He isn’t a #1 that can win a chip. But if you swapped him with Jamal Murray, the nuggets would probably be a favorite to win ring number 3 this year.
He averages less than 4 wins in the second round toDonovan Mitchell averages 28 a game for his playoff career in 63 games.
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If the Knicks take this all the way with Brunson, the undersized thing won't be an excuse for Mitch anymore.
Also, this is a weird time to criticize dude. He was balling out lol.
If KAT, OG, and Mikal get injured he’s going home.Jalen Brunson is an undersized scoring guard, so that's not a real defense of Donovan Mitchell. Allen Iverson was an undersized scoring guard. This board LOVES Isiah Thomas, who was an undersized scoring guard, who I've been told dialed back his scoring for the betterment of his team success, but was a natural scorer...
That's not a real defense...
What is a real defense is that his teammates didn't show up. They were ass this series and its pretty embarrassing given analytics said the '25 Cavs are a Top 10 offense of all time...
Back to the Brunson thing, another direct comparison is how strong of a playmaker Brunson is, in comparison to Mitchell. Mitchell doesn't make great reads and is also a chucker, another difference with Brunson...
Him being small isn't a real defense. He got MVP votes on a 64-win team and led a historic offense...
Ultimately I'm just having fun with this thread, but I stand on, theres a pattern of him being underwhelming come playoff time. There's only so many times you can lose as a favorite with ~60 win teams, or blow playoff leads, or get outplayed by the opposing team's star guard, and its acceptable. We can acknowledge both that his teammates underwhelm often while also acknowledging that Mitchell isn't That Guy...
Brunson is small and its been abundantly clear since he went to New York and got the keys to the whip that he IS That Guy. Mitchell being small isn't that relevant here...
He shot 11/36 from the field and 5/18 from 3 in Game 4 and 5. His 3 ball was broke this whole series. Mitchell is simply too streaky and small with his skillset to be a championship #1.Another murkside production
How about mitchell being the only guy who showed up. While garland was chilling in the side with his denim jackets for three games.
Ty Jerome? His white side took over looking like podz out there
Jarrett Allan had 7 rebounds total the past two games
Evan Mobley in the 4 games he played scored over 20 once
Why should he be exempt from the credit/blame game given to other star players?Can yall do any sort of bball analysis that isn’t just looking at who the #1 option is and blaming him every series.![]()
They saying this guy is not a NuMbER One OpTiOn but there’s a very short list of guys who are better or on par with him as a half court scorer in the league.Donovan Mitchell averages 28 a game for his playoff career in 63 games.
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