Sea What sea? If Donovan Michel can play like in the regular season like in the preseason, then even without Hayward, the Jazz won't have too many regrets.
From Utah to Las Vegas, Donovan's performance is really much higher than the summer league. This performance naturally surprised the Jazz's uniform group. In this draft, the Jazz selected Michelle with the first round of the No. 13 pick. This valuable draft pick was bought from the Nuggets with Trae Lyles (12th pick in 2015). However, his outstanding performance in the summer league has undoubtedly made the team's management happy.
In his first summer league show, Michelle had 23 points and five assists, as well as three steals, and at one point the MVP cheered on the court. Michelle's brutal performance brought unexpected surprises to the fans who came to watch the game. But this is the summer league after all. The audience here is mostly second-round show and unsuccessful players, as well as rookies in the first and second grades. Despite this, everyone still seems a little cautious in the game, after all, it is only an insignificant game, and if you are injured, you will not be able to pay for it. That's why rookies like Michelle get such an easy chance to dunk.
Against the Celtics, Michel also taught Jamson Tatum a lesson. He first cut off Tanhualang neatly, and after completing the steal, he also glared at the "victim" fiercely. Then in the next round, he shook Tatum down with a nice turn and fake action, and assisted teammates in dunks under the basket. Especially a subtle look after the steal, like a provocation to the Green Army, who made you not choose me?! This domineering side-leak performance can't help but evoke the strong fighting spirit exuded by the 21-year-old, and this is only his third professional game!
In the Las Vegas Summer League, he is still as good as ever. In Sunday's game against the Trail Blazers, he easily stood out from all the players. Although it took him 26 shots to score 19 points, his role on the defensive end is not reflected in the statistics. Throughout the game, he tore at his opponent like a hound. In Las Vegas, he's now a talking point in almost every demographic — did you watch Michelle play? That kid is amazing.
The Jazz may have really found a treasure.
But compared to their losses this summer — the team's sharpest two sharp knives on the perimeter, with Gordon Hayward and George Hill both leaving the team — it seems the Jazz need to dig up more. They may not be able to reproduce last season's 51-win record next season, but the Jazz don't seem to be far behind.
At present, Michelle can be regarded as a material that can be made. Throughout the summer league, Quinn Schneider watched the game closely from the sidelines, as if he still intended to make a comeback for the Jazz next season. With a bunch of good young people, and generally not optimistic about the outside world, in such a relaxed competitive environment, why not enjoy it?
One of michelle's most exciting things was that he was convinced that he was the best player in the game and enjoyed the thrill of destroying his opponents. He was like a doping agent in the game, full of energy. In the second half of last season, we occasionally saw a little bit of this in the Jazz game, such as the spark of Rudy Gobert colliding in the second round of the playoffs and Kevin Durant in the basket slot. In the new season, what kind of passion can Michel bring to the team?
Finally, Michelle is a man that Thunder general manager Presti looks up to. But the second-year student made it to the lottery with good performance from the end of the first round in the draft prediction. In the process of the Thunder's secret pain, the Jazz also took the opportunity to catch this potential rookie. Presti's eye basket is not much to mention. Looking at the MVPs last season, we naturally have a number in mind.