Donovan Mitchell reveals why James Harden gives Cavs best NBA championship shot

"I don’t want to say it’s his last shot, or my last shot, either. But it’s our best shot. There’s a reason why he chose here. He sees it. We know what we’ve got to do. Now, how do we do it? Him and I are gonna be fine. We’re gonna stagger our minutes. We’re gonna do all that, and then in crunch time we all know," the Cavs superstar declared.

Harden has been a great leader for the Cavs since he got there. He introduced playthroughs which the Mitchell-squad were not doing before. It is also the same practice tool that the 2016 Cavs led by LeBron James used to win the franchise's sole NBA championship. The veteran has also matured off the court well and is a great role model for his teammates.

Mitchell sort of still had concerns entering the postseason. He worries about letting the other Cavs pop off because he and Harden can have the ball too much. The veteran eased his superstar's mind which showed a great deal of emotional growth.

"How are we going to get Sam (Merrill involved)? How we gonna get J.A. (Jarrett Allen), Evan (Mobley), Max (Strus), Keon, Dennis, everybody, around to gel and fit, you know what I mean? And the best part about (Harden) was that when you have a guy come in, and he’s like ‘Don, this is your team, bro.’ Then you go do your thing. You feel comfortable to be like, ‘Alright, bet," Mitchell said of Harden.

Harden did help aid all of these concerns. The Cavs ended the season with 28.3 assists per game which ranks them eighth in all of the NBA. They also generate an astounding 0.3 assists per possession which puts them in the upper echelon of well-distributed offenses. Mitchell knows that a lot of the Cavs' woes disappeared after the trade deadline and it's because Harden was there to help.

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