David Locke/Donovan Mitchell Beef?

[Saint Cy of JFC]

If you're Donovan playing in crunchtime, who do you trust enough to give the ball to? Other than Gobert at the rim or Bogey on the 3pt line, there aren't many options that I'd trust to get a bucket. And with Gobert not being on the floor to give people his wide-*** screens, I can see why Donovan would revert to hero-ball.

Yeah, you got to be a ****ing moron to say this lmao.

The Jazz have one of the best offenses in NBA history. You have to be crazy egotistical (which no doubt Donovan is, and I dont blame him, but it has to be managed) to think the offense can't possibly get buckets without hero ball.

Conley/Gobert PNR might actually be the best play points per possession in the NBA.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Mitchell saves his energy to run the offense late in the game. He plays defense a bit harder than James Harden, but not by much. It just takes a lot of energy to do what he does in 4th quarters.

It's way less about the physical exertion Mitchell gives on D than it is about the mental focus and attention to detail. Yes, Mitchell can and does try on defense at times, but it hurts the team more often than it helps because he doesnt it without much IQ.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I really wonder in an alternate universe where Mitchell doesnt inexplicably become a dominant offensive player, and he's just an average offensive player (like a Marcus Smart), does his defense fall this much to the wayside? Is it really a complete lack of training/focus/effort on that end, or was actually just never really that good at defense? We just thought he could be because of athletic testing + strength and wingspan.

 

[whatthe]

Come on guys ...Donovan has alpha instincts. You may hate it and may not work all the time but those guys are super rare.

 

[KqWIN]

1. Concrete examples of treating people like ****? Or that he thinks he’s some basketball genius?
2. He’s more knowledgeable than anyone here and most people in basketball media.

I stand by my position that Locke haters reveal more about themselves than they do about him.

His stats takes are pretty cringe and I hate that he's a figurehead for basketball analytics (he's like 10 years behind), but it is funny when PAAC and Mitchell intersect. If Don played for another team he would definitely say he's overrated.

 

[Gameface]

I wish we still had the loose belt picture floating around.

I searched google 5 different ways trying to find it. The one that worked was "Scott Layden www.jazzfanz.com"

 

[Gameface]

Come on guys ...Donovan has alpha instincts. You may hate it and may not work all the time but those guys are super rare.

que my "alpha" trigger...

I'm sorry, but using the term "alpha" is lame. It's a meaningless term.

 

[LoPo]

I really wonder in an alternate universe where Mitchell doesnt inexplicably become a dominant offensive player, and he's just an average offensive player (like a Marcus Smart), does his defense fall this much to the wayside? Is it really a complete lack of training/focus/effort on that end, or was actually just never really that good at defense? We just thought he could be because of athletic testing + strength and wingspan.

Gosh your shtick is getting old.

Go watch the playoffs and appreciate Mitchell. He's the main reason we had a chance in any playoff series we have had in his time.

Or go root for another team.

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[Quin Snyder]

Donovan is a selfish kid, but he has too much influence now, and I can't hold him.

 

[infection]

I searched google 5 different way trying to find it. The one that worked was "Scott Layden www.jazzfanz.com"

Excellent work. I think it was @colton who made the comment like 15 years ago that it looked like they pulled out a pair of Frank’s pants for a photo shoot.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

This is some wild ****. Why we bashing the guy? Also, there are no empty stats in the playoffs… dude has been a superstar in the playoffs. He’s not Kawhi… it’d be nice if he was… can we please stop dragging our players?

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Excellent work. I think it was @colton who made the comment like 15 years ago that it looked like they pulled out a pair of Frank’s pants for a photo shoot.

Was likely supposed to be a joke and now it is his legacy.