Aside from the fact that the 2017-18 Utah Jazz season was one of the most exciting years for the team in the past decade, it also has produced one of the most controversial debates in the entire NBA. Namely, who deserves the Rookie of the Year Award, Philadelphia’s Ben Simmons or surprise breakout star Donovan Mitchell?
Jazz fans, of course, will defend Mitchell until they’re blue in the face, and they have a solid argument behind them. Not only did he set a new rookie record for 3-pointers made in a single season, but he was the leading scorer among all rookies and on a Jazz team that he helped to defy the odds and return to the playoffs.