Donovan Mitchell spent most of his quarantine in his mother’s basement in New York.
He fought off COVID-19 for three weeks. He did a lot of bike work. He lifted weights. He went to the field down the street from his house to do some sprint work. Like many of his Utah Jazz teammates, he participated in workouts via Zoom. He endured a lot of questions concerning his relationship with his Jazz co-star Rudy Gobert.
“It’s been a long few months,” Mitchell said.
He has now seen the other side of stardom. From his-well publicized issues with Gobert to his fight to continue the conversation concerning racial equality on social media, life hasn’t been easy for the All-Star shooting guard. He’s had to endure significant criticism for the first time in his career. He’s had to make hard decisions, hard life decisions. He’s had his health threatened. He’s been largely away from basketball for the first time in his…
