Judging by the numbers that Philadelphia 76ers point guard Ben Simmons has put up this season, he would presumably be the unanimous Rookie of the Year if Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell wasn’t in the mix.In a rout of the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, Mitchell’s value became even more evident.Dropping 22 points in 26 minutes against the defending champions, Mitchell hit his 186th three of the year. That broke a previous NBA rookie record.It was his 46th 20-plus point game of the season. That’s the most that any rookie has had since Blake Griffin in 2010-2011. It's worth mentioning that Griffin won the Rookie of the Year award that year (after sitting out a year due to injury, just like Simmons).Most importantly, it was Utah’s 49th victory of the season, which is the most by a team with a rookie leading scorer since the San Antonio Spurs went 56-26 with David Robinson at the helm in 1989-1990.That being said, Mitchell, who is averaging 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game for the Jazz, has made quite the case for himself as far as Rookie of the Year award is concerned.Before Tuesday’s game, he hilariously trolled Simmons by wearing a hoodie that read, "Rookie: An athlete playing his or her first season as a member of a professional sports team.”

It was, of course, in reference to the fact that Simmons missed all of last season due to injury. Just like Griffin, Simmons is considered a rookie despite the fact that this is technically his second season on an NBA roster. Therefore, Mitchell is generally considered more of a “true” rookie than Simmons even though they are technically considered equals in terms of NBA record books.

The hoodie took the NBA world by storm. Kyle Kuzma of the Los Angeles Lakers had a laugh.

Hilariously, whoever runs the Dictionary.com Twitter account might be a Sixers fan.

At shootaround before the blowout win over the Warriors, Mitchell claimed that he doesn’t care about winning the award, even though the hoodie he wore to the game suggested otherwise.

"I really don't care," Mitchell told Chris Haynes of ESPN. "The biggest thing for me is that we're in the fourth seed and fighting for the third seed. If I'm worrying about individual awards, I'm giving up on my teammates and what we're trying to build here. Clearly, I'm not the one losing sleep over this. I don't care."

Even though he doesn’t care about winning the award, he does have an opinion about Simmons’ eligibility as a rookie.

"I'll say this. I'll put it in perspective for people who obviously don't play in the NBA and don't know the life of the NBA," Mitchell began. "So, let's say you have an exam to take on June 1 and you have a whole year to study for that exam, you're going to get a pretty good grade on it, aren't you? But some people may not have all that time to prepare for that exam. So, that's how I look at it and I hope that puts it in perspective for people. But at the end of the day, we're in the fourth seed. I got the Defensive Player of the Year and the Coach of the Year on my team, so I'm happy.”

It will be fascinating to see how the vote turns out.

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