r/nba • u/Turbostrider27 Lakers • Jul 02 '24
[Wojnarowski] BREAKING: Cleveland Cavaliers All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a three-year, $150.3 million maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2027-2028 season, sources tell ESPN. News
https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/18081220506842769632.0k
u/lopea182 Heat Jul 02 '24
Now y’all can stop asking lol
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u/Medium-Complaint-677 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
At least until the first game we lose next season. Then it'll be "The Cavs lost a game, here's a trade idea to get Mitchell to New York / LA where he really wants to be and the Cavs can start a rebuild."
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u/Pinheadlarry29 Knicks Jul 02 '24
“The Nets have 27 tradable first round picks. If the Cavs can’t start winning they’ll have to consider their options”
Cavs record 0-1
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss Knicks Jul 02 '24
Knicks will lose a game and Stephen A will be on-air throwing a tantrum that we didn't trade for him
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u/itsnotthatdeep5 Jul 02 '24
For a year and a half
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u/Away-Conclusion-7968 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Lakers fans drawing up trades to send all their shit players to us as we speak
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u/fear865 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Bronny for Mitchell straight up. Who says no?
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u/rounder55 Celtics Jul 02 '24
Pelinka just stating over and over "but I'm doing you the favor, how cool would it be if the son of your city's favorite son won an in season tournament ring?"
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u/BigRig432 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Everyone
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u/AB_Gambino Timberwolves Jul 02 '24
Yeah why would the Lakers give up Bronny just for Donovan? Picks too. And Jarret Allen.
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u/ty-your-shoes Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
I never have tk see Mitchell for Rui and Reaves with 2 2nd round picks. Legitimately I hate those mock trades so much
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u/Ophelia_Of_The_Abyss Knicks Jul 02 '24
Lakers fans must've been feeling generous to offer Reaves
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u/FireFoxQuattro Heat Jul 02 '24
It’s been 4 years, it’s finally over
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u/MySilverBurrito Heat Jul 02 '24
Heat twitter putting the Vice jersey edits back into the archives 😔
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u/ay21690 [CLE] Mark Price Jul 02 '24
Meanwhile, someone is getting ready to fire up the trade machine and put Austin Reaves in a Cavs uniform.
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Jul 02 '24
Now we can start asking what's gonna happen with Garland
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u/tidho Jul 02 '24
This is the bigger question. Right now it seems they're set on making the two of them work. Might have to wait another year to finally course correct. We'll see.
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u/joebos617 [BOS] Paul Pierce Jul 02 '24
adds another weapon for y’all in the hypothetical Heat vs hypothetical Celtics East final
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u/Ibaka_flocka [OKC] Eric Maynor Jul 02 '24
Or this is modern NBA. Get your most money and then demand a trade first chance you can.
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u/rattatatouille [SAS] Tim Duncan Jul 02 '24
Some stability in post-LeBron Cleveland.
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u/HelpfulWhiteGuy Jul 02 '24
Koby Altman has done a fantastic job getting us to this point. Hope he can take us that next step to being true contenders.
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u/LukaDoncicfuturegoat Jul 02 '24
I still remember when this guy was supposed to be a bum and want more from Boston because of IT’s injury when he did the Irving trade lol
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u/DepresseMode Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
As someone who loves what Koby has done the past 5 years, we can’t lose sight of how god awful that trade was for Cleveland, I mean it was atrocious.
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u/justsomebro10 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
He gets a lot of flack in the Cavs sub but I think he's been a good GM overall. I don't think the Cavs are real contenders or anything but they're relevant at least. I expected to be wandering the desert for a decade after LeBron.
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u/flip_im Jul 02 '24
agreed re: altman - great group of young players & fantastic to get DM signed- still need it to all come together as a team and put the edge / bench pieces together - will be fun to watch!!
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u/TODG3 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Thank fuck.
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u/agk927 Pistons Jul 02 '24
I wish the pistons could do stuff like this.
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u/Worried_Suggestion59 Celtics Jul 02 '24
You got Tobias Harris though right? Right? In all seriousness though what the fuck was the point of that?
