how is donovan a liability on the floorThat entire team has been away shyt for years now yet no one is said a word as they don’t care about Utah. I also never said I expected him to be the best perimeter defender, so I don’t get where you got that comment.
You don’t have to be All Defensive team, but at least be average enough not to be a complete liability on the floor. I’ve said about Jokic and KAT and I will say it about Mitchell as well. That applies to other guys on his team as well who Gobert has been covering for on defense for years now.
We give other guys shyt as well for their shortcomings, so Mitchell shouldn’t be the exception.

you gotta stretch and do backflips to say that mitchell's defense is anything other what the rest of those guys offer on the perimeter out there. its acceptable to someone especially when the effort has been there before. just like how its acceptable for them to not even look at gobert under the rim. just like its acceptable those other bums get major minutes knowing their value added is limited at best.
when it comes down to it, ALL the first indicators of a coaching problem - or a coach reaching his plateau with a team - go out the window when its convenient. teams have made deeper runs than utah and felt the need for a coaching change. this isn't some rare, uncomfortable line of thinking
