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Cavaliers clinch playoff spot with 108-91 win over Rockets
"The Cavaliers have wrapped up a playoff birth by knocking off the rockets. One O 8 91. Jared Allen delivered 24 points and 14 rebounds for Cleveland, which is going to the playoffs without LeBron James on its roster for the first time since 1998. Donovan Mitchell added 22 points as the Cavs won for the 9th time in 11 games. They are fourth in the east as they try to lock down home court advantage in the first round. Evan mobley finished with 19 points and Darius Garland 17 for Cleveland, Jalen Greene had 30 points in Houston's 5th straight loss. I'm Dave ferry.
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Okoro's 3-pointer sends Cavaliers past Nets 116-114
"The Cavaliers pulled out a one 16 one 14 win over the nets on Isaac okoro's three pointer from the corner with .7 seconds remaining. A Korra's late bucket gave him 11 points and sent the Cavaliers to their 8th victory in ten games. Cleveland trailed one 12 one O four with two 13 remaining before closing on a 12 two run. Donovan Mitchell delivered 31 points and Evan mobley added 26 with 16 rebounds. Brooklyn dropped its 5th straight game despite Michael bridges, who had a game high 32 points. Spencer Dinwiddie finished with 25 points and 12 assists for the nets. I'm Dave ferry.
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Mitchell has big slam, 31 points as Cavs beat Nets 115-109
"Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points to lead the Cavaliers over the nets one 15 to one O 9. Mitchell hit 5 three porters and a fourth quarter highlight reel slam dunk in the cas 46 win, but says it could have been better. You know, we don't win by 6 or 8, whatever it is. It's a one point game. I think it's the entire offensive rebounds. They missed a few of the shots. It was much three tonight. They may make something. You know, and that's ultimately what's the separator. So they don't continue to be consistent with what we do. Care is the word added 18 points. While Darius Garland and Edmund mobley scored 17 apiece, they run sharp, led Brooklyn with 20 points and 11 rebounds off the bench as the nets dropped their four straight game. The two teams will play once again in Brooklyn on Thursday night. Mike Moriarty, New York
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Garland scores 25 points, Cavaliers hold off Heat 104-100
"The Cavaliers have clinched their second straight winning season with a one O four 100 win at Miami. Cavaliers coach JB bickerstaff. I thought our guys did a great job of maintaining their poise. And being able to come up with the win and just making credit to Jared Allen, he was a dominant force defensively fourth quarter and on the boards. Darius Garland dropped in 25 points for the Cavs. Donovan Mitchell finished with 18 points, and Jared Allen had 15 with 12 rebounds. The heat committed a season high 24 turnovers leading to 29 points. Jimmy Butler was high man from Miami with 28 points and Tyler hero added 22. I'm Dave ferry.
AP News Radio
Mitchell scores 40, Stevens rallies Cavs past Celtics in OT
"The Cavaliers overcome a 14 point fourth quarter deficit to defeat the Celtics one 18 one 14 in overtime in Cleveland, the Cavs were led by Donovan Mitchell, who nets 40 points while grabbing 11 rebounds. I'm just trying to find ways to make winning plays with defensively offensively. And however that is, you know, just kind of finding ways to win the game. It doesn't really matter how you go about it, just win the game at the end of the day. Jaylen Brown scored 32 points for the Celtics who have lost three straight Boston played the game without Jayson Tatum. I'm Mike Reeves
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Garland scores 21 points, Cavaliers rout Pistons 114-90
"The Cavaliers received balance scoring at a one 1490 blowout over the pistons. Evan mobley had 16 points, 11 rebounds, 6 assists and four blocks. Defensively, we were in our spas and stops against deals and then offensively the flow was better. And we were taking the right shots, making better plays and stuff like that. Darius Garland had 21 points and 7 assists in just 24 minutes, Donovan Mitchell scored 20 points, but spraying a finger on his left hand in the third quarter. The Cavs now lead the Knicks by a game and a half for fourth place in the east and home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. I'm Dave fairy.
