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Jazz star Donovan Mitchell starts for Team USA in scrimmage, developing backcourt chemistry next to Kemba Walker

Las Vegas • Donovan Mitchell can’t help but find himself in the starting lineup of every team he joins, it seems.

You may remember Mitchell’s rookie season with the Utah Jazz, in which he started Game No. 1 due to a last minute bathroom break needed by Rodney Hood. He’d find himself there permanently by early November.

And in his first game — okay, just a intrasquad scrimmage, but the public’s first chance to see this version of Team USA — he got the start as well, next to Kemba Walker in the backcourt. Yes, it required the likes of James Harden, Bradley Beal and others dropping out before camp began, but still, Mitchell had the spot.