post draft off season part II-bring on the roster moves!

[url]https://kslsports.com/467561/on-his-25th-birthday-25-facts-about-donovan-mitchell/[/url]

[QUOTE]The Utah Jazz superstar has already earned his stripes as one of the best players in basketball today, and at his current pace, Mitchell ought to solidify himself as one of the five greatest players to ever wear a Jazz uniform.


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hasn't earned shit. Maravich carried his team. Dantley carried his team. Stockton/Malone carried their teams. AK carried a team. Deron carried a team. Gobert has carried a team. Mitchell isn't even in the top two players on his team.

[QUOTE][B]1.[/B] Mitchell’s 28.8 playoff points per game average is the second-highest in Jazz history behind only Adrian Dantley who averaged 28.9 points per game.


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and Dantley was the best player on his team. Efficient, leading scorer in the league. One of the best low post scorers ever. Top 5?

[QUOTE][B]2[/B]. Mitchell is the only Jazz player to lead all scorers in the playoffs. Though they were eliminated in just seven games, Mitchell’s 36.3 points per game against the Denver Nuggets led all postseason performers.


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too bad he didn't play D. They would have won

[QUOTE][B]9.[/B] Mitchell has the fourth-highest career scoring average in Jazz history. At 23.4, the guard only trails Dantley (29.6), Malone (25.4), and Pete Maravich (25.2).


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top 5 gunner anyway!

[QUOTE][B]10.[/B] While Mitchell is known for his scoring acumen, he’s also one of the better passers in franchise history.


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:roll:

[QUOTE][B]11.[/B] Though he’s not known for his defense, the guard is prolific in one category.


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he's known for not playing any

[QUOTE]The guard ranks second in usage percentage at 31.1 behind only John Drew who played 144 games for the Jazz between 1982 and 1985.


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the Drugslinger ahead of Mitchell and Clarkson! :lol

[QUOTE][B]17.[/B] Mitchell is one of only eight Jazz players to be named to multiple All-Star teams.


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might actually earn one one day



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[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/9/8/22655021/2021-utah-jazz-player-profile-hassan-whiteside-nba[/url]

[QUOTE]Last season ended in heartbreak. The last thirty seconds of game five against the LA Clippers haunts my nightmares. It was over long before that, but man. It wasn’t supposed to end that way. My heart sank into my stomach. Jazz fans, myself included, spent the next few days replaying it over and over. What went wrong? Was it Mike Conley’s injury that kept him off the court for most of the series? Donovan’s lingering pain from his ankle injury? Quin Snyder’s affinity for tight black pants and Gucci belts overtaking his ability to make any timely adjustments? A fictitious unsalvageable relationship between our two stars that maybe wasn’t fictitious at all?


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timely adjustments? How about no adjustments! Two straight playoffs. Guess he got what he wanted. The Wizard is gone! :facepalm

[QUOTE]The regular lineup has largely remained the same. Early on in the offseason, the Jazz parted ways with Favors for the second time. Despite playing limited minutes, Favors played well during the reprisal of his role. Fans were stoked when the Jazz re-signed Favors before the start of the 2020-2021 season, and many were hurt all over again to see him go the second time around. One fan even had to talk to her therapist about it. (It was me. I’m the one fan.)


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shitshow

[QUOTE]For the last several years, winning the Gobert minutes hasn’t been a problem. It’s while Gobert sits that things go to crap. Tony Bradley wasn’t the answer, and sadly, neither was Favors 2.0.
If Whiteside can play intimidating defense and create space for his teammates on offense, we can win the non-Gobert minutes. And if we win the non-Gobert minutes, we can be the best team in the league.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Kira%20Argonova"]Kira Argonova[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/2021/9/8/22655021/2021-utah-jazz-player-profile-hassan-whiteside-nba#544387586"]Sep 8, 2021 | 9:40 AM[/URL]
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Bradley was young cheap and improving. As we saw last year he wasn't their problem

[QUOTE]The Boston [URL="https://*********.com/2021/09/08/boston-celtics-agree-to-deal-with-juwan-morgan/"]Celtics agreed to a deal with Juwan Morgan, his agency Edge Sports told *********[/URL]. Morgan, 24, spent the past two seasons with the Utah Jazz and started multiple playoff games during the 2019-20 season.
– via [URL="https://*********.com/2021/09/08/boston-celtics-agree-to-deal-with-juwan-morgan/"]Michael Scotto @ *********[/URL]