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Tatum scores 41 to help Celtics outlast Cavaliers 118-113
"Jayson Tatum Porter in 41 points in a scoring duel with Donovan Mitchell as the Celtics beat the Cavaliers for the first time in three tries this season. One 18 one 13. Tatum provided 18 points while the cells were outscoring the calves 41 26 in the third quarter, giving Boston an 18 point lead before Cleveland chipped away. Tatum also had 11 rebounds and 8 assists in addition to his 20th 40 point game of his career. Al Horford had 23 points and 11 rebounds for the Celtics, who withstood Mitchell's game high 44 points. I'm Dave ferry.
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Mitchell scores 35 points, Cavaliers rout Raptors 118-93
"The Cavaliers easily ended their three game losing streak with a one 1893 thumping of the raptors. Donovan Mitchell finished one three pointer shy of his career high, hitting 8 while scoring 35 points. Feels good to win this game feels good to play the way we play, but we got to do the same thing on Wednesday and continue to push. Jared Allen delivered 23 points at 11 rebounds. Darius Garland finished with 18 points and 11 assists and Evan mobley added 18.29 boards to help Cleveland improve to 26 and 7 at home. Pascal siakam had 25 points and 8 rebounds for the raptors who ended a season high four game winning streak. I'm Dave ferry.
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Hawks pull away in 1st half, rout Cavaliers 136-119
"The hawks were winners in their first game since head coach Nate McMillan was fired, earning a one 36 one 19 thumping of the Cavaliers. Trey young port in 34 points for the hawks, who led by 24 at halftime and stretched that lead to 32 late in the third quarter. Dijon Murray provided 15 of his 25 points while Atlanta outscored Cleveland 49 34 in the second quarter. He made 7 straight shots in the second period. The calves dropped their third in a row despite Darius Garland's 33 points. Donovan Mitchell added 19. I'm Dave ferry.
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Tatum scores All-Star record 55, Team Giannis wins 184-175
"Jayson Tatum scored an NBA All-Star Game record 55 points to lead Tim Yanis to a one 84 one 75 victory over team LeBron. The Celtics forward scored 27 points in the third quarter, positioning him to eclipse Anthony Davis's record of 52, and when the Kobe Bryant MVP award. I went to win MVP. I didn't think I'd be at 55. But that's icing on the cake. The Cavaliers Donovan Mitchell added 40 points in his return to his former home court in Salt Lake City for team Giannis. Tatum's Boston teammate jaylen Brown led team LeBron with 35. LeBron and Janis each sent out most of the game with injuries. I'm Tom merriam.
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Embiid has 29 points, helps 76ers snap Cavaliers' win streak
"76% off the Lake Cavaliers rally for a one 18 one 12 win Philadelphia led by 17 at the start of the fourth quarter when Cleveland got back of the game with a 14 three run. The sixers with their final ten free throws, the sealed the win to all embiid had a team high 29 points. He also scored his career at 10,000 points in the first quarter, James Harden had a 19. Donovan Mitchell had a game high 33 for the calves.
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Mitchell nets 29 as Cavs rally past Bulls, win streak hits 6
"The Cavaliers turned to 13 point third quarter deficit into a 97 89 win over the bulls. Cleveland crawled out of the hole with a 43 17 run that put the Cavs up by 13. Donovan Mitchell led the charge by scoring 19 of his 29 points in the second half. Jared Allen delivered 23 points in ten rebounds. We just had to give an effort. You know, why not try? Why not give your best go at it? And that's what we did. The Cavs earned their 6th straight win and improved to 24 and 6 at home. Zach lavine scored 23 points in Nikola vucevic added 14 with 14 rebounds for Chicago. I'm Dave ferry.
