SALT LAKE CITY — Life is good for Donovan Mitchell and he’s not afraid to admit it. Last week he was named to the league’s All-Rookie first team by unanimous vote. Soon after, the NBA Players Association bestowed him the Leader of the New School Award, honoring a rookie star in the making.
“This is the start of something special,” the Jazz guard wrote in The Players’ Tribune, adding, “the sky’s the limit here.”
Two days earlier, Rudy Gobert tweeted, “Our turn is coming.”
Is it?
It’s possible. But they’ll need to be patient. The Gobert-Mitchell combination is the most interesting the Jazz have had since John Stockton and Karl Malone.