nickhx2 wrote:i'd consider any comments about mentally folding or whatever he's doing kicking chairs to be irrelevant to the actual issues with his injuries.
it would be one thing if he were going on social media and going "yeah the reason we can't win is because i'm not my normal self otherwise i'd be trucking these dudes for 50 points a game." but his response is not disingenuous and it was in the confines of a post-game interview. all these dudes are human and to answer truthfully is, again, something i appreciate.
as far as the injury itself, it's pretty clear it was an issue to start the series and has only gotten worse as the series has progressed. like he literally might not play tonight. it's irrational to equate him detailing a situation with a cry for sympathy or as an excuse as to why they are losing.
We agree to disagree. I didn't bring up the mentally folding part in relation to the ankle.
All I'm saying, any person with a brain knows where a reporter is going when they ask questions like that. They're trying to put a narrative out there, that will be the dominant narrative.
It's a loaded question. The answer might be genuine, but the question is not. They did that with Luka after game 4. They asked hiim about his neck, even though He injured it what? Game 3. I think he went off in game 3, but him with the kinesio tape and all that jazz, wincing, etc they asked him about it and he downplayed it. Mitchell didn't. He detailed it, which you can say is a fair answer, then literally said he cannot move. Yeah, he can **** off with that last line. The first part is a benefit of the doubt, the last line, meh.
When he got the And-1, he was moving just fine. He probably can't get to his spots 100% of the time,because he's injured. But he's getting to his spots, 70% of the time, the enough time to make an impact and actually win games.
As far as injury progressing, sure I can see that as a plausible explanation. But something tells me, its not actually progressing bad. It was the clippers that took him out of the game. If he scores another 30 plus game, that would mean he had only one bad game. We're going to blame that on his ankle? BS
the clippers began figuring him out since game 3. The ankle is hurting, no doubt it my mind, but the ankle isn't the story. It's a fake story. It's not getting progressively worse in my opinion. He's being figured out by the clippers defense and having to work that much in games on a bad ankle orchestrated by the clippers defense is the more clearer story.
I bet he goes for another 30 point game tonight. I hope in a losing effort. I want to see if people still say if his ankle is progressively getting worse or change the narrative and magically say, oh it had one day of rest and now its feeling a lot better or how his ankle threshold changes day to day, bs.
"Playmaking" has not been a factor. If you play D right, nobody is ever open. Hit your shots, take it to the hole, never give them an open look.
