Now in his eighth NBA season, the 28-year-old guard has established himself as one of the league’s premier talents. Since being drafted 13th overall by the Denver Nuggets in 2017 (and subsequently traded to the Utah Jazz), Mitchell has been a six-time All-Star and is currently averaging 27.4 points per game with the Cavaliers this season.

Unsurprisingly, much of that success was fueled by a dominant performance from 28-year-old guard Donovan ... Mitchell definitely has a point. The match-up itself— No.1 in the East vs. the ...

Mitchell's latest scoring explosion marked his first 40-point game of the season and the 19th of his Cavaliers career. When adding in Mitchell's five made threes, he tied Cleveland legend LeBron James for the most games (12) in Cavaliers history with at least 40 points and five threes ( via StatMuse ).

Following the game, Mitchell had high praise for Grizzlies rookie Jaylen Wells. "That kid is good," Mitchell said about Wells. "For a second-round rookie [to face] guys like mysel

Donovan Mitchell keeps demolishing the Celtics ... We would never deny Tatum his opportunity to be petty – NBA players love to take any amount of negativity and turn it into motivation ...