THIS Is Why Cavs Fans Want To TRADE Donovan Mitchell
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This play is the reason why some overreacting Cavs fans want him traded. You see that nobody else touches this ball as Mitchell fires away from way downtown and misses.
This is equally as bad, as Donovan doesn’t involve anyone on his team, goes right at Wiggins who’s a terrific defender and throws up a perfectly contested one hander. Nothing happened on this possession.
Now Cleveland fans take situations like these and compare them to what happened in the last 4 games that he missed due to injury where the ball just flew all over the court.
Let me show you how Cleveland plays with and without Mitchell and what’s the good and the bad in his game.
With Donovan handling the ball, a lot of times it becomes screening to get him a switch and a favorable matchup. And from there it’s standing around and watching him do his thing.
Right here the play is designed strictly so that he gets Curry on him, a matchup that they want to exploit. So none of his teammates will make a play here. Everyone is looking up top. And Mitchell shakes and bakes for the 3, sooo good possession?! Umm let’s move on.
Right here again, we got Donovan with the ball, nobody else touches it or does anything here, he gets Curry again on him, raises up and knocks down another 3.
Hey the guy is averaging 29 points on 48 and a half percent from the field and 39 percent from downtown. That’s a monster season. Cleveland fans, what are you complaining about?
Well I guess at least some of them are complaining because the team was 5-6 before he got injured. And even if you’re close to 50% from the field as he is, that means that for every shot like this that goes in, there’s one like this that doesn’t.
And the team doesn’t get involved, doesn’t feel the ball, doesn’t have a nice rhythm.
They just stand around and watch him.
Not having Mitchell for these last few games meant that every other guy had a bigger responsibility to contribute but also more freedom to move and to just play.
On this play, we got literally everyone moving, engaging and spreading out the defense, and the Cavs go for one of the craziest plays you’ll see which is a big to big pick and roll. And there’s no stopping this.
In crunch time against Philly there’s no hero shots here, instead we got a high pick for Garland, and a great reaction by Allen on the short roll as he sees Embiid rotating, and finds Mobley for another big man connection.
Whatever the frequency of plays like this is, the Cavs need to increase it. Like literally go all out on Allen and Mobley connections.
And here’s the type of shot that Cleveland would get with Mitchell, at the end of a close game. This is literally 1 on 5 here with the rest of the Cavs watching.
The very next play it’s the same thing. Isolation for Spida. This time he makes it. So that’s 1 make and 1 miss. 50% But nobody else touched the ball. You see my point?
One thing that Donovan definitely doesn’t do is play off the ball. Follow Garland here as he’s going to curl inside then right back out to set a back screen for Niang who is almost surprised at how wide open he is.
Instead of trying to take Harris here off the dribble, look at what Darius does. A little bump on the handoff like a quasi screen that completely opens up Struss outside. Now the defense is overreacting to that and Struss just bounces it to Allen for the easy finish.When you watch the offense without Mitchell, there seems to be more spontaneity, more free flowing movement, back screening for other guys, or random cuts to the basket, just simple intuitive plays off the ball. That’s the key here. Off the ball.
Cleveland fans are mostly complaining because everything with Donovan comes with him having full control of the basketball.
Otherwise, you gotta be crazy to think that having an efficient 30 point per game scorer on your team is a bad thing.
Plus, he’s been the scariest transition weapon in the league this season.
Check out the numbers here provided by NBA university, a great follow on twitter btw.
Number 1 in points, meaning that there is a high volume of transition opportunities but also in the 99th percentile in efficiency. Both effective field goal percentage and points per possession.
This is the perfect combination.
And if you want easy points, this is a great way to get them.
Also, he’s a great shot maker, and you always need a guy like that.
Cleveland fans were loud after the first 3 wins without him, but then Miami caught the Cavs on a back to back game and used the opportunity to absolutely destroy them.
I’m sure a guy like Mitchell would’ve been nice to have for that game.
