Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson spoke out in favor of Donovan Mitchell after his teammate wasn't listed among the top five shooting guards in the NBA general manager survey released on Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters about the results, Thompson made it clear that Mitchell is "easily" one of the five best two-guards in the NBA right now:
"Just use it as motivation. Kick they ass, you know? 'You didn't put me on the list. I'm gonna use it as motivation.' Just kick everyone's ass and when the GM's have their golf shirts on, just walk by and be like .