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Allen, Mobley power Cavaliers to 113-85 win over Pistons
"The Cavaliers made it four straight wins despite resting Donovan Mitchell and Darius Garland, rolling to a one 1385 route of the pistons. Jared Allen and Evan mobley combined for 21 points while Cleveland went ahead by 18 after one quarter. I did the Evan did it. We felt like we were attacking the room. I know they still have some pretty decent rim protectors, but we didn't let that stop us tonight. Alan finished with 20 points and mobley had 19 for the calves who opened the fourth quarter by outscoring Detroit 26 four. The Cavaliers also out rebounded the pistons, 48 32, with Alan grabbing 14. I'm Dave ferry.
Game Theory Podcast
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Can be a lottery team consistently. If Donovan Mitchell is on your roster. And that's the obvious reason to not want to trade foreign protective first round picks because if you trade for Donovan Mitchell and you're not good, then you really lose a lot of resources to come out of it. The other reason is because I think some people have talked about or even implied, okay, if the Knicks trade for Donovan Mitchell, it's not like they're a championship contender, so why should they do it? Well, there's a way you can set up a Donovan Mitchell trade, which actually positions you to be a real player in the summer of 2024, or maybe even 2025. And that sounds so far away. Oh, two more years. But Donovan Mitchell's only 25 years old. It's so important for them to do this. And so if they're able to manage this, let's say they do give up 6 first round picks. But it's the four they have from other teams. And it's their 2023 and their 2025. They hold on to their 2027 pick, they hold onto their 2029, and they don't have any swaps. They can go into the summer of 2024. With Jalen Brunson on potentially what could be viewed as an expiring deal because he'll be, it'll be his last guaranteed year, and then he has a player option. Julius Randle on what could be the summer summer of 24. Summer of 24. Julius Randle in the same situation as Brunson there. They will have a very expensive roster, just their starting 5 will take them very close to the cap. And if they keep this current starting 5 that they project to have now adding Mitchell to it obviously, if they keep that same starting 5 until 2024, which they might not, who the heck knows what happens in two years. But for the sake of conversation, if they do that, they're a tax team. It's done. They're a tax team. But they are in a position to trade because now two years down the line, you can only trade draft picks 7 years out. You can't trade them in consecutive years, but now two years down the line, that 2031 pick opens up for you. And now because you were able to keep these extra two picks, you're able to do something with your 2027, your 2029, your 2031, which I don't know. I might just trade a 20, 31 pick, no matter what, because all the world exists in 2031. I don't even know.
Game Theory Podcast
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Even RJ Barrett, a guy that I'm exceptionally high on and that I think the Knicks would be or that I think the jazz would be crazy, not the demand in a Donovan Mitchell deal, despite the fact that it kind of seems like they're not demanding it. Does that sound right to you? Yeah, I think so. My feeling on RJ is less say like reporting with sources, the jazz are not pushing to get RJ Barrett and more just kind of connecting dots. So shams and Tony Jones reported last week that Utah once guys on team controllable, rookie scale contracts. And RJ is technically on a rookie scale deal right now. But he's on the last season of his rookie scale deal. And that means that he's eligible for an extension before this season starts. And if he doesn't sign his extension, he'll be a restricted free agent in 2023. Just next summer. And they're going to have to pay or whoever he plays for. The Knicks, the jazz, whomever, they're going to have to pay him, whereas like a Quentin Grimes, just finishes rookie year. You got three more years of him on a rookie scale deal. I don't know if Utah is necessarily in a place where they want to decide if they're going to give somebody a max contract or not. I think