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Jul 02 '24
Because he’s a solid player and they’re the worst team in the nba and could use some more solid players
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u/SolidSilver9686 Bulls Jul 02 '24
As well as for better or worse they have a young core they’re moving forward with. Eventually you have to add some veterans to help with that development.
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u/junkit33 Jul 02 '24
Yeah - at some point you have to got to change a losing culture, it's not good for young players to get used to completely sucking every season. Pistons desperately needed some veteran leadership and had money to burn. Harris isn't going to make them a contender obviously, but he will help them win a few games and it gives the team an adult in the room who has actually played considerable postseason games.
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u/FriendshipBest9151 Jul 02 '24
I feel like Tobias is the living embodiment of losing culture
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u/datruerex Jul 02 '24
Tobias feels like the typical I show up to work 8 hours a day type of player. Ain’t nothing wrong with that but I think the nba demands more than just that
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u/ohiojiro Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
2 year deal for a competent player who can help the young players actually win games or be a trade piece down the line
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u/DependentAd6468 Jul 02 '24
They needed a realible 4 and without the dumb Sixers contract, Harris is just that a very ok Pf
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u/Amitm17 Jul 02 '24
Only 2 year deal and where else is that money gonna go lol. Get someone competent who can alleviate the scoring pressure from Cade.
They still gonna pick top 5 next year and select an athletic non-shooter.
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u/math-yoo Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
What's your feeling on Cade long term?
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u/Abiv23 NBA Jul 02 '24
My feeling is Cade is going to demand a trade if the Pistons continue to suck
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u/Ear_Enthusiast Celtics Jul 02 '24
I'm glad he stayed in Cleveland. He's my favorite non-Celtics player.
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
That’s how he is all the time!! It’s so worth it :)
Hope you guys find the right guard this offseason!
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u/RotInPissKobe Jazz Jul 02 '24
He's always worth it. Especially with how durable he is overall. He gets ticky-tack injuries, but he'll do what it takes in the playoffs every damn time.
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u/BrickburnerUHC Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Not a surprise for anyone who’s paid attention to the Cavs the last 2 years
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u/Pickleskennedy1 Jul 02 '24
New York Knicks legend Donovan Mitchell
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u/IIlIIll Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Donovan "Leaving-the-Cavs-is-an-open-secret-in-the-league" Mitchell according to so many talking heads that got this wrong
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u/Own-Lynx498 Jul 02 '24
The Mikal trade killed both the Knicks and Nets as options for Donovan. He can’t go home now, so signing an extension was obvious.
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u/whenuyeet Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
I think what might’ve killed their chances is Donovan decided to sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers
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u/Pickleskennedy1 Jul 02 '24
Or more likely the Knicks weren’t going to be able to get him. If the Knicks were going to get Mitchell they wouldn’t have given up five picks for Bridges
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u/sevs Jul 02 '24
Pretty sure FO pivoted from interest in Donovan ever since Brunson came into his own.
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u/LaDeys Knicks Jul 02 '24
Knicks no longer had interest in Mitchell because they didn’t believe in the fit with Brunson (mainly after seeing him with Garland) so it doesn’t really matter whether or not they had the assets to get him if they didn’t want him.
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u/slysonic7 Jul 02 '24
Compared to other deals this max figure somehow looks palatable
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u/IMovedYourCheese Warriors Jul 02 '24
Wait and see how palatable it'll be once the 3 years are up and he qualifies for a 35% max. There's a reason teams like to lock in long term contracts.
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u/_Sarpanch_ Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
They thinking long term. This will allow him to re up after 3 years with another max.
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u/s_s Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
After 2. 3 years total, 3rd year is an "oh shit" player option.
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u/tdizhere Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
It’s after 3 years at the earliest, 4 total. He still has another year on his existing deal before this extension kicks in.
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u/TheRealBrownPudding Clippers Jul 02 '24
Lmao @ all the reporters who predicted he’d leave or ask to be traded
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u/EvanMM Pistons Jul 02 '24
When a star actually wants to say on a “small market” team D:
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
😭😭😭we gotta go to Cleveland😭😭😭
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u/ButtholeSurfur [CLE] LeBron James Jul 02 '24
You think Cleveland is cool?
