For Donovan Mitchell, Keyonte George is already an All-Star

With 32 points and 9 assists in a jazz victory in Cleveland, Keionte George once again achieved an excellent performance. With Danny Avdiahe is one of the favorites for the Most Improved Player trophy, and it is this style of performance that lends weight to his candidacy.

Above all, this match was not trivial for him because, on the contrary, it was Donovan Mitchell. And there are comparisons between the two players. In any case, the leader of the Cavs paid his colleague a nice compliment.

“They dominated us and it started with Keyonte George, who deserves to be an All-Star.”, believes the former leader of Utah. “He’s a young guy that I know personally and I’m looking forward to his progress compared to last season. I’m happy for him.”

“Donovan Mitchell has done so much for jazz and I’m far from that”

As a 22-year-old young player, who experiences his first season at a very high level after an interesting first two years, does he see this analogy?

“When you compare yourself to a player like him, who’s an All-Star every year, it gives you a boost in terms of confidence.”confides the jazz back. “It doesn’t put more pressure on me because I know my age, my room for improvement and I know the franchise believes in me and is behind me. Donovan Mitchell has done so much for the Jazz and I’m a long way from that.”

When we compare the third seasons of Keionte George and Donovan Mitchell, we notice that it is very close: 23.6 points on 45% success, 36% on 3-pointers for the first; 24 points with the same percentages for the second, 2019/20. However, the paths of the two players in Salt Lake City are very different for now.

“The circumstances are very different. They had Bojan Bogdanovic, Mike Conley, Rudy Gobert, who is a four-time Defensive Player of the Year. We’re trying to get to that level, so it’s completely different on a day-to-day basis.”notes Keyonte George. “I compete with myself and I don’t try to follow in Mitchell’s footsteps because they are huge. They made the playoffs, I never played the first round and I had more than 50% wins. I just have to fight and try to improve.”

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How to read statistics? MJ = matches played; Min = Minute; Shots = Shots Successful / Shots Attempted; 3 points = 3 points / attempt 3 points; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive jump; Tot = Total number of jumps; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal mistakes; Int = intercepts; Bp = lost balls; Ct: Against; Points = Points.