they might prefer to push off a decision like that and other year or two. So for me, if you're moving Donovan Mitchell and you're entering a rebuilding phase where you have all of these draft picks forthcoming from this deal and from the re to go bear deal. You're going to be fine in terms of money long term. It's like your books are going to be clean. I would just take the most talented player. At the end of it. Yeah, that's RJ. I mean, look, the thing that you have to consider here, Sam though, is also like, it's not do you want to take RJ in the deal? Or do you not want to take RJ in the deal? It's what are the Knicks removing from their offer if you put RJ in the deal. And if Utah is saying something along the lines of like, yeah, we want RJ and the deal too. And then Nick say, great. Well, if you're, we'll give you RJ, but then you're not getting 2025, 2027 and 2029. You'll give you one unprotected pick. Utah might just be like, no, we want the draft picks. We're not going to be good for two years or three years or four years or whatever it is. These draft picks are really important to us, especially like a 2027 unprotected, like who the heck knows what's going to happen in 5 years, you know? We thought Brooklyn was going to be a dynasty in the greatest team of all time. And 8 months later, it's a totally different story. So like 5 years from now, who the heck knows? So there's that element of it too. Yeah, no, I think that that's also a really important point in regard to where Utah is within their rebuild. Like they shouldn't waste years of RJ's extension. If it would be four years
Game Theory Podcast
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"Sprint with three seasons, essentially finishing. And people that work for NBA teams, like the evaluators, general managers, assistant general managers. Everyone across the league, New York writers. They're me. Yeah, like I'm going on vacation in ten days or so right now. So there is a real sense that the league for the first time in two years is really slowing down. Like that is a 100% accurate. Now, could Danny ainge Leon rose get on the phone and figure some shit out and maybe get this done? Look, it's been reported at this point. I think by Tony Jones that there was like a, there was a deal that maybe was kind of close to happening during summer league, right with the Knicks in Utah. We're gonna start with thought of a Mitchell. But it felt like, at a point there, there was a deal that was like kind of close and then it just kind of broke apart at the end. Does that kind of track for you? Yeah, I think so. I've gone back and forth on wondering exactly how close they were. Because I think a big thing when we talk about Donovan Mitchell stuff is, you know, people talk so much about the picks. You know, you've seen various reports on how many picks Utah wants. Utah won 7 picks. Utah won 6 picks, whatever it is. It's an outrageous number of picks when you just look at the draft picks, right? I don't know if that's necessarily the proper framing though because the number of picks is not nearly as important. And I wrote this on Tuesday at the athletic. Just the quantity of picks is not nearly as important as the quality of picks, because the Knicks are plus four draft picks right now. They Washington's 2023, and that's protected until 2026. They have Detroit's 2023, and that's protected until 2027. They have Dallas's 2023 that's top ten protected, almost certain going to convey next year. And most likely will be in the 20s. And they have Milwaukee's 2025 top four protected. None of those picks are like great picks. The Washington pick can't be better than I think 9th. The Detroit pick can't be better than tenth at any point. The Dallas pick is likely to be in the 20s and 2023 and the Milwaukee pick, while you don't know what can happen in two years, they got Giannis, barring something absolutely insane. That's most likely to still be in the 20s. From an indestructible human being. Yes. Very much. And if you look at this and you say, okay, I fell asleep and I woke up in the morning and I just saw jazz receive 7 draft or 6 first round picks for Donovan Mitchell. There is a huge difference between it being the four picks they have from other teams, an unprotected 2023 and maybe a protected 2025.
