When picking teams for the 2021 NBA All-Star Game, team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo drew some raised eyebrows when they left the two available Jazz players—Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert—as the last picks of the draft.
James rationalized his decision by saying, "You guys got to understand—just like in video games growing up, we never played with Utah." That explanation drew the ire of Jazz fans, though Mitchell dismissed James's comments before All-Star festivities on Sunday.
“I don’t want to be rude but I really don’t care...," Mitchell said, per Sarah Todd of the Deseret News.