Okay, we’re for really real right now: Donovan Mitchell could be ROTY of the Year. No jokes, no sarcasm. I’m watching Ben Simmons highlights right now, and they’re great, but where are the jumpers? They’re not there. Contrast that with this Mitchell highlight package. Before tonight, before this 35 points, there were still some people who thought Simmons was still running away with it. No longer. As I said, I’m not being sarcastic or contrarian or anything. I’m simply reacting to how I know the voting public reacts. They love points, and they especially love points scored recently. Mitchell started off slow, really slow, but now he’s hitting 20 basically every game. Sometimes even more.
If he gets even one 50-burger this season, it’s over, because teams aren’t going to let Simmons dunk it 25 times to get that many points. Unless Lauri Markkanen also scores 50. Then it will be a tie between them like when Jason Kidd and Grant Hill co-won the award.