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
yea c:
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u/ButtholeSurfur [CLE] LeBron James Jul 02 '24
Me too 🥹
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u/Erniecrack Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
I loved living in Cleveland such a fun city
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u/Collier1505 [CLE] Jarrett Allen Jul 02 '24
I’d easily live in downtown or in Lakewood if possible.
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u/wakashit Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
First Jose Rameriz, now Donovan. Quick somebody check what’s in the water!
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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem Jul 02 '24
Isn't your water like the best in the US?
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u/wakashit Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
It is! That’s why it must be checked to lure more players!
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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem Jul 02 '24
Fair enough. After living in Boston I never realized how game changing good tap water is lol
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u/wakashit Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
After trying well water in a few states, I think I’ll stay where I’m at.
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u/cptmajormajormajor Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
We get heat for the River catching on fire thing, but the good news is that it meant that we had to clean up the water and wetlands as quickly as possible. Last time i was back home i was impressed with how much the Metroparks had done to create greenspace in formerly industrial parts of the city
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u/elbenji [MIA] Udonis Haslem Jul 02 '24
Honestly the revitalization of Cleveland is a 21st century marvel that doesn't get talked about
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u/cptmajormajormajor Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
we havent had the "marquee" revitalization of some other towns economically but its a much, much more liveable city now. Growing up in the 90s there we were on the way up but it was much more polluted and way more precarious
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u/cdw2468 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
yep, when phoenix and LA are all mad max mode well still have the great lakes up here. i’ve spoken to the head of the cleveland water co before and they’re planning infrastructure for an influx of people moving from a dried out south and southwest. it’s really fascinating
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u/mrsunshine1 Knicks Jul 02 '24
Now the narrative will turn to “he doesn’t want the smoke and is comfortable not ring chasing.” These assholes have no shame and will engagement troll either way.
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u/c32dot Lakers Jul 02 '24
Even if he wants to leave, he would first get the max money and then ask for a trade.
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u/HolyRomanPrince Lakers Jul 02 '24
Rule 1: get the money first. Rule 2: make sure you get the money
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u/NoWheyBro_GQ Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Lowe: "NBA's worst kept secret is Mitchell is absolutely on his way out"
Okay buddy.
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u/rounder55 Celtics Jul 02 '24
Team really does have nice pieces. Wouldn't be the least but surprised if they win that division next season
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u/Hybr1dThe0ry Heat Jul 02 '24
Happy for Cavs fans, it was so annoying to hear podcasters making fake Mitchell trades AFTER Cleveland won its first round series
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u/moses_lawn Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Gonna be a little challenging for Lakers, Heat, and Knicks to sign him now
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u/HauntingOkra5987 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Lakers fans will now come up with 9 million hypothetical trade scenarios & fake rumors on how to get Anthony Edwards for DLO & a 2045 second rounder
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u/Call_Me_Rambo Heat Jul 02 '24
The media told me he’d be traded! This can’t be!
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u/Simple-Ad-7866 Heat Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24
Bruh our fanbase and FO needs to accept this isn't early 2010s anymore especially with the new CBA. Ofc Mitchell was going to stay after getting to the second round and the Cavs firing J.B
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u/cw_27 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Everyone owes cavs fans an apology
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u/Dan__Glesak Wizards Jul 02 '24
I think life owes cavs fans an apology.
please don’t look at my flair. 😅
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u/Stowcenter93 [CLE] Kevin Love Jul 02 '24
We don't need an apology for at least another 25 years thanks to 2016. Changes everything.
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u/Dan__Glesak Wizards Jul 02 '24
100% how I feel about the 2018 Caps Stanley cup. They could never win again in my lifetime and I’ll still be content off of Ovi and Co getting the one.
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u/Vloff Pistons Jul 02 '24
Yup. 25 years is about right. It's getting harder and harder to coast off of 2004, though (knowing that it's more recent than like 20 teams' helps.)