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good luck. Too bad COTY sucks

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/09/08/utah-jazz-regrading-bogdanovic-signing/[/url]

[QUOTE]In case you’ve somehow gotten this far in life without the following information, we’ve got you covered: NBA contracts are big. The Utah Jazz handed Croatian sharpshooter Bojan Bogdanovic a four-year, $72 million dollar contract in the summer of 2019. Should they have buyer’s remorse?
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yes. Still have no PF that Snyder will play

[QUOTE]Luckily for the Jazz, that’s not Bogdanovic’s only value on the offensive end. Unlike similarly compensated floor spacers (paging Davis Bertans), Bogey can create his own shot as a safety valve when Coach Snyder’s primary creators are stifled by opposing defenses. His ability to get his shot off against tight defensive coverage separates him from floor-spacing specialists. He can also put the ball on the floor and make drives when necessary.


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He's better off just shooting. Not dribbling or passing

[QUOTE]In total, Bogdanovic scored 20.2 points per game on a very efficient 60.3 True Shooting % (TS%) in 2019-20, the first year of his contract. He unquestionably earned his keep in year one, but last season, his production did suffer some slippage. Still, 17.0 points per game on a 58.8 TS% is solid value. Offensively, Bogdanovic likely exceeded his contract value in 2019-20, and simply met it in 2020-21.


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hurt in playoffs so no he didn't earn it

[QUOTE]A perusal of players in Bogdanovic’s general pay range finds players that both clearly exceed and clearly fall short of the combo forward’s value. If you follow the NBA, you probably don’t need to pull up advanced metrics to know that Domantas Sabonis ($19.8 million), Zach Lavine ($19.5) and Fred VanVleet ($19.6) are better players than Bojan, or that Eric Gordon ($18.2), Eric Bledsoe ($18.1) and Ricky Rubio ($17.8) are not.


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depends on what you need

[QUOTE]Still, [URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/09/03/analyst-utah-jazz-one-wing-short/"]contending teams[/URL] like the Utah Jazz can afford to overpay veterans. Bojan Bogdanovic provides them with reliable floor spacing and positional versatility, and ultimately, it’s unlikely that the team’s front office has deep regrets about the signing.


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dump Clarkson and move Bojan to the bench and I'd be happier

Sarah Todd: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell, partnering w/Clorox & donorschoose.org, asked about Adams’ comments. “I’m really focused on helping teachers…I don’t really want to answer him. I will speak to that but this is something I’ve put my heart in.” Doesn’t want Adam’s to be the story today[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]



Sarah Todd: [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Donovan Mitchell on The Zone – “Some people don’t understand what’s 30 minutes down the street, so seeing other speak about certain issues…being black in this country is a job.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]

[QUOTE]Still, the bottom line is simple: Nikola Mirotic remains the highest-paid player in Europe and that’s not going to change anytime soon and EuroLeague champion and MVP Vasilije Micic is the only really big winner of this summer with a contract that very few had in the history of European basketball. 1. [URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1240837/the-top-10-euroleague-salaries-of-2021-22/"]Nikola Mirotic, Barcelona $4,5 M. The exact numbers of Mirotic’s contract remain a riddle and even $4,5 M can be pretty tame considering the rumors about the initial deal between the player and FC Barcelona.[/URL] However, we are already in the third year of the contract and Barcelona is in total debt of more than one billion euros.
– via [URL="https://www.eurohoops.net/en/trademarks/1240837/the-top-10-euroleague-salaries-of-2021-22/"]EuroHoops.net[/URL]



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Would have got a lot more than that from the Jazz

[URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]One of Utah’s legislative leaders is getting backlash on social media after a video began circulating Wednesday that shows him talking about Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell’s vocal pushback on Utah lawmakers’ handling of critical race theory.[/URL] In the video, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, can be seen participating on a panel with other conservative leaders from across the nation in May, a day after the Utah Legislature called its own “extraordinary session” to pass a pair of nonbinding resolutions urging the State School Board to ban what lawmakers considered “harmful” critical race theory concepts.
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]Katie McKellar @ deseret.com[/URL]



