{"id":554798,"date":"2026-01-23T05:16:21","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:16:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554798\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T05:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T05:16:21","slug":"donovan-mitchell-deserved-to-be-nba-all-star-starter-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/554798\/","title":{"rendered":"Donovan Mitchell deserved to be NBA All-Star starter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/fearthesword.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a> haven\u2019t lived up to the lofty expectations they set coming into this season. That comes with consequences when it comes to individual accolades, as Donovan Mitchell has just found out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mitchell was wrongly excluded from being an Eastern Conference All-Star starter despite three guards being chosen for the starting lineup. The starters are voted on by a mixture of fan vote (50%), player vote (25%), and a media panel (25%). They landed on an Eastern Conference starting five of Jalen Brunson, Tyrese Maxey, Jaylen Brown, Cade Cunningham, and Giannis Antetokounmpo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Brunson, Maxey, and Brown are all worthy choices, but Mitchell has a good argument over every one of those players. Mitchell is averaging more points than Brunson, has been on\/off splits than Maxey and Brown, and he\u2019s scoring more efficiently than all three.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mitchell is having the best season of his career and should be recognized for doing so. He\u2019s averaging a career high in points while having the best efficient field goal percentage (58.3%) and true-shooting percentage (62.6%) of his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Cavaliers have had many issues this season, but Mitchell isn\u2019t one of them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Mitchell will still make the All-Star game this season, but he should\u2019ve been voted an All-Star starter once again.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The NBA All-Star game will be a United States vs. the world format. There will be two teams of US players and one of international players. The three teams will participate in a 12-minute round-robin game tournament. The two teams with the best records will play in a final game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Cavaliers haven\u2019t lived up to the lofty expectations they set coming into this season. 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