our best player this year.
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At his current rate of improvement he will be averaging 64 points per game by January and 128 points per game by February. I really don't see how people could keep him off the team at that point, but the establishment is so biased that I could imagine them attempting to. We will have the last laugh when he is scoring 256 points a game in March and 512 in April when it really matters. I think that ought to be enough to win most games.
 
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