The Utah Jazz rookie just dropped 34 points in Sacramento, joining Blake Griffin and Joel Embiid as the only players since 2010 to have five 30-plus point performances in the first 50 games of their NBA careers. And because we’re talking about Mitchell here, a few of those points came on jaw-dropping slam dunks.
These are just a couple of the reasons the guard is becoming an attraction even when the Jazz are on the road.
On this episode of the Weekly Run, The Tribune’s Utah Jazz podcast, we discuss Mitchell’s rising star, locker room frustrations and Thabo Sefolosha’s injury.