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Earlier this week, the story came out that U.S. Olympic figure skating champion Nathan Chen is an NBA fanatic. He’s constantly watching games while he’s on the road, and he even created a burner Twitter account so that he can follow the NBA without being distracted by figure skating news.
Chen is native of Salt Lake City, so it should come as little surprise that his favorite team is the Utah Jazz. As you might expect, Chen is also a big fan of Donovan Mitchell’s.
Important 1 a.m. figure skater basketball hot take update:
— Aaron Falk (@aaronfalk) February 15, 2018
Nathan Chen’s “All-Time NBA All-Stars”
1. LeBron James
2. Kobe Bryant
3. Russell Westbrook
4. Donovan Mitchell
5. Steph Curry pic.twitter.com/wftBm0Jk2j
The feeling appears to be mutual.
Thanks for representing @teamusa and SLC @nathanwchen! Stay positive
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) February 16, 2018
Thanks for the support man fly high in the dunk contest #ROY https://t.co/U4L7CMeK7C
— Nathan Chen (@nathanwchen) February 17, 2018
Mitchell, who is participating in the Slam Dunk Contest tonight at the same time as the Louisville-North Carolina game (not bitter), put on a show last night at the Rising Stars Game.
Looks like @spidadmitchell is ready for the #VerizonDunk Contest! pic.twitter.com/YuMjBA7p7q
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) February 17, 2018
Excited for the encore. Just gonna have to catch it on DVR.