Former Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell Frustrated With All-NBA Results
The yearly All-NBA teams can only consist of 15 total players. No matter how well the talent ends up being in a single-given season, some guys around the league are bound to feel disrespected or snubbed from where they felt they should've been slotted in.
This is no different when it comes to former Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell. After the blockbuster to send him out of Utah to the Cleveland Cavaliers last offseason, Mitchell had one of the best seasons we've seen from him up to date. He posted averages of 28.3 points, 4.3 rebounds, 4.4 assists, and 1.5 steals per game, all while leading the Cavs to a 4-seed in the East.
Sadly for Mitchell, the overwhelming regular season success didn't end up translating well into the postseason. Cleveland got bounced in five games in a both early and disappointing first round exit.
Regardless of this outcome, Mitchell's regular season success should still be recognized. However, the recognition Don received still seemed a bit short of what he was expecting. Wednesday night, the NBA finally released the official All-NBA selections with some suprising decisons.
Despite his stellar regular season, Mitchell failed to be recognized as an All-NBA First Team player. Instead, he was relegated to the second team, joining some guy named Steph Curry.
While still a gracious honor to essentially be named as a top 10 player of the past season, it doesn't seem like he's too satisfied with the results. Mitchell took to Twitter to drop a simple 7-character response a few minutes after the release of the announcement:
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Luka Doncic ended up being the two guards picked above him. Two guards that failed to make the playoffs ending up on All-NBA First Team is something you don't see very often, which could give Mitchell valid reason for his slight frustration here. While the statistics from both of these guys stood out better than Mitchell's, their lack of team success could be a case against them getting selected.
Mitchell will look to gain some more respect next season for the Cavaliers. After an embarrasing first round exit to the New York Knicks, the expectation will be for them to bounce back even bigger and better than before.
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