Look, there is no way that this team has a higher ceiling without him, but I get the idea that he does need to improve in some aspects off the ball, and focus more on the team overall and how all the other players would perform with him on the court.
Having multiple plays in a row where no one else on the team touches the ball is borderline criminal.
Plus all his "amazing" efficiency comes from transition, his half court efficiency is terrible.
Guess which one is needed more in the playoffs...
You right that guys gangsta. No one else dunks over bigs, breaks ankles and has deep 3 range like this cat. I wish my team had him for the highlights nevermind how he puts up huge numbers with great efficiency. Cavs trade the first guy to take em to playoffs since Lebron then they better get huge package.
da fukk...this is 70% of the league man lol
im a cavs fan and tbh he helped us but the cavs have had a young team forming anyways. kinda like the thunder, it was only time before we started winning games. I hope we trade spida, hes great but i already know our ceiling.. its due to him too. He either is winning u the game, or literally the reason you lose it. Dude is james harden JR. @@rcbarnson6488
Specially if you are playing almost as a PG, and taking those bad shoots.
The dude take matches harder than Jordan and pass less than Kobe.
Explained it beautifully! As a cavs fan, mitchell is fun to watch but when he gets cold the whole team goes down with him at this current state
Who fault is that they need to get better then if one player get cold and every one turn cold
@@mikekeyes78 While our role players have been inconsistent, the iso ball doesnt help anyone get in rhythm. Not saying we dont need mitchell but he needs to cut down on the tough shots
He makes you guys a better team now but I think he hurts in the long run. I think he's holding back Mobley's development. For the Cavs to truly shine I think Mobley has to step up and be THE guy and I don't think that can ever happen with Mitchell around.
I honestly don't know what I would want to do if I was a Cavs fan.
@@odonnellcalebEvan Mobley is a good defensive player elite but u want him as a first option scorer? Over Donovan that makes the team better ? That gets the Cavs passed teams like Knicks, Celtics, bucks etc ?
@@SeddyPooh not so much first option scorer. More as a first option playmaker in half court sets. He's a good passer...and more importantly a very willing passer. I just want the ball in his hands more. Even if it's just him getting the ball at the elbow taking one dribble and looking for Allen in the dunkers spot or Strus in the corner.
He just needs to put a little more pressure on the defense. He's too good for a usage rating of only 21%. I think him and Garland should be running the show on offense.
He has unlimited potential but he doesn't really have the room to grow because as you pointed out right now he isn't the best option... But I think he could be in a couple years if he got the shot. I'm not picturing it like Jokic or anything. More like a Duncan role.
It was the same during his time in the Jazz, specially on playoffs game. He will play hero ball until dead. When he is on fire he can win you games. But when not, it becomes exasperating. He is good but selfish. I would hate to play with him watching him tryin imposible isos in the last minutes of the game.
Jazz fan here to confirm this.
He reminds of Harden soo similar please can anyone debate with this
@@ytfurykiller8990 Harden was way better than mitchell. More crafty with the ball and during iso moments you could just feel that harden was going to score regardless. That type of stuff you don't get with donovan
@@ytfurykiller8990 not really. Harden average more assist than him.
@@ytfurykiller8990 harden was levels above mitchell.
I can never forget all the hero ball he played at Utah and how you could see his teammates get visibly frustrated.
I remember Craig Porter Jr., Sam Merrill, and Emoni Bates were playing great basketball in the 2023 Summer League. Hope they can get more playing time in the future and showcase their talents since CLE is always struggling with injuries.
ive been on record saying its astonishing how much Mitchell gets to do whatever he wants down the stretch of games and garland barely touches the ball, getting him out of rhythm.
If you are "astonished" then you don't understand the NBA.
The NBA is a 100% CONTRACT-DRIVEN league. Mitchell can do what ever he wants because his contract says he can do whatever he wants.
