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I just watched the game. I love how 6'3" Mitchell is bullying 6'9" Tatum throughout the game and then baiting him into committing fouls right after putting him on his ***. Beautiful.

For what it's worth - the shot selection from Donovan has been very questionable to say the least. He has the tendency to take shots early in the shotclock that are not good shots and he takes a ton of very hard shots. He's a bit like the jump-shooting version of Alec Burks offensively... only Alec takes them at the rim. Both lead to very spectacular finishes, but are not good for the long-term efficiency of the player.
 
stitches said:
I just watched the game. I love how 6'3" Mitchell is bullying 6'9" Tatum throughout the game and then baiting him into committing fouls right after putting him on his ***. Beautiful.

For what it's worth - the shot selection from Donovan has been very questionable to say the least. He has the tendency to take shots early in the shotclock that are not good shots and he takes a ton of very hard shots. He's a bit like the jump-shooting version of Alec Burks offensively... only Alec takes them at the rim. Both lead to very spectacular finishes, but are not good for the long-term efficiency of the player.
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But Donovan is self aware. He has mentioned shot selection. i think he is experimenting a little more right now. I see what you are saying, but don't think it will be as big of an issue with Donovan.

And yes stealing Tatum's lunch money was great... someone mentioned Tatum was yapping at the Jazz bench early... nice to see someone with some fight beat him on the court then make sure he knew about it after. I love all things Donovan Mitchell.
 
Ron Mexico said:
I didnt watch Bolomboy in the D-league last season so maybe he showed something there. But he does not look like an NBA player. But its also summer league.
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Last year in SLC Bolomboy looked pitiful. By the time he got to Vegas he started to figure it out. I liked how Wright, Southerland and Griffin looked. They did a lot of the dirty stuff and got rebounds and one of them have steals and blocks. Perhaps one of these 3 makes the team on a non-guaranteed K.
 
stitches said:
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What a baller!
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Love this kid. Jazz need to just bite the bullet and go with a starting lineup of Gobert, Favors, Hood, Mitchell and Rubio. Joe Jesus, Jingles, and Exum can man the bench. Hire some one year contract mercenaries to fill out the bench. Trade Burks and Diaw for whatever most value they can get. Stop trying to replace Hayward this year and just see what you already have to work with.
 
Ellis269 said:
Love this kid. Jazz need to just bite the bullet and go with a starting lineup of Gobert, Favors, Hood, Mitchell and Rubio. Joe Jesus, Jingles, and Exum can man the bench. Hire some one year contract mercenaries to fill out the bench. Trade Burks and Diaw for whatever most value they can get. Stop trying to replace Hayward this year and just see what you already have to work with.
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I'd rather do this than sign anything left on the market tbh.
 
♪alt13 said:
AB still has that brilliant smile. Maybe we can see it on the court this year eh?
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Dude always seems to be really happy. Great attitude
 
That was a pretty damn exiting game and great come back.

I have enjoyed all of these salt lake city summer league games a lot.
 
I really like griffin.
Hope he gets a legit shot at making the jazz roster.

Would be a good fourth big.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
But Donovan is self aware. He has mentioned shot selection. i think he is experimenting a little more right now. I see what you are saying, but don't think it will be as big of an issue with Donovan.
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Yep, Mitchell did mention shot selection was an issue. It wouldn't fly with last years plodding jazz, but I'm wondering if Quinn will open it up a little and let 'em run now that Haywood has taken his talents to Boston.
 
Spider-Man v Green Goblin

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Here's a story about two young men who both came from relative obscurity to be thrust into the fight between good and evil.

One is a scrawny kid from the Midwest who was cultivated in the mountains until he became a fully developed, muscular "super hero" almost unrecognizable from his former self. And just as he reached the pinnacle of his strength, he turned against his people and joined the dark side, the green side. He became the green goblin.

The other is a polite young guy from the East Coast. Not considered an NBA prospect out of high school, he was bitten by a spider which gave him super powers, namely an ability to play defense with all 8 arms and legs and shoot himself directly to the rim from anywhere inside the foul line. He became spider man.

And so Spider Man and the Green Goblin took their sides, waiting for the day that they could battle over the fate of the NBA...


Credit to this twitter post for inspiration:
https://twitter.com/humblethou/status/883390073231638530
 
Dante Exum showed some real progress. He needs more strength and consistency, but if he gets 20 mins/night or more at PG (basically, Mack's minutes), he should be ready in another year.
 
stitches said:
I just watched the game. I love how 6'3" Mitchell is bullying 6'9" Tatum throughout the game and then baiting him into committing fouls right after putting him on his ***. Beautiful.

For what it's worth - the shot selection from Donovan has been very questionable to say the least. He has the tendency to take shots early in the shotclock that are not good shots and he takes a ton of very hard shots. He's a bit like the jump-shooting version of Alec Burks offensively... only Alec takes them at the rim. Both lead to very spectacular finishes, but are not good for the long-term efficiency of the player.
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Yeah, but look who he's playing with. Coaches are probably letting him run a little loose to see what he can do. It's similar to Trey Lyles last year. When he's playing next to Rubio, Gobert and real shooters, he'll pick his spots better and figure out where he'll be successful. This Summer League is only slightly more organized that pick-up ball.
 
Catchall said:
Dante Exum showed some real progress. He needs more strength and consistency, but if he gets 20 mins/night or more at PG (basically, Mack's minutes), he should be ready in another year.
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His body needs a ton of work. I see no difference over the years.
 
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