Adams was responding to a question about pushback from business or corporate interests on “cultural issues,” such as abortion or transgender athletes participating in girls sports. “I hate to use names, but I will. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]Donovan Mitchell is not happy with us,” Adams says in the video. “And you start to get … very popular sports stars like that that are pushing back.[/URL] We’ve got work to do to try to educate them. My text back was, ‘Let’s get after him and let’s go tell him what we’re doing,’ because I don’t really think he understands what happened.”
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]Katie McKellar @ deseret.com[/URL]



On a separate issue, Adams also pointed to general pushback from sports organizations on a bill proposed earlier this year that would have banned transgender athletes in girls sports, but stalled. [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]“(The transgender athletes bill) made it through the House, came to the Senate, we thought we had it done, but then there was pretty good backlash from the Jazz and other sports organizations and the NBA, and it stalled in the Senate,” Adams said in the video. “I hate to tell you that, but it did.”[/URL]
– via [URL="https://www.deseret.com/utah/2021/9/8/22663062/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-didnt-understand-critical-race-theory-debate-stuart-adams-says-video"]Katie McKellar @ deseret.com[/URL]



Sarah Todd: Donovan [URL="https://*********.com/social/"]Mitchell’s response when asked about his thoughts on Utah lawmakers passing a resolution to ban teaching of critical race theory in schools.[/URL] He wasn’t aware that this resolution had passed before being asked the question. Overall he seemed disappointed.
– via [URL="https://twitter.com/NBASarah"]Twitter NBASarah[/URL]

[url]https://kslsports.com/467630/42-the-jazz-future-with-miye-oni/[/url]

[QUOTE]Oni enters his third season with the Jazz having outgrown the title as the team’s youngest guard project, but also lacks a clearly defined role on the roster.


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was pretty clearly their 10th man unless more than one guy was hurt than he wasn't! :facepalm

[QUOTE]Further complicating the issue for Oni is that his contract is only guaranteed through January, making him a candidate to be waived mid-season, if not sooner should the organization decide he’s not in their long-term plans.


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don't think it's guaranteed at all. COTY loves him though. Thought playing anyone else and beating the Clippers wasn't as good of an idea as playing Oni. End of the bench energy guy. Showed more with the Stars

[QUOTE]That isn’t to say however that the guard couldn’t carve out a promising role in the Jazz rotation. With his excellent size and athleticism, Oni has a legitimate edge over each of the previously mentioned guards on the defensive end, including Conley, Mitchell, Ingles, and Clarkson.


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hasn't shown enough overall though. Would love if he or anyone was playing instead of Clarkson

[QUOTE]Only Forrest rivals Oni’s combination of size and length but still trails the veteran by nearly two inches in both categories. Furthermore, Oni has shown potential as a three-point shooter knocking down the deep ball at a 15 percent better rate than Forrest.


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Ingles is bigger and longer than Forrest! More like 4 inches in length. Oni has 6'11 wingspan which pales to Brantley's 7'2. Oni certainly looks to have more potential as a shooter but extremely streaky

[QUOTE]But, despite his size and athleticism, Oni lacks the playmaking and ball skills that every other player in the team’s backcourt possesses which may force him to compete for more minutes in the Jazz’s frontcourt, rather than as a guard.


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frontcourt? He did rebound well but they need to get bigger in the frontcourt not smaller. He showed playmaking ability with the Stars. Not that we'd expect Jazz writers to know that!

[url]https://kslsports.com/467619/report-former-jazzman-juwan-morgan-signs-with-celtics/[/url]

[QUOTE]Morgan’s best stretch with the Jazz came during the 2020 playoffs held at the Walt Disney World Resorts in Orlando when the rookie saw increased minutes due to the absence of Bojan Bogdanovic and Mike Conley.


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his best stretch was the 13 pt 7 rbd game he had last year and never played again :facepalm

[QUOTE]With the return of Derrick Favors to the Jazz roster ahead of the 2020-21 season, Morgan was pushed out of the team’s rotation and appeared in just 29 games as a sophomore.


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He was never in the rotation but he was ahead of Oni

[QUOTE]Though the Jazz traded Favors to the Oklahoma City Thunder in the offseason, the emergence of Udoka Azubuike during summer league and the signing of veteran center Hassan Whiteside limited the opportunity for Morgan to carve out minutes in the team’s rotation.