Once that max-contract is signed, no one can stop a player from doing anything. Not the coach, not the GM, not the league office, no one.
You think that the Nets wouldn't love to send Simmons home? They can't. His contract says he's in control. You think that ANY team that had to deal with Harden wouldn't love to send that guy home? They couldn't. His contract says you can't.
You think that Brad Stevens wouldn't have loved to bench Kyrie in the Bucks playoff series? He couldn't. Kyrie's contract said he couldn't. You think that Stevens wouldn't have preferred Hayward to take a full year off to heal from injury? He couldn't. Hayward wanted to play on one leg, so Hayward played on one leg.
You think the Wiz wouldn't LOVE to send Jordan Poole home? They can't. His contract says....
You get the picture?
@@qt3dot14ish is garland still on a rookie contract? I didn’t think so
Garland is terrible down the stretch do y’all watch the Cavs ? Also garland touched the ball plenty
@@uncleshannon1756 just lies
@@sydoesgames did you watch last night garland was terrible once again 8 turnovers Mitch carried them down the stretch while they blew the lead when he went to the bench yall trying to scapegoat Mitchell when everyone else on the team is trash 😂
Coach has given him the green light, and shooters shoot. Mitchell is one of the best scorers in the league, and he was a huge part of their success last year. When he goes cold, it's the coach's job to change the offensive plan.
Success?? they got packed up the the Knicks
They literally got swept by an underdog knicks team and they were expected to be a sleeper team in the playoffs nothing about that says success
And that still is the best thing they've ever done since the 90s without Lebron.
No sir, "The coach" DID NOT GIVE HIM THE GREEN LIGHT.
The GM gave him the green light by making that trade to bring in a max-salary player.
Coaches have ZERO input into playing time and shot selection.
The CBA, culminating with the signed contract negotiated between the GM and the player's agent, 100% determines that player's position in the team hierarchy.
Repeat: THE COACH HAS ZERO INPUT INTO DEFYING THE CBA, ZERO INPUT INTO DEFYING THE GM, ZERO INPUT INTO "COACHING" AN EMPLOYEE WHO MAKES 10 TIMES THEIR SALARY.
You're confused because you think it's "basketball". It's "contract management".
Tatum and Brown used to pass the basketball. Now that they have max-contracts, they have become the ball-stoppers on their team. Same with Mitchell.
Mitchell won't change because his contract says he doesn't have to change. The only thing the Cavs can do is the same thing that Utah did, trade him.
@@qt3dot14ish bruh
Now imagine this same free flowing offense without DM, but instead with a 7 footer that can shoot threes and defend the permitter. That's what the Cavs had with Lauri and they pissed it away along with what could have been a top bench in the league
that's not true Lauri didn't produce until got to Utah, and his stats stayed the same from Chicago. I just think the cavs weren't willing to build around him when he ranked like 37 in efficiency, he was below average.
@@avionkirts3049you also gotta realize that Lauri didn't know he was gonna play SF till training camp started. The reason he's been popping off in Utah is because he prepared the entirety of last season and asked his national team coach to play him more on the perimeter at the 3. He actually trained for the position and then it turned out he was getting shipped to Utah where he instantly became the first option which also helped. I'm not saying he'd be averaging the same ppg or sum but he'd def would've been scoring more and just been overall more consistent/efficient.
Loved this. I'm a Celtics fan, and this also describes Jayson Tatum, at his worst. (I saw Kyrie Irving in a similar light when he played for the C's, and was relieved to see him go). I sense Tatum's much better at playing team ball this year, and I'm optimistic for them. I hope things work out for the Cavs... it's just not fun watching four guys stand around doing nothing. (Make that *eight* -- since their defenders get a break at the same time.)
Diehard Celtics fan here. Every star will play iso ball throughout a game, such as JT. Main difference the Celtics are like +22 with JT on the court and -22 without him. The off difference with JT and the Celtics, when he is playing ISO ball, the team sometimes stands around, but other times they are moving and JT if in trouble, gets them the ball, especially the last 2 years. This season for JT and the C’s is mad special and I, excited.
