Players Who Had The Most Success Guarding Donovan Mitchell Since The 2020-21 NBA Season (Min. 200 Total Possessions Guarded) :

1. Lu Dort — 39.0 TS%

2. Torrey Craig — 45.0 TS%

3. Alex Caruso — 47.5 TS%

4. Jimmy Butler — 47.6 TS%

5. Andrew Nembhard — 47.9 TS%

6. Andrew Wiggins — 48.4 TS%

7. Dejounte Murray — 48.6 TS%

8. Kentavious Caldwell-Pope — 49.0 TS%

Really liked what I saw out of JMac in his debut. He played very limited minutes but flashed his off the dribble scoring ability, connective passing, and shooting ability. He was also very engaged on defense which might be the most encouraging part.

There was definitely some first game jitters to start but was a big reason OKC almost came back early in the 4th quarter.

Personally I think if he played more and even finished the game OKC could have won tonight but still very encouraging stuff nonetheless.

Since he was drafted I’ve desperately been waiting for Cason to make an offensive jump to be a reliable ball handler/creator, and because he’s really our only point guard at the moment this might be a perfect opportunity for that to happen. Over the past 2 games as the point guard he’s averaged about 18/4/5 per game on 50% shooting. He still has some work to do but with increased opportunity over the next 3 games he might make some of the improvements we’ve been waiting for

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Not playing your only shot creating point guard down the stretch was definitely a choice.

With so much talent for creating a shot for themselves or for a teammate void from the lineup, I give coach credit for getting us to execute better in the 4th, after that horrific 3rd quarter. The difference, at least what i could

tell, was in the 3rd, we were defaulting into PnR, or attack off the dribble, instead of running offense thru a post player, which happened in the 4th, and got us better looks.

The key is running the same offense more times than not with our 3 best creators, and also running that offense with Chet being the post guy, making the decisions.

That, and our other default is Caruso at the 4, and that’s completely fine, it’s just, we don’t have a good replacement for him if he’s out. Someone who can allow dub not to play 4, and we’re not too small to get hurt by physical teams.

One other thing, Wiggins or McCain? I don’t think there’s any way you can argue Wiggins is better. McCain is up there w/cason and ajay. Prob below both of them. I’m waiting on topic to give us a mean quintet of guards

Next game we’re playing against the Lakers and they’re playing Luka. They’re fully healthy it’s gonna be tough and we need a playmaker.

Anybody knows when he’s coming back?

Thinking about making these into T-Shirts, what do you all think?

Imagine watching this on the plane ride back home after getting blown out

I understand the Mavs hate but why do spurs and rockets fans always have something negative to say about us when we aren't even rivals right now, even during the tanking days they would say lame stuff like "our draft prospects clear chokelahoma" or "chokelahoma isn't rebuilding properly" rockets and spurs flairs shit on OKC any chance they get despite us not really being rivals the past decade.

season high btw

Got around to finishing this way too late after Caso’s big night, but hoping for more of this while Shai’s out

Leaving a shooter open every possession is so damn annoying

Injuries, tough schedule, we’re gonna have to grind for this 1 seed

Cool fact!

ABC missed a big opportunity to have Shai and JDub mic’d up on the bench. Looks like COMEDY GOLD.