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Donovan Mitchell returns to Utah, a retrospective on his run in Utah and 4 takeaways



Donovan Mtichell returns to Utah today to play the Utah Jazz for the first time in Salt Lake City since being traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers. Today on LOCKED ON JAZZ we run back through his 5 years and look at his how he uplifted the fanbase, his growth, his willingness to take the burden and the what if that is still left over in his run with the Utah Jazz.

David Locke, radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you Locked On Jazz, the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.

Then Locke takes a look at the Jazz 3 game road trip and the versititlity of Lauri Markkanen’s scoring, the emerence of Ochai Abaji and the defense of Walker Kessler.

The Ringer came out with its top 100 players in the NBA and 3 Jazz players, Lauri Markkanen, Mike Conley and Jordan Clarkson were all listed in the top 100 players.

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5 Comments

  1. Trevor Muse

    Have we seen lauri Markkanens max potential?

    Also, what do you think about the Clarksonā€™s contract extension?

  2. H James

    Not bitter, but I feel like Donovan has two faces and isn't always genuine. Casting aspersions on a group based upon some inept politician's take is terrible. The populace of Utah basically turned him into an (false) idol. He was king there. His mantra is social justice, but his big donation went to a prep school not law enforcement reform/involvement or inner city. Wish him the best, but this whole narrative is terrible for the Jazz franchise. He Mitchell experience reinforced the racism stereotype and that is truly unfortunate. I don't hear many people in Utah talking about it constructively.

  3. R-trippin

    I think I disagree with you David I thought he was gonna be special when I saw him play a preseason game for the G league and he had like 10 steals it was clearly obvious he was the best player in the floor and I felt he was going to be a major player in this league even an all star at that moment.

  4. Stephen Ritter

    Iā€™m an enormous Donovan fan. He did so many awesome things for the Jazz. He was a joy to watch and cheer for. It was really fun to watch him on social media going to BBQs and hanging out at college games etc. His hands on charitable work in schools etc was brilliant. I am grateful and impressed by his willingness to stand up for what he believes and confronting social issues he sees in the world and our community. He did so very publicly and his decorum in those settings was always first class.

    That said, can we please admit heā€™s not a perfect person or player? His attitude toward the end of his Jazz run and his reaction to being traded was pretty brutal. His inability to work with some of his teammates or put in effort defensively was pretty brutal. I can see why some people would want to boo him.

    Personally I will always cheer for him despite his imperfections. Iā€™m also imperfect. Iā€™m always grateful for people in my life who encourage the good in me. I donā€™t want to live my life accusatorially when I can live my life celebratory.

    Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk

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