@@ChargersAndCelticsGang Oh, yeah. We've got to play it a little cool, though, or other teams' fans are going to hate us even more than they already do. (They resent all the rings and trophies.) If we're not careful, we might become like the Patriots.
Tatum is also a way better defender than Mitchell
Nah, you're talking about a JT from years ago, he doesn't play that way anymore
@@kayk3639 Nah, you're not watching for nuances closely enough, and you're not reading text closely enough.
Problem is he's averaging 28 points and six assists this season. So it's hard to argue against that kind of productivity. It may not be his fault per se. Maybe the coaches need to figure out a way to get the offense flowing more efficiently when he's on the floor. He is not doing anything Steph Curry, Damian Lillard, SGA, or Tyrese Haliburton are doing. And unlike other underperforming point guards, Donovan Mitchell is a perennial All-Star and franchise player. If he wasn't scoring as much, and if his stats were less padded, your argument would then be that he is underperforming.
Not sure that Donovan Mitchell, exclusively, is the problem here. Especially not when he is putting up those numbers and shooting nearly 50% from the field.
Spida is great and really fun to watch but his style of play won't lead to playoff success and he's gonna hold our young core back.
Donovan being iso oriented can be fixed with the right scheme and coaching influence, assuming he’d have the mindset to adjust, long term I think the Allen is probably the odd man out and they should look to put Mobley at the 5 asap.
That is a coaching issue! The players do what the coaches instruct and allow the players to do. Coaching is very important.
That’s on the coaching staff to get him to play with the team and also we saw what this team did in the playoffs. Outside of game 1, Mitchell played well while everyone else was none existent.
They need a guy like Mitchell for the playoffs, he just gotta change his play style
That is the solution that makes way more sense than trading him. I've never seen him make much progress on both defense and playmaking though, not on the Jazz nor on the Cavs.
@@pinobluevogel6458 did you watch yesterday game he was play making all night and his teammates sold the game when he went to the bench garland 8 turnovers but it’s all on Mitchell 😂
@@uncleshannon1756 Sorry I didn't see it. I don't have time to watch all the games. Where do you believe this anti-mitchell sentiment is coming from then, among Cavs fans?
They don’t need Mitchell when Vegas is involved lol sports is fake 🎰💰🧾
Been saying this all year. He doesn’t get everyone involved especially the shooters he can draw 2-3 defenders and will shoot a heavily contested shot instead of getting it to open shooters. He has to learn to see the court better, being unselfish with the ball and learn when to use his iso score abilities
Craig Porter was a surprise. I didnt even know he's a rookie. Dude play like he's on his 5th year in the league
That red floor is so hard on the eyes.
I don't want Mitchell to be traded, I want J.B and the team to have a conversation and I want to have Garland as the point guard who runs the shows and does the play making.
I want Mitchell to play a bit more off the ball and to go to iso mode when needed and to not over abuse it. It's fine to abuse switches and favorable match-ups but he can get his points alright. What the Cavs need is team ball and to run plays that makes them an offense thaat can catch fire as a team.
We all know that Cavs struggle a lot in 4th quarters and that's because after doing so much iso you would obviously have Mitchell tired and the rest of the team cold.
James Harden and the rockets still needed chris paul to become championship countenter. Mitchell should be the closer but Darius should be the playmaker and you also need Allen and Mobley to get involved offensively so that shooters like Struss and Niang get more space to shoot.
We lost to a knicks team that was shooting under 30% from the 3 point line in play-offs and 43 % from the field in last play-offs and I hope the cavs took it as a lesson because this serie highlighted all the cavs problems.
They added shooters and they need to dial down the iso now.
DM got to realize that today's nba is not hero offense anymore, Jokic changed NBA for good, many go-to guys like KD has shifted to pass more the ball, the sooner he got it the better for him.