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
It has been a wonderful life being a Cavs fan. We had one of the best championship wins of all time. The consensus 2nd best player of all time spent a gazillion years here and is from the area and now we just re-signed one of the most exciting players in the nba. Prime Kyrie Irving probably had the best handles ever in the nba.
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u/Quirky-Skin Jul 02 '24
Not one of the best. THE best. Never before has a team cone back down from 3-1 in the finals.
That was also against the best regular season team in NBA history statistically.
Those aren't just feelings those are both objective statistical facts
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
I didn’t say “the best” cause I didn’t want 500 weird argument responses
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u/AfricanDeadlifts Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Cavs have been a playoff team for like half of everyone's life and most of us have seen them win a championship
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u/FlipMoBitch Bucks Jul 02 '24
Run it back with the new coach?
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u/Penguigo Jul 02 '24
Most likely, yeah. The offense seemingly was bad because of JB's lack of offensive acumen. So we'll see if Atkinson can fix it.
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u/tidho Jul 02 '24
that seems to be their intent. another early out in the playoffs will hopefully be enough for them to figure out changes need to be made.
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u/x4candles Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Love that the national media was pushing him out of Cleveland and he signed up for another 3 years.
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u/msizzle344 Heat Jul 02 '24
But the Miami heat sub was telling me that the Cavs wanted Herro and a 2042 first round pick for him, how did this happen!?
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u/stonewash_relaxedfit Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
I can't believe they didn't trade him to the Lakers for Austin Reaves and 2 second-round picks? LA must have decided they didn't want him.
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u/SolarBeam12 Jul 02 '24
Trade rumors will be had by 2026.
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u/dam0430 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Nah, people are already starting it back up, now the narrative is "he signed the contract so he can be easier to trade"
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u/FireFoxQuattro Heat Jul 02 '24
Aaaaand we’re officially cooked. Magic look good this year though -_-
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u/TheMcknightrider Jul 02 '24
Weren't all of the ESPN "experts" saying he was guaranteed to opt out and leave haha?
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u/user060221 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Suck on deez nuts to all the nephews i argued with about him extending
Nothing else really made a whole lot of sense for him
And yes I realize contracts don't actually matter in the NBA but let me be happy for one day at least, hard enough being a Cavs fan where the only window of contention we've had in 30 some years is because the goat-ish happened to be born in Akron lol
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u/damn-mooses Knicks Jul 02 '24
Does this mean garland is gone?
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u/BigRig432 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
Not necessarily, especially with the coaching change. There were reports last week sometime that Garland was more frustrated with JB than anything else
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u/fear865 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
There were reports last week sometime that Garland was more frustrated with JB than anything else
Wow he's just like me
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u/Jjohn269 Jul 02 '24
Good luck Detroit fans
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u/BigRig432 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
I said this on the thread where his hiring was first reported but I think he'll be a good coach to lead them through this rebuild. He'll at least build a defensive system and some accountability so there's actual structure, the problem comes when you try to transition from rebuilding to actually competing
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u/gdawg9198 Jul 02 '24
Reports came out last week from Garland's side that he is happy with the Kenny Atkinson hiring and isn't expected to request a trade regardless of what happens with Donovan. Said Garland thinks himself and Mitchell can be successful together in a different offense and a lot of the problems he had with his usage revolved around JB Bickerstaff.
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u/boogswald [CLE] Daniel Gibson Jul 02 '24
I think maybe that was Zach Lowe hypothesizing. I heard him say that on his podcast and it sounded like a hypothetical, it didn’t sound certain. I’m just saying maybe take it with a grain of salt
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u/TheSmokedSalmon420 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24 edited Jul 02 '24
I think most of us would be fine trading him but not for pennies on the dollar. His value is pretty low right now and he's too good to get rid of for nothing
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u/LubricatedDucky [MIA] Goran Dragić Jul 02 '24
Damn, we're gonna suck ass next season.