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got hurt. Rather have him than Whiteside. Not sure Paschall is better either

[QUOTE]Amid a major roster overhaul, the Celtics have several higher-profile names at center on their team, though Morgan could find minutes at the thinner power forward position.

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good thing since he is a 4 more than a 5

[url]https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/9/9/22663154/which-jazz-player-will-breakout-this-season-donovan-mitchell-jared-butler-miye-oni-utah-jazz-gobert[/url]

[QUOTE]For the [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/"]Utah Jazz[/URL], this phenomenon has fortunately been one that has worked in their favor the past few seasons. Between Rudy Gobert, Joe Ingles, Donovan Mitchell, Royce O’Neale, and Jordan Clarkson, the Jazz have had more than their fair trade of players come into a season and blow out all expectations. Although this upcoming season’s roster largely remains the same as last’s, there are still multiple players on the team that have the potential to “breakout.” Here are my picks:

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when did Mitchell and Clarkson blow out expectations?

[QUOTE]Didn’t I just that Mitchell had already experienced a breakout a few seasons ago? Yes. That doesn’t mean he can’t do it again. This year, I’m hoping that Mitchell becomes more of a complete player. Last season he put up amazing averages of 26.4 points, 4.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists; a stat-line that looks pretty complete already. However, what’s missing here is the defensive side of the ball.
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What's missing is passing the ball and showing up when the season starts not December of January

[QUOTE]Nobody is expecting Mitchell to become a lockdown, primary defender every game. What would be nice to see is Mitchell putting in a little more effort and limiting the amount of ugly mistakes he makes on that side of the ball. Preventing backdoor cuts, properly switching on screens, and making smarter off-ball rotations would go a long way for him. It’s what would elevate him from an all-star to a true MVP candidate. If he brought this to his game next season, I would be pleasantly surprised.

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I'd be happy with some effort at that end.

[QUOTE]Yes, I think that Butler has a real chance to breakout as a solid rotation player off the bench this season for Utah. It’s almost a guarantee that Butler will have opportunities to show off his skillset as the Jazz’s backup point guard, especially when Conley and Mitchell inevitably need some rest.


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no guarantees. Should be a Star until he proves otherwise

[QUOTE]I think this season is Oni’s last chance. We were told last off-season that the coaching staff was thrilled with his progress, and then he barely played. He’s had opportunities to prove himself. If he doesn’t do something special this season, I think the Jazz moves on.

Posted by [URL="https://www.sbnation.com/users/Kira%20Argonova"]Kira Argonova[/URL] on [URL="https://www.slcdunk.com/the-downbeat-latest-jazz-news/2021/9/9/22663154/which-jazz-player-will-breakout-this-season-donovan-mitchell-jared-butler-miye-oni-utah-jazz-gobert#544424820"]Sep 9, 2021 | 11:08 AM[/URL]
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He was their 10th man. Obviously COTY loved him. Forrest is the only other guy he seemed to like and that was only when they got desperate

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/09/09/utah-jazz-redrafting-mitchell-draft/2/[/url]

[QUOTE]The odds of him providing the type of play that’s typically expected of a number one overall pick, however, are beginning to look pretty slim. The Utah Jazz quite clearly landed a superior guard in Donovan Mitchell with their 13th overall selection.


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remains to be seen. What if Fultz becomes a two way player?

[QUOTE]The margins in this comparison are narrow, but in a make-or-miss league, Markkanen’s capacity to make from three-point range gives him an edge over his newfound teammate.


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nah. Allen has all NBA potential

[QUOTE]It’s been such a remarkable transition that its led some pundits to question whether Ball is something closer to a 3-and-D with playmaking ability rather than a pure point guard. Ball’s passing in the open floor is beyond reproach, but his limited athleticism and bag of offensive tricks have hampered his ability to create for himself and others in half court sets throughout his career thus far.


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he's an old school pass first pg which there isn't much room for in today's game. He can defend and hit 3's though. Too bad about his dad

[QUOTE]De’Aron Fox has not managed to best the VORP of 2.3 he posted in his sophomore campaign, but his Player Efficiency Rating (PER) has steadily risen since, from 18.1 to last season’s 20.7. That’s a mark that puts him in some elite company, hovering around guards like CJ McCollum, Chris Paul, and (you guessed it) Utah Jazz draft mate Donovan Mitchell.