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
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The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"Donovan Mitchell's going to need help. And as we've established in this discussion, this is not a complete team by any stretch. They're going to need another guy. They're going to be multiple guys. Also, by the way, a lot of the young players you mentioned, Chris, some of the most intriguing young guys, whether it's top end or Grimes, McBride quickly, some of those guys are going to Utah on this deal. It's not just going to be a bunch of pics. You can still get a deal with salary matching rules or whatever. I don't know where the jazz is cap situation is, but you're going to have to deal with at least some part of the salary matching rules. And besides that, the jazz, as they did in the Rudy Gobert deal, aren't going to take just picks. They're going to want some young players as well. So some of the next young depth is going out the door in this deal. So you know, you don't want to overpay. But you also do have to recognize that Danny ainge holds all the cards here. He does not have to trade Donovan Mitchell. Donovan Mitchell's under contract for at least three more years. Donovan Mitchell has not to our knowledge asked out. Even if he did, you don't have to honor it. All-Star Game is in Salt Lake City. Next February, there's already been rumblings that they wouldn't mind still having him there just to represent them when they host the game. I think that's silly, by the way. I don't think it should matter. Which, by the way, I don't believe. I don't believe Danny ain't gonna beholden to. No, if there's a right deal for Donovan Mitchell, he goes. Of course, like I say, I think that's silly, but ownership may have a different feeling about that than I do. And the bottom line for the jazz is, and for Danny ainge's, if there's a great deal out there, it's the deal you want to make, you make it. If not, you have every ability to just go into the next
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"But dot of the Mitchell number one, I think he's a better defensive player than he showed this year. I think he at least can be, he's got the physical tools. He's never going to be a stopper, but I don't think he would be the really minus defender he was this season for the jazz, and look, he had a lot of success playing with Mike Conley, especially in those early years. First couple of years with Colin McConnell was the point guard. So I think he can play opposite those guys. And look, I think it is good to have a two young mid 20s stars who are locked into long-term contracts. I think that helps you as you build towards the future. Then you can start talking about what RJ Barrett's going to do. I thought Jericho Sims looked like a nice player Quentin Grimes. You know, you got some young pieces on a team, it's a Robinson, of course. You've got some things to play there, where, you know, I think the Knicks could be a 6 7 seed in the Eastern Conference. My concern Howard and I went to jump back in. My concern here. My concern is exactly what they give up because the jazz to me are at a phenomenal position here. Because they can be patient with Donovan Mitchell. It's got three years left in his contract, guaranteed years anyway. And he has not publicly come out and said, I don't want to be here anymore. So they've got some time to deal with this. They've also got suitors. They've got Miami, which is out there kind of lurking, hoping to get in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes, but if they don't, the heat we've seen, you know, they'll do whatever it takes to get a star they believe fits into that group. You've got Phoenix. Now out there. Phoenix is out of the Kevin Durant's sweepstakes at the moment because they can't put together a package that would make sense for Kevin Durant. But the sons are a team that could be interested in Donovan Mitchell. They could throw Michael britches bridges and 5 first round draft picks into a future deal or whatever it is. To get their hands on Donovan Mitchell. And the only thing worse than dealing with Danny ainge is dealing with Danny ainge when he has options. When Danny can look around, all right, you want to give us what we want. Well, thanks, but no thanks. And that's the position I believe the jazz and Danny ainge are going to take here, where if you're the Knicks and you want Donovan Mitchell, what's 5 first round draft picks and RJ Barrett in that deal.
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"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"And signing Jalen Brunson. But a Jalen Brunson Donovan Mitchell backcourt is a bad idea. It's not what you would set out to do. You would not, if you started the off season, knowing that both guys were available, you would not pursue both. You just wouldn't. You would pick one or the other you would probably pick Donovan Mitchell, obviously. He's the far more talented and accomplished player. But they are both 6 one. They both enjoy having the ball in their hands a lot. They are both defensively subpar. Brunson has his moments, but guys around the league will tell you that he's a little overrated as a defender. And Mitchell is not considered a good defender at all. So two subpar defenders, both 6 one and you're going to start them next to each other. And besides that Jalen Brunson just left Dallas to leave the orbit of Luca Dončić, presumably so