Jazz assistant coach Johnnie Bryant can get a little frustrated with his star pupil at times during practices. Donovan Mitchell will work on stringing together a combination of moves, replicating a sequence from an earlier game, and not quite get it right.
“It’s funny,” Mitchell says. “Johnnie always brings it up. ‘Do it like you do in the game.’ But in the game, I’m just doing it. If I think about it, that’s when I start to get stuck.”
And Mitchell has been anything but stuck to start 2019.
Over his last 10 games—the latest a 35-point performance in a 114-108 win over the Denver Nuggets on Wednesday—the Jazz guard is averaging better 30 points.