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bart simpson
July 18, 2022 at 3:50 pm
molly’s rack looking good
Elijah Bishop
July 18, 2022 at 3:55 pm
Perks been wrong about pretty much everything watch him win mvp lol
Pray4Kali
July 18, 2022 at 5:04 pm
Averaging 20 nothing??? ???? for 5 seasons??? ????
Jason Black
July 18, 2022 at 5:44 pm
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Kelly Q
July 18, 2022 at 5:47 pm
Replace Mitchell with KD and thats a championship. Utah is like Toronto, all the pieces in place they just need that one guy to put them over the top
Garnel jr pierre
July 18, 2022 at 7:49 pm
Donovan Mitchell and Jimmy Butler would be Dwayne Wade and lebron James 2.0 ????
Darrick Hibbler
July 18, 2022 at 7:55 pm
Perk wrong on this one. DM is the truth
Dylan Grivell
July 18, 2022 at 8:07 pm
I don’t think I’ve ever had more respect for and agreed with Perk more than in this clip. Makes Perk sound like the smartest dude on earth when you make him argue something obvious like that. Well done Killer Kendrick ????
Skrirrex
July 18, 2022 at 8:33 pm
Mitchell is not that guy, too one dimensional, zero defense. No killer instinct. Shaq saw it coming from a mile away, Mitchell is an above average offensive player but nowhere near elite level.
paw york
July 18, 2022 at 9:47 pm
Mitchell is a smoke screen for bron or kd
G0AT
July 18, 2022 at 10:09 pm
If he takes his game to the next level (scoring, facilitating, consistency, and leadership) then yes. But that’s a big what if…
Mezukage27
July 18, 2022 at 11:12 pm
Go burr
Vee Pee Cee
July 18, 2022 at 11:57 pm
Spida can be your spider man!
Victor T
July 19, 2022 at 12:58 am
Of course you can build it. You are not going to win much, but you can try.
Brian Wright
July 19, 2022 at 3:51 am
Kawaii, Steph, Giannis, and Lebron. 4 men have led teams to the chip recently. Mitchel is good. But only the goats win chips. He should join LA, GS, or Milwaukee
marcarmbm
July 19, 2022 at 8:39 am
They need a high calibre talent and then add more. Spida is high calibre, a star and he is 25 with a huge future.
Barry Jordan
July 19, 2022 at 10:00 am
I couldn’t agree with Perk more. I love Mitchell and can’t wait for the Knicks to grab him. However, this is the question… If you are a GM and had a top 10 pick, would you select Mitchell with the first pick? There’s 10 players that you would build around before him. LeBron, Durant, Giannis, Curry, Jokic, Embiid, Luka, Tatum, Morant just to start. Then Harden, CP3, Dame, Kyrie, Davis, Booker, Zion, Mitchell is that next tier. I think Mitchell is built to be a terrific Robin and there’s no shame in that.
Raman Jawanda
July 19, 2022 at 3:48 pm
People on here are tripping if they think he would be a good second option. Look at the other second options on teams who recently won …
Middleton, Klay/Wiggins, Anthony Day to Davis, etc.
Mitchell isnt close to any of these players. His defense is basically non-existent, hes in tier 4 or 5 in the NBA. Just because you can score on high volume shooting doesnt mean you are a high level talent.
ʞlocʞs
July 19, 2022 at 11:31 pm
I guess the moral of the story is Luka’s don’t grow on trees…?
R L
July 20, 2022 at 12:46 am
I rarely agree with Perkins, but he is dead on with this.
Ljuny reona
July 20, 2022 at 1:40 pm
Spider is just an allstar,nothing more nothing less.I hate that they throw AI name around like a trash,AI is a 5ft11 barely,that dominated in a physical,rough and big ear..
agtjackbauer
July 20, 2022 at 3:49 pm
Perks right, I’ve seen almost every game of his. You CAN’T win with him as your number one. It’s not hard to get points when you get 20-30 shots a game he has the greenest light in the nba. He shoots poorly, worst shot selection in nba thinking he’s Steph he no longer is aggressiveto the hoop since his injury. He’s a turn over machine bad pass after bad pass driving to the lane jumping in the air with nowhere to go or just dribbling the ball off of his own foot. He got an 8 sec violation in the bubble that cost us the series. Hes a Very very poor defender. Please get him out of Utah let him be someone else’s problem.
Rondo Glo
July 21, 2022 at 9:05 am
He’s only 25 years old ????
Flynn Ryder
July 21, 2022 at 1:24 pm
Nah he’s gotten the jazz to the #1 seed in the west and his 2nd best offensive players were who, Clarkson and Conley? The kid averages 28ppg in the playoffs, give him some help and you can compete.
Sun'sayid Rahsad
July 22, 2022 at 7:29 am
????any year perk?or 22Mitchell?let’s go don