that he could run his own team and have more offensive responsibility, more playmaking responsibility. I don't see it as a good fit. And so on day one, I don't think this pushes the Knicks that far ahead. It doesn't move the ball that far forward for them. That said, you're not married to Jalen Brunson forever. You can trade Jalen Brunson later. And if the goal of any team that doesn't have a star is to get at least one star so that hopefully provides you the basis to go get the second star or the allure for the second star. Well, Donovan Mitchell might be that guy. No guarantees there, but that would be step one. You know, you can't get to two stars or three stars until you have at least one star. You've got to start somewhere. So again, in the abstract, I don't mind the jail in Brunson signing in the abstract. I don't mind chasing Donovan Mitchell with your
The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Crossover NBA Show with Chris Mannix
"A CAA client, Donovan Mitchell, strong ties to New York, his father used to work for the mets. He's still a mets fan. If you follow him on Twitter, he's tweeting about the mets all the time. So there's a New York connection to Donovan Mitchell there. Here's my question with the Knicks. Like, you're talking to the jazz about Donovan Mitchell. You know what the jazz just got for Rudy Gobert. The equivalent of 5 first round draft picks. Four first and then walker Kessler, who was the Timberwolves first round pick in this past draft. So basically 5 first round picks. You know Danny H. He's not going to do a deal unless he bests that offer. He's going to get at least 5 first round picks back in return and try to gouge you for one or more of your young players. So I guess the question becomes, how aggressive should the Knicks be in going after Donovan Mitchell? Does Donovan Mitchell make the Knicks, a bona FIDE contender in the Eastern Conference, or if you want to soften a little bit, does it put them, does it take them further down the path to becoming a contender in the Eastern Conference? I've got some thoughts on this, but I'll let you go first. How aggressive do you think the Knicks should be here? I'm a little conflicted on this one to be honest. Look, the next need a star. They don't have a star. Julius Randle was for like 32 seconds. He may never be again. There's nobody on this roster currently that projects as being the kind of guy you can build a high level playoff team around. Donovan Mitchell would be that guy on some level it's a no brainer. If a guy is available if his caliber at his age and you have the means to go get him, then you go get him. Like I wouldn't begrudge the Knicks doing that. The strange thing is just where they are right now, right? Like they just went all out, offloaded all these picks and, you know, forgot the number 11th pick in this past draft, did all this maneuvering, offloading contracts, all this stuff, just so they could clear the room to sign jaylen Brunson to a four year $104 million contract to be their signature piece of the off season. That's fine except that if you knew you were going to be able to get Donovan Mitchell and look, the next maybe did not foresee this. The other part of the job, by the way, you're supposed to kind of see this stuff coming. Everybody knew there was everybody around the league was pretty suspicious that a Gobert Mitchell breakup was coming at minimum. And that Danny ainge being Danny ainge, you got to also anticipate that maybe there's going to be a blow up coming. Now you can't count it. I mean, the second, the second Howard, the second Danny ainge got the job, people should have suspected that. And the moment that first round series ended, people should have expected a breakup between Rudy Gobert and Donald Mitchell because Danny ainge does not do mediocre. It just doesn't do it. You're either great or you're awful at Danny's mind.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"Not all getting caught up in this. Speaking of the next, Donovan Mitchell, his trade market appears to be expanding, not what Knicks fans want to hear. Nick spans want to hear the deal is done and Donovan Mitchell's going to New York, but it sounds like what's going on is the jazz are, they've had conversations with the Knicks. They know what the Knicks are offering, have a pretty good feel of what that offers at. And now they're going to go check around the rest of the league and see what the rest of the league will give them in a deal for Donovan Mitchell. I still think ultimately he winds up in New York, but any angel co, we're going to make the next wait a little bit and see what they can get. You know, probably going to be a pretty decent return for Mitchell. So we'll see where that ultimately winds up. But it's possible. I mean, another team could come in and offer something that just can't quite match and next thing you know, Donovan Mitchell is off somewhere else, but I still think the Knicks have got to be the favorite here. Yeah, I think it probably is too. And I think this is probably a little bit of the jazz come back with, hey, here's what we have for other offers. You want to add to it. I'm going to go off topic just slightly here because it's related to this. Where I saw this news was through a woj thing on YouTube. And it's like, man, I can already follow Twitter and watch NBA today. Montreal is like, I got to now go find you on YouTube too. Like, come on, stay off our corner. Let us have this little corner