After averaging 24 points per game in his five seasons in Utah, Donovan Mitchell is up to averaging 29.5 in his first year with the Cavaliers.
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell looks on in the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Dallas Mavericks in Dallas, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. It’s fair to say that former Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell is having a career-best season in his first year with the Cavaliers.
It’s been good enough that Mitchell has even been in the MVP conversation. Cavaliers coach J.B. Bickerstaff argued for that“Yeah, I don’t think there’s any doubt about it. You know, at one point in time, winning mattered in the MVP votes. You’re seeing people’s names be mentioned that don’t have the record that we have. I think it’s fair for to be in that conversation for sure.”
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell sets the play while Dallas Mavericks forward Tim Hardaway Jr. defends him in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Dallas, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell listens to Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert during a time out during Game 3 of an NBA basketball first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, April 21, 2022, in Salt Lake City.Yeah, it was wild. It was wild how it happened, but you know, we were going over different things, and things happen.Nah, that was in Connecticut. He came down and we spoke about just a lot. First of all, it was just good to see him.
Lauri has been this good for a long time. I think that now he’s getting an opportunity to showcase that. You started with the summer and he’s been able to go out there and put it out there on the floor. Mike’s obviously the veteran guard which we all know, JC has taken another leap as a player to not just be a scorer. They’ve got Malik Beasley who is a good shooter. Walker Kessler, from the games I’ve seen he’s really taking a big step.
Then you get put in a situation where your role is different, you’re becoming a leader, you’ve got younger guys, you got guys you gotta teach, you’ve got guys that you’re learning from, a coaching staff that’s really helped me continue to push my development. I think that it’s been really good.Honestly, for me, it’s just a few things. Obviously my commitment to the defensive end, I’ve been really pushed by this coaching staff to really do that. Obviously, like I said, I put that on myself.
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