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As I've said there's other guys putting up similar numbers to Mitchell in the league who aren't being hyped since they aren't being carried by Gobert and now Conley

[QUOTE]He simply isn’t as dominant an offensive weapon as the two players ranked ahead of him in this redraft, but make no mistake: Bam Adebayo is a star. His 14th overall selection in 2017 would have made him the steal of the draft, if not for the next player to be listed.


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I'll take the guy that plays both ends

[QUOTE][URL="https://thejnotes.com/2021/08/23/utah-jazz-donovan-mitchell-compete-mvp/"]Defensive improvement may be the next step[/URL] for Spida to take in order to achieve truly elite status in the league. That would be wonderful, but Coach Snyder will live with his mediocrity if he continues to produce at his current offensive level, let alone exceed it. Mitchell climbs 11 spots in this 2017 redraft, and his Utah Jazz end up with one of the best value 13th overall picks in NBA history.


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I wish he was mediocre on D!

[QUOTE]All told, the Utah Jazz guard and Tatum are separated by something closer to a hair than a gulf, but the point remains: in redrafting the 2017 NBA draft, Jayson Tatum earns the number one overall selection.








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it's not close. At best Mitchell is 3rd on the list if you're not a homer

[url]https://thejnotes.com/2021/09/08/utah-jazz-forward-inks-deal-elsewhere/[/url]

[QUOTE]Whether the solid but limited bruiser ends up benefitting the Celtics to a greater degree remains to be seen. Yet according to Brian Robb of [I]Mass Live[/I], Morgan will [URL="https://www.masslive.com/celtics/2021/09/celtics-sign-juwan-morgan-to-training-camp-deal-combo-forward-could-be-a-candidate-for-two-way-contract.html"]likely battle Jabari Parker[/URL] in training camp for Boston’s final roster spot.


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good shot at making the team it looks like!

[url]https://fansided.com/betsided/posts/jordan-clarkson-could-make-nba-history-this-season?utm_source=RSS[/url]

let's hope he is dumped!

[URL="https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-09-09/nbas-thomas-bryant-sells-woodland-hills-home-he-bought-from-ex-laker-teammate-jordan-clarkson"]After being passed from NBA player to NBA player, this Woodland Hills home just traded hands for the third time in three years — this time for $3.7 million. The seller was NBA big man Thomas Bryant,[/URL] who bought it from his former teammate Jordan Clarkson for $3.25 million last summer. The pair played for the Lakers together during the 2017-18 season.
– via [URL="https://www.latimes.com/business/real-estate/story/2021-09-09/nbas-thomas-bryant-sells-woodland-hills-home-he-bought-from-ex-laker-teammate-jordan-clarkson"]Jack Flemming @ Los Angeles Times[/URL]

[URL="https://kslsports.com/467637/donovan-mitchell-teams-with-clorox-to-help-public-schools/"]Donovan Mitchell is teaming with Clorox to help donate a million dollars to DonorsChoose, a non-profit organization that raises money for independent public school projects.[/URL] Mitchell discussed the initiative Wednesday on 97.5 The Zone. “Being able to have an appreciation for teachers, when you work with a brand like Clorox, when they reached out to us and said ‘This is what we want to do,’ I was like, ‘Man, this is fantastic,’” Mitchell said.
– via [URL="https://kslsports.com/467637/donovan-mitchell-teams-with-clorox-to-help-public-schools/"]KSL Sports[/URL]



The Utah Jazz guard is the son of a school teacher and wanted to team with the Clorox brand to help give back. [URL="https://kslsports.com/467637/donovan-mitchell-teams-with-clorox-to-help-public-schools/"]“We want to show our appreciation to teachers and with Clorox donating a million dollars to DonorChoose which helps cover, books, disinfectants, food, as well as Wi-Fi, for this virtual world we live in.”[/URL] Teachers often fund their classroom projects with money out of their own pocket, sometimes totaling upwards of $500-600 dollars according to Mitchell.
– via [URL="https://kslsports.com/467637/donovan-mitchell-teams-with-clorox-to-help-public-schools/"]KSL Sports[/URL]