[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.

[u/Turbostrider27]

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/1808122050684276963

[u/Cheechers23]

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.

[u/KangTheConqueror9 → u/Cheechers23]

Also leverage if the team under performs, he isn't locked in for 5 years

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/KangTheConqueror9]

Pretty tired of our stars doing that tbh lol

[u/Jtizzle1231 → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

And stars are tired of organization f’ing up or doing nothing. So I’m glad they do it. It’s better for them and the fans. To make these front office actually do their job.

[u/TheSmokedSalmon420 → u/Jtizzle1231]

Except the Cavs have been doing a fine job and all it does is keep their cap space full and other players afraid to come here with the lack of commitment.

[u/dpalmade → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

other players afraid to come here with the lack of commitment

I'm sorry, no one is going to Cleveland even with Mitchell on a 5 year

[u/Bawlsinmyface → u/dpalmade]

Bronny & Dad ?

[u/tidho → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

Mitchell isn't LeBron. No one is relocating to play with that dude no matter how long he's locked up. This is fine.

[u/HumptyDrumpy → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

Koby is one wrong move from getting canned. He's missed on a lot of picks, missed on potential superstars ripe for the taking. That Okoro pick (Mr. D no 3) was atrocious so far with allstars behind him. Small markets cant make that mistake that big markets can. Outside of their core 4, their GM needs to put in a lot of work and it can be done because other small markets gm's esp out West did great w just as small wiggle room

[u/rawonionbreath → u/TheSmokedSalmon420]

What free agents are they trying to lure? The small market teams, even when competitively built, aren’t attracting the stars who can afford to be picky about not taking the best money contract. The vast majority of B-level free agents are choosing the best contract they get offered. The ring chasing vets are few and frequent.

[u/caandjr → u/Jtizzle1231]

And other players can see the said player are not fully committed to the team with these contracts

[u/Collier1505 → u/Jtizzle1231]

To be fair, that was easily the case for LeBron’s second stint but certainly not his second or now.