Hour 4: Donovan Mitchell Is Getting Away With Murder While Harden Takes All the Heat
About this episode
The episode discusses the contrasting scrutiny faced by James Harden and Donovan Mitchell during the NBA playoffs.
The morning show digs into an uncomfortable truth after talking with Sirius XM's Justin Termini: James Harden is the easy national punching bag, but Donovan Mitchell has quietly been just as bad and nobody is calling him out for it. Termini points out that Mitchell posted 48 and 43-point games in last year's playoffs, but hasn't cracked a single 40-point game this postseason — and yet the conversation keeps circling back to Harden. Callers pile on with their own frustrations, arguing Kenny Atkinson needs to bench Harden immediately and ride the hot hand of Dennis Schroeder, who had five assists in 20 minutes compared to Harden's three in 37.
More episodes of The Ken Carman Show with Anthony Lima
- Full Show Friday May 8, 2026
- Hour 1: Are the Cavs Done? Is the Series Over?
- Hour 2: Anthony Lima "I've Been HATE-WATCHING My Favorite Team"
- Hour 3: "The Cavs Are Done" Daryl Ruiter Doesn't Hold Back on Harden
- Should Kenny Atkinson Bench James Harden Before It's Too Late?
- Justin Termine: Is Donovan Mitchell Letting James Harden Take the Fall?
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