Damian Lillard said it better years ago.

“Pressure? Nah. Fam, this is just playing ball. Pressure is the homeless man, who doesn’t know where his next meal is coming from. Pressure is the single mom, who is trying to scuffle and pay her rent. We get paid a lot of money to play a game. Don’t get me wrong — there are challenges. But to call it pressure is almost an insult to regular people.” — Damian

It’s not Syria mate

Reporter “Why are you turning the ball over so much, and why is your handle so abysmal all of a sudden?”

Mitchell: “Kids in Africa are starving”

Then have some fun not turning the ball over.

Feel like im being called out for debating on Taco Bell or Arbys for my next meal

This is what players say when they know they gonna lose lol. “It’s just basketball”

When players say they have been here before or this isn’t pressure, might as well wrap it up. One of the least competitive things to say

Dropping the broader perspective quotes after game 1 doesn’t sound reassuring, on the same level as Westbrook defenders saying what a great husband he is

Yeah, we can tell Donovan. It’d be cool if you played like you maybe feel a little bit of pressure, though

Oh Hell no, we already pulling out these kinds of quotes? Cavs might be cooked, ngl.

This is such a played out response (for lack of a better phrase). I’ve been poor, been to school with poor people, lived around poor people. They still felt pressure to perform in “unimportant” things, leisurely things, competitive things, etc.

There’s different forms of many things, pressure is one of them.

I hate these kinds of answers to these questions. It’s so avoidant.

Imagine you blow a very important presentation at work, you really mess things up for your team, yet your attitude was “at least I’m not homeless and broke”.

That answer implies that ANYTHING better than homeless and broke is sufficient.

Strive to be better than barely not homeless and broke DMitch.

I mean you can answer that for just about any question

When are the Mitchell choker narratives going to begin. Never even made a conference finals

this can actually be a coping mechanism lol- intellectualization

Alright Donovan, donate your entire salary then

“Lets just have fun”, “He is a good family man”

No shade but Don grew up fairly privileged around pro baseball. Just answer the question dawg.

I’ve never noticed how poor Mitchels handle really is. Teams are taking away his initial moves and he gets stuck.

He needs to go watch some tapes of Wade and Kobe working in the post so he’s not so easy to guard. Something i wish Harden also did when he was younger

Whats this guy talking about? Next meal? Live? The f? He’s Clarence from 8 mile… his dad is a Mets executive and lived in upper class homes his entire life.

Hes not wrong. Fans online will make Cancun jokes while he’s living it up on an expensive resort next week

This is a very human line from a millionaire. They’re playing a kid’s game. There are real people actually struggling. I think he understands that. At the same time he doesn’t seem to have the personal experience of where he’s getting his next meal from, considering his dad worked for the New York Mets.

Go Pistons!

Sometimes feeling pressure puts a fire under you. That would be nice if that was the case to give you extra juice

If I were his PR advisor, I’d tell him to say this: “Nobody wants to win more than I do. But true pressure is not knowing where your next meal is coming from or where you’re going to sleep tonight. This isn’t pressure, this is an opportunity that I’m trying hard as hell to take advantage of.”

You don’t know what Hard Times are, Daddy!

He’s right, you know.

Better not see nobody complaining about this. Atleast he sounds like he’s grounded and not out of touch

Golfer Lee Trevino famously said.

You don’t know what preasure is until you’ve played for \(5. a hole with \)2.00 in your pocket..

Adjusted for inflation \(100.00 and \)40.00 in your pocket

And you’ve never dealt with either of those things so wtf are you talking about

Corny

We might be cooked.

I feel like dudes say this so they feel in a way that they are deflecting the pressure, but I’m not sure how you could play in front of 20,000 people with millions more watching, knowing your social interactions in public for the next year will be influenced by what you’re about to do and not feel pressure.

Refreshing to see, these dudes are making millions to play a game. I wouldn’t be surprised if the average fan is more emotionally invested in the outcome of the games than some of the players themselves. They have lives outside of basketball. If they lose, it’s an early summer vacation for them and they get to spend more time with their family in their mansions or on a beach.

That being said, Pistons in 5.

Crazy that youre shitting on Harden when Donovan is the star of the team and turning the ball over more

Bonovan using the “I play a kid’s game for a living” excuse for playing like doo-doo is an awesome strategy by his PR to deflect blame

Shaq said this exact quote like 10 years ago. His dad took him to a homeless encampment his rookie year when he said free throws were too much pressure.

Calm down guys Shaq was the OG with this and his dad .

I need you to feel a little bit of pressure please

Based

He’s gotta carry this team for sure

Might actually do him some good to feel pressure

James in true classic harden playoff form Lmao respect to Mitchell for the acknowledgement that life is hard an he has 1of the most fun job on the world

Dame said the exact same thing years ago as well

Going back into a rebuild is fun

Its fun for Cavs fans to watch you win too though so go ahead and write that down

Just another day in paradise literally

No pressure and still choking, ouch!

Oh god not this response again. Clearly we’re talking about context of sports

I would take Donovan Mitchell on my team every time. Just like I’d take James Harden on the team I’m playing against anytime. The only people who should fear the beard live in Cleveland.

thats why i tell people you are watching multi millionaires do what they enjoy doing - but like, does it get YOU any more money?

Everyone acting like the series is already over when the higher seeded team won at home. Were y’all saying that when they beat the raps 2 in a row? Christ. I mean sure blow it up if they get embarrassed, but they were literally tied late in the 4th game 1. Let’s maybe judge after 3 games?

Bro plagiarizing Dame

“It could always be worse. You could be homeless” - the philosopher Jaren Jackson Jr

“You think i care about this game? There are starving children in Africa.”

I think I first heard something similar from Shaq (his stepfather pointed this out to him).

Oh brother 🙄

If your star player is saying this is wraps for the season

lol the old “there are starving children in china”

Is this a reference to the Shaq quote?

‘Pressure? Pressures for tires’ - Alan Shearer