Trade
The Washington Wizards and the Milwaukee Bucks have agreed on a trade.
Wizards in: Allan Houston
Bucks in: Donovan Mitchell
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I plan to embrace the modern format of 4 positions: Ball handlers, Wings, Swings and Bigs. Mitchell played 47% of his minutes at PG last season and 53% at SG. I'll be using him as a score-first ball handler.
Felt like I needed a dynamic ball handler who could change the pace of the game and explode on the open court. Mitchell fits the bill. I can surround him with 4 shooters and let him do his job. He gives me a different option compared to DJ and Harper who are defensive minded ball handlers.
The Jazz were using Mitchell as a score-first PG in the playoffs. He had a terrific series against the Nuggets averaging 36.3 points, 5 rebounds and 4.9 assists on 52.9% from the floor and 51.6% from 3pt range! He was simply amazing during that series! Unfortunately for the Jazz, they lost in 7 games to the Nuggets.
Ball handlers: Dennis Johnson, Donovan Mitchell, Derek Harper
Wings: Kawhi Leonard, Khris Middleton, Mike Finley
Swings: Pascal Siakam, Toni Kukoc
Bigs: Nikola Jokic, Nikola Vucevic
Yeah, I like where you are going with that.
(1) I was thinking the same thing about my SGs. Both are more shooter types than ball-handler / slasher type. I was hoping Mitchell would fall to me to round out my options at SG.
(2) I agree with you on your team. I felt you needed a more dynamic ball-handler. I was worried about how reliant you were on Jokic to get inside the defense. That your perimeter players play with the defense in the front of them rather than piercing the defense and moving the ball.
I wonder if Mitchell is your best PG. I believe he is.
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