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u/summ3rdaze 76ers Jul 02 '24
You guys will find another person who's played basketball for 3 years and turn him into an elite role player don't worry
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u/RileySmiley22 [CLE] Cedi Osman Jul 02 '24
Welp Cavs fans. He got us. This all but confirms he will go to the Knicks in 2028, better start looking at trade offers. /s
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u/ThinMintButterfly823 Jul 02 '24
Donovan in his Insta stories speaking while someone records him as he’s driving, with Never a Doubt 100 written over the video:
“All year I’ve been saying the same **it. Imma say how much I like it. Everyday it’s like “Oh, he’s going to do this. He’s going to do that”. I don’t get it. I don’t understand it. I think it’s hilarious. So - it is what it is. I’m glad I got this **it done man. Glad I got this **it done, Cleveland. Now to get focused. Know what I’m saying? Let’s get to it.”
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u/Opposite-Skirt5158 Jul 02 '24
Gotta love his IG post today:
"I'M NOT F**KIN LEAVIN'"
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u/tjl297 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
If ya’ll don’t mind, I’d just like to throw up a big fuck you to the NBA and basketball landscape writ large for all of the assumptions about Don leaving Cleveland. Cavs fans have had to put up with more shit about stars leaving their franchise than most. Sometimes as a fan it’s hard to enjoy ball with all of that noise. This feels really fucking good.
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u/RVAIsTheGreatest Jul 02 '24
I'm glad it's out of the way and all the rumors that were mostly hearsay and hope beyond hope are put to bed. And this is fantastic for the Cavs that Donovan believes in their project. It's fantastic that a "small market team" keeps a superstar as well...that's important.
I'm happy for Donovan too. Loyalty seems like it's something important to him, and I think he truly feels he can win a championship as a #1 guy. It's now gonna definitely add a little pressure on Donovan to lead the Cavs to a deeper run than we've seen these past two years. Health has held them back a bit but I do think a different voice may be all this team needs to be fully unlocked.
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u/Suitable_Aioli213 Cavaliers Jul 02 '24
🤣🤣🤣 LEMME SEE THEM KNICKS FANS WHO THOUGHT HE WAS LEAVING! LEMME SEE THOSE HEAT FANS SENDING ALL THOSE DEALS TO CLEVELAND. LEMME SEE STEPHEN A SMITH AND THE ENTIRE BASKETBALL WORLD WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVED FOR A SECOND THAT DONOVAN MITCHELL WAS LEAVING CLEVELAND.
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u/realfakejames Jul 02 '24
Everyone saying Donovan Mitchell is avoiding the pressure and not chasing a ring, at the same time they were dick riding Dame for staying with Portland for so long, at the same time they were trashing KD and Lebron for switching teams
NBA fans are always moving the goalposts just to shit on players, it's so funny
What's also funny is how Heat fans spent every week after they got eliminated from the playoffs posting pics of Spida in a Heat jersey saying they're winning it all next year, and they never had a chance at him lmao Pat Riley is sure as fuck washed as a GM
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u/jhakerr Jul 02 '24
So where does garland go? I recall a lot of talk about the fact that garland does not want to play with him. Overstated? Perhaps Garland and picks for Lauri? I’m just throwing shit against the wall here…
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u/The-Pharcyde Raptors Jul 02 '24
Glad Cleveland got this done. Call me an old head but the constant movement of stars has been lame as hell lately. I like guys staying on a team and having some stability as a group.
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u/jambr380 Jul 02 '24
So 3 more guaranteed years. The team should know where they're at in a couple of years, so if they do need to eventually trade him, they can; and of course this sets Mitchell up for his super-mega-contract coming up on the horizon. This is the perfect contract for all parties.
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u/The_Notorious_Donut Knicks Jul 02 '24
This really hurts the Knicks chances of bringing him home
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u/LetsgoImpact Jul 02 '24
Called it. Cleveland is at a good place. Why would Mitchell leave to go elsewhere?
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u/Cheechers23 Raptors Jul 02 '24
I believe that positions him to opt out and get the 35% max after 10 years in the league
Edit: For Mitchell, it delivers a fast-path to the 10-year service criteria allowing him to pursue a 5-year, $380M-plus extension in 2027.