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stitches said:
Mitchell needs to learn to trust and involve his teammates(even though not many of them really deserve to be involved). Otherwise he turns into a Westbrook-type, where nobody wants to play with you.

And yes, this is criticism of a rookie who just scored 35 points on 20 shots. I realize he's probably the last problem we have right now and that he's the only reason we are even in some of those games, but this is how high the expectations for him have become and how much better he can be
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I believe it was a floater he made near the end of the 1st half, where he drove and danced around the painted area and then "forced" up the floater against three defenders. Some would call that hero ball. I don't because if you watched his eyes, the whole time he was dribbling, he was looking for an open teammate, only none moved to get open.

Hood rarely does that, Burks never does. The difference between Rubio and DM on those drives is that, if the pass isn't there, DM can actually score. Rubio just continues to drive into the crowd until he is swarmed under.
 
Et tu Brute said:
Those first three quarters were about as easy on the eye scoring from a player as you will see. Mitchell looked so under control and so precise. I have decided the guy is a bit of a freak - in terms of natural giftedness but also physical attributes. Not really fair for a lot of his opponents.
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This.
We are so lucky. Future is bright as ****
 
Hood 4-13, Rubio 3-11, Ingles 1-6.

Favors just 2-4 in 29 minutes. He is back to his lazy ways.

We just look like there's no spark.

Good to see O'Neale with a good game.
 
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gregbroncs said:
Howard is a tough match up for Favors. Whatever else Howard is he's still a good defender against big guys.
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At one point Derrick got a perfect pass and had momentum to go up against Howard at the rim. He wussed out. Then Donovan takes it in hard against Howard, delivers a body-blow, misses the shot but gets his own rebound and puts it in while Howard fully gives up on the play. Funny that when Favors backed down to Howard I told my buddy that Donovan probably would have gone hard at Howard, damn the odds, and then Donovan does just that and scores on the play.
 
I'll have any substantive criticisms in Mitchell's third year. Until then, he's just young.

Then again, maybe I won't have criticisms then either.
 
Some folks are saying Mitchell tried to do too much down the stretch last night - I look at it as four other guys that did too little.
 
stitches said:
People underestimate the size issue for small players in the pnr. Unless the player is a natural playmaker and passer, it's usually hard to see the floor well when ev
candrew said:
Some folks are saying Mitchell tried to do too much down the stretch last night - I look at it as four other guys that did too little.
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It can be both...

I don't blame anyone for being aggressive and taking shots, but turnovers are bad and worth being critical of.
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You really can't blame Favors for the lack of enthusiasm. He's likely to be dealt, and if not it's universally felt he won't be here past the end of the season. If he ends up staying I'd bet his play improves so as to improve his value. If he is dealt, I would bet he plays better for the team he ends up with. At this point I hope he goes somewhere decent and gets a great deal for his future. He's a good player who is expected to do too much in this system, much like everyone else. We just don't have the talent (outside of Mitchell) to be great.
 
Archie Moses said:
One of the few games I've missed this season. Looks like Mitchell carried.
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Until the end. As great as he was for 3.5 quarters he showed his inexperience down the stretch and he cost us the game. That said without him for the 1st 3.5 quarters we wouldn't have been in the game. So he absolutely gets a 100% pass.
 
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