Mike Conley chose a poor time for a re-surfacing of his hamstring issues from last year with the Utah Jazz entering a rather rough portion of its schedule. But in the hopefully shorter-than-last-year time where the veteran guard is out, Utah seems to be in the very safe hands of Point Donovan Mitchell.
In two games that Conley has missed, we’ve seen two statement games from Mitchell leading to a pair of wins as the Jazz enter a tough part of their schedule. Against the Indiana Pacers, he just missed out on a first career triple-double with 27 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds (the final stat line on game night read nine rebounds initially, but was adjusted to eight some time later).