You mean Curry changed it because he and the Warriors are the origin of selfless basketball. Infact, I would even say that Pop and the Spurs started it.
Manty teams played great ball movement basketball bro nuggest didn't change anything 😂 did you just start watching basketball
2016 cavs won with that offense tho. It was basically Lebron and Kyrie taking turns playing heroball
@@daanishgupta nuggets is more impressive cause they dont really have that insane talent level of warriors and spurs.
Jokic didn’t change shit Miami just want to finals with Jimmy iso plus defense
From Utah, he plays basketball uphill. Like he puts himself in inefficient situations and then goes volume. He is like Monte Ellis back in the day. He will put up stats but not wins.
Didn’t he lead bum ass Utah yo a 1 seed lol
Saw this happen again in today's game against the Lakers.
that garland play @ 2:59 should be studied more by other guards. off-ball brush screens. only guy who does this consistently is steph and he usually take two defenders with him while running around.
As a Cavs fan, I loved and hated the trade. Since I loved our depth, after DG came back I saw how much better the team plays and Donovan is not the sort of player this team needs. Even though he's had amazing games, he stops our offense
it sounds to me that they need a new coach or a system opposed to getting rid of mitchell
no way bro, if mitchell would buy into the system it works. players need to be coachable to win games you cant just get a coach like that
@@Enlightened_SpursFan thats the coaches job to have player buy into the system but it looks like he gives him special treatment and im sure teh organization puts pressure on the coaches to play their stars which lets players get away with playing how they want too
@@alanlars628 player empowerment is some BS, if thy wanna be that selfish and petty then trade their asses. players like james harden are ruining the league. they signed a contract, play it
@@Enlightened_SpursFan i agree but that comes from not respecting the coach or the system
@@alanlars628 yea, but I mean some players feel disrespected no matter what so at some point you gotta stop trying to cater to their needs.
Exactly what I was thinking. Bro basically has a Harden blueprint. Needs to learn to move off the ball and learn what Curry does on most possessions: let your teammates get in rhythm
sounds like he simply needs to adjust, hopefully he does, im not a Cavs fan, but I enjoy the team play when they do it
I got clowned on heavily for saying Mitchell is not a superstar before the season started. I will die on this hill-he’s a great player but he’s just a better version of Bradley Beal.
No team with DMitch as their top player will ever win their conference, yet alone the Finals
I disagree he’s just not on the right team he has yet to play with a good wing good bench also you can say that about most players in the league no one is winning a championship as the best player on a team outside of maybe 6 players
@@uncleshannon1756 exactly my point dawg. There are only like 6-8 players who can win as No. 1 option, so they are the only ones who can be considered “superstars”…I see people calling all sorts of dudes “superstars” when really only the most elite of the elite should have that title. DMitch has never been out of the second round as a No. 1 option and there’s no way in hell any team is gonna win their conference with him as their top dog. Hence why he’s not a “superstar”
He’s a really good volume scorer that doesn’t provide much else. The Cavs play better without him
@@Mieslk2 I disagree with the does nothing but score narrative that’s false but my point is people only say Mitchell can’t be the best player on a championship you never hear it about anyone else it’s like it’s specifically targeted at Mitchell he gets more pressure than embiid which has the same amount more f cf appearances as Mitch and he’s a mvp but I think he can lead a team to a conference finals it gotta be the right team tho I gotta see him with a good bench and good wing before I can make a full judgement
@@Mieslk2 also the cavs do not play better without him bro that’s a 2-3 game sample size if you really watch the Cavs the real problem is the coach he’s not using Mitchell right he’s the one telling Mitchell to iso in close situations he has no problem passing like y’all make it seem and to be fair the cavs have no one else you can trust in close situations garland is turnover prone and take just as many bad shots as Mitchell who you going to levert ? 😂
the reason he plays iso so much is because we have such a huge problem with turnovers late in the game.
Seems on brand. I remember seeing the stat that Don only averaged 2 passes to Gobert per game 😂
If Mitchell's ego is too big to play team ball then he needs to be traded while he still has value. I bet Chicago would love to have him, they need a shot taker.
Happened again vs Lakers near the end of the game, great timing for the vid
I don't watch Cavs games that much but am a fan of Spida since his Jazz days so I was skeptical at first. But this makes sense. Someone should talk to him then about the adjustments that he and the team needs to make to get to the next level in the conference. Making plays to setup your teammates when the D is focused on you should be fairly doable for Donavan.
As a Cavs fan keep this man, coach just needs to speak up about these possessions
Cavs fans better stop complaining, they’d be better with spida vs without. Too much crying and complaining because if spida become passive and the cavs start to lose then he will get all the blame
James Harden style ball. Great for regular season. Terrible for team ball especially if you want to go deep into the playoffs
When Kobe used to do that it was called Mamba mentality (which if you ask me is a bunch of BS) but when others do it they are selfish ballhogs who are a cancer to their team 😅 thanks for making this video 👍
Thats true for pre-Gasol Lakers, but once Gasol joined Kobe absolutely trusted Pau and shared the rock
Kobe was playing on trash offenses where he was required to do everything offensively but when I had a reliable 2nd option or star next to him he shared the ball had a nice to 2 man game with Pau and was the best playmaker on most of the teams he was on and feed shaq also stop spreading this false nonsense about Kobe being a ball hog
As a Cavs fan, to those who think we can find a player more conducive to winning than Mitchell, SHUT UP.
I'm pretty sure you have a very valid point. I don't watch many Cavs games unless their on primetime tv tbh, but this is really nothing to me. Almost every star player does this in stretches. I just don't think it's a Donovan thing is all I'm trying to say respectfully. Keep putting up quality videos bro much success to you!!!
He’s just like Gilbert Arenas. Can be the best player in the league one night and the worst one in the league the next
Lol this was i ve been saying last year. Mitchell even chokes on playoff. His stats drops because the opposing teams are aware of playstyle . His plays are just iso after iso and some more iso.
On the contrary, players like De’Aaron Fox, who is as athletic and talented as people like Mitchell, won’t play hero ball in the 4th, and instead add an extra push to the whole team.
Squash the spider! 🕷️👈🤨
Bring him to LA. He is perfect for the Lakers.
He plays like Kobe
Donovan Mitchell has always been playing like that since his time in Utah Jazz. He likes to play hero ball.
This reminds me so much of what happens with Anthony Edwards so often
Gilbert Arenas is probably already preparing his own video claiming Mitchell is already a top 20 player of all time. I am certain he was thoroughly enjoying both makes and misses while raving about the eye test.
hello donovan, this song is for you:
Don't go chasin' waterfalls
Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to
I know that you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all
But I think you're moving too fast...
is by TLC my dude. your tie will come, but u have to stay humble and pass the freakin ball my guy.
Bring him off the bench and let him loose, he is fresh near the clutch time.
Its not his contract year.
Love your long take on point, keep it up.
It turns out Shaq was right when calling him out.
He's scoring in iso. That's scheme. His teammates are all spreading out and not moving around on purpose to create more space for him. They would have to scheme Mitchell scoring more with a free-flowing movement heavy concept. I mean Mitchell has to be open to it too. So it's on the player but it's coaching/scheme too.
If Donovan Mitchell was the guy - Utah wouldnt have traded him away rather just tweaked the pieces around him.
I see him most likely heading to Miami in my view.
Some of these guys who dominate the ball so much, just aren't good enough to elevate the play of their teammates.
Mitchell and Lavine should share the Washington franchise with Poole😂
Seems to me that when he’s in the game, they use him as the primary ball handler and there’s way less balls movement and player movement. He’s Sg and scoring is what he does best so it’s no wonder. Not every SG can be moved to PG.
Cavs never should've aquired Mitchell in the first place especially when you have Garland, Mitchell is like harden great in regular season but disappeares in playoffs
Same in today’s game vs lakers.
He’s a glorified shot chucker they should trade him he’s stunting the growth of Garland & Mobley
Warriors felt the same about Durant. Amazing player, but synergy compromised due to style of play
durant loves to play off the ball
@@ektran4205 that’s true. But when the ball got sticky when he was on the floor. It’s not Durants fault that he always had a mismatch for whoever he is guarding him. But the ball moved less due to his greatness
He shouldn’t be the lead ball handler - that’s just me. Only when garland is out should that be the case - he doesn’t create for his team, he’s just individually talented
Read a lot of comments hating on the city of Cleveland, not born in the States but why the hate?
This isnt on mitchell its on the coach
I think I'll just let him do this till the time we have a squad that can really contend cuz if he figures it out and reach the lvl where he can just get basket anytime he wants that's a good trade of for all the L's you be getting now. but once you got a squad that could go all the way to championship definitly won't let him. if he hits 30 years old and i still not him... then it was waste but if he does... you'd have a guy that's basically unstoppable for the next five years.
iso ball is good. You just need teammates to buy in. that goes for any system.
Rudy Bros let's get toxic AF lol. This is our microphone moment
ball movement and everyone getting involved is always the best, hero ball will get you either a Carmelo Anthony or James Harden result which RINGLESS.
Porter doing what murray doing in Denver
Need to move on from him. He's playing "me ball" to raise his stocks for new contract and trade request. Stats are not everything in this scenario. Team is good enough that with a nice trade package that they can get for him, they can be a threat to the big boys in season or two. Young core and teamwork oriented.
Blame the coaching staff they shouldn’t be letting him play like tht he isn’t lebron, kd or curry
aint no fuckin way real cavs fans WANT to trade him. How soon we forget the 71 points? The constant clutch plays to keep us in games and will us to wins? Only way I'd say to trade him is if he said he was leaving in free agency. This is a knee-jerk reaction to a sluggish start while a lot of the team was injured. Okoro has been out, Allen and Garland missed some significant time too in the first few games.
Harden, Dame, DMitch. WTH is happening with these Adidas endorsers?
To be honest, it isn't that Donovan Mitchell doesn't pass, because he doesn't need to, they brought him there to score. The biggest issue is his size and the fact he is far from a 2way. If they had a player like Paul George or even Brandon Ingram, you would be able to do so much more on defense
Mitchel isn't the problem. Haven't heard from DG or the "DPOY" Jarret Allen since Mitchell got to Cleveland.
Mitchell from these clips shown at least and highlights looks like he's a MP on NBA 2K career. The lack of motion with him on court is similar to the videogame when you call isolations to badge hunt 😆. I personally wouldn't have him on my team because I believe in team basketball like how the nuggets play... that's attractive winning basketball (a team game played by the whole team)
You missed your own point.
"The Nuggets" don't play team basketball.
Jokic, because of his natural personality, allows for team basketball to be played by the Nuggets players.
The reason why stats don’t tell the full picture
Maybe I’m misremembering things, but wasn’t Donovan Mitchell a 3/D specialist coming out of Louisville?
Tbf when the rest of the team are ass I have no problem with Donovan taking most of the shots. What are the other guys gonna do lol. Donovan is the best chance to score on almost every trip down the floor.
2:23 someone needed to say sum
The reality is he is nice as hell. The second reality is i don't believe he wants to be in Cleveland long term. We gave up a lot.
Blame Alcoholic Altman 😂
Don't trip CLE fans, you guys need Donovan just to make the playoffs. If you trade him and don't get equal value in return, kiss the postseason goodbye
Huh. Everybody thought Rudy was the main cause, when spida should've fell on the sword too 😂
Cavs Vs Lakers Mitchell shot 3 in a row instead of passing to Allen.
Listen hear.... The Cavs shouldn't have traded for him then. Miami would gladly take him BUT we will not give up the house for him.
Cavs should sign Kenny Lofton Jr !!!! Next year lineup DG BATES TRAVERS LOFTON MOBLEY … bench KPJ LEVERT STRUS NIANG ALLEN … call me crazy, maybe they’re not ready but I’d love to see it and know then bump up whomever and give the fellas smaller roles if necessary. But thatd rip, perhaps get OG from a Mitchell trade… but if he would walk we’d be fine.
They play 5x better when Garland is running the offense. No disrespect to Mitchell.
Hate to say it but they should be trending upwards you’d think, but no. They better trade him, the Knicks would take’m, but as a Knicks fan I’ve always said I wouldn’t want him and his empty calorie scoring
It feels like Donovan wants be the Cavs new LeBron and thats not what they need, im not a fan of the Cavs but based of what ive seen he needs to involve the whole team more instead of trying the hero ball
This theory is a reach. You never know how much they are worth to your team until they are gone. Cavs fans are on copium rn thinking they would compete for a chip without an LBJ in their team.
To me that trade meant giving up on DG for no reason.
Crazy how they aren't the best team in the league when they have Julius Garland, Evan Mobley AND Jared Allen
Cavs fan here, we do NOT want to trade Mitchell. Every team needs a good scorer like Mitchell. On top of that, the whole “the team had a bad record before Donovan got hurt” is a BS argument. We made some major roster changes in the offseason. It took a while for the team to catch its stride. When DG was hurt last year, Spida was averaging 8 assists a game. No real Cavs fan wants Mitchell gone. Anyone advocating for that is clueless.
Cavs fan for 35 years. Don't WANT him gone, but I am quickly realizing this team has a ceiling with him. And I was a fan of his in Utah. He isn't a good fit for this roster or the stage of development they are in. I think you still make the trade if you have the chance 9/10 times, but I honestly think the Cavs would be in the same spot with who we had before the trade.
@@topherick IDK man, we’re a small market team. The only way for us to get superstars is via trade or the draft. I also don’t think he’s a bad fit by any means. He’s a much better defender than people give him credit for. Also, what would you want if you traded him away? There’s not much out there that would be better. This team’s x-factor is Mobley. If he can put some weight on the way Giannis did, we would be a championship contender with this roster. Their offseason signings were great, Porter jr has been fantastic off the bench, so has Caris and surprisingly Okoro. I think we are 1-2 years out from title contention.
Lol .. “he made one and he missed one “ 29 ppg on a 50/40 split is crazy . He leads their team in assist .. Cavs fans are frustrated their star player is being assertive . Weird . Not making playoffs without him
The season before the trade, the Cavs had the 3rd best record in the East at the all-star break were running playoffs teams off the court in many games. It was the unbelievable rash of injuries in the last few months of the season that caused them to miss the playoff by one game.
i think you guys should trade him for someone like pool .. washington needs a dmitch and you guys need to run the offense thru garland consistently.. w jp scorin in the flow of the game instead of tryna run a franchise .. ya team so talented just a piece of 2 away
Mitchell for Deangelo Russell, we can get the old nets back together again
Cleveland ain’t going far without Mitchel so this is meaningless. It’s the lakers sometimes play better and win without Lebron on the floor, are the lakers better without him? Hell no. They ain’t exiting the 1st round without him. Sure there will be more ball movement and player participation if he’s not on the court, doesn’t mean that’s still a long standing good thing.
They won't need to worry about trading him. He's gonna leave in free agency anyway
He comes from the Allen iverson school of basketball. He thinks he is the only good player on the team so he doesn’t pass.
He needs to team up with anthony lazy davis who is scared touching the ball.
This is the difference between an American star driven team and he rest of the world
he was like that with the jazz