As for Mitchell, who has three more guaranteed seasons on his max deal, his public display of dissatisfaction after that ill-fated Clippers game was red meat for the crowd that is convinced he’s unhappy in Utah. This is why with this playoff challenge ahead, that will be impossible to conquer without a shared sense of belief, what happened after Mitchell made those infamous comments mattered so much. According to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, Mitchell privately addressed the team about the “it’s the same shit” comment that so many saw as defeatist and insisted he wasn’t about to give up on this group. His frustration had won that night, even if the Jazz had not, and he made it clear with his genuine, emotional delivery that he had seen the kind of growth with this current group that made his sentiment off-base.