Donovan Mitchell was the ______ best player this season.

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Trying to put aside our bias as Jazz fans, where would you rank Donovan on this season alone? Not a future rankings, just on the performance of this season.

I feel like it's probably somewhere between 25 and 40.

 

[Zombie]

I don't want to really dig deep on this but my gut says maybe as high as top 30. That's not crazy is it?

 

[colton]

High scorer on an above average playoff team, although undoubtedly second best player on the team behind Rudy. Maybe 35?

 

[David Stern]

I bet he’d be around #20 if you went through every team and compared


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[Siro]

Around 30-35.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Like other players who are comparable to Mitchell stats wise at his position are CJ McCollum, Victor Oladipo, and Bradley Beal.

I think Oladipo and Beal were both better than Mitchell this year. I think I would put Mitchell's season over McCollum's.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/sports/nba-top-100-players-2017/?utm_term=.2edf4441d786

^It's crazy to look at a pre-season top 100 and see how much **** has changed in just a year^

 

[Archie Moses]

I don't care what he was on your list, he's 69 on mine.


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[MDAV28]

Rookie year fringe all-star ain't bad.

 

[Zombie]

Like other players who are comparable to Mitchell stats wise at his position are CJ McCollum, Victor Oladipo, and Bradley Beal.

I think Oladipo and Beal were both better than Mitchell this year. I think I would put Mitchell's season over McCollum's.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/sports/nba-top-100-players-2017/?utm_term=.2edf4441d786

^It's crazy to look at a pre-season top 100 and see how much **** has changed in just a year^

Embiid at 68 sandwiched between Booker and KCP is particularly lulz worthy.

I also just realized he included rookies, and for some reason DSJr was the only (true) rookie to make the cut. Weird.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Embiid at 68 sandwiched between Booker and KCP is particularly lulz worthy.

I also just realized he included rookies, and for some reason DSJr was the only (true) rookie to make the cut. Weird.

I mean, Embiid only played 38 NBA games at that point. And yeah, including a rookie was weird. I remember that being a (minor) criticism when I read it.

 

[bigmike]

They also had Ben Simmons at #99.

For Donovan's ranking, 30 sounds about right to me. Which is insane when you think about it.

He was flipping brilliant today. Probably his best overall game of the season - not just a scoring barrage.

 

[David Stern]

Alright I'm bored so here's the players I'd put ahead of him in no particular order:

DeMarr DeRozan
Kyrie Irving
Lebron James
Joel Embiid
Victor Oladipo
Giannis
Bradley Beal
Chris Paul
James Harden
Kevin Durrant
Steph Curry
Damian Lillard
Anthony Davis
LaMarcus Aldridge
Russell Westbrook
Jimmy Butler

So I've got him 17th best. I'd put Rudy probably in the late 20s.