Like Giannis Antetokounmpo who savored his moment, however brief, in the company of Michael Jordan, Donovan Mitchell would also have liked to meet the boss during the All-Star Game. Unfortunately for him, an illness prevented him from being there. The back of the Jazz would regret almost as much to have missed the match as to miss one more opportunity to meet “His Airness”.
“I never met Michael Jordan physically, so the All-Star Game would have been a time when I could have done that. I was actually supposed to do the halftime speech that Ja Morant, Luka Doncic and all those guys did”, he confided.
A first failure in 2017
Another missed act for “Spida”, who could have played for the Hornets, the franchise of Michael Jordan, until the Salt Lake City franchise got their hands on it in the 2017 Draft. With the 11th pick , Charlotte had finally opted for Malik Monk, leaving Donovan Mitchell available for the Jazz with the 13th choice.
“I was supposed to go to Charlotte, I don’t know if you know that. I was supposed to be part of the Hornets, at least that’s what I was told on the morning of the Draft.he added. “I was going to go back for a second practice and Mike was going to be there, but things didn’t go as planned. The stars did not align. So it would have been great to just be able to meet him for the first time.”
The message has in any case passed on the side of Donovan Mitchell who hopes to glimpse the silhouette of Michael Jordan during his next match in Charlotte with Utah, in a whole month.
| Donovan Mitchell | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 79 | 33 | 43.7 | 34.0 | 80.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 77 | 34 | 43.2 | 36.2 | 80.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 69 | 34 | 44.9 | 36.6 | 86.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 53 | 33 | 43.8 | 38.6 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 40 | 34 | 45.0 | 33.9 | 87.6 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 5.2 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.5 |
| Total | 318 | 34 | 44.0 | 35.9 | 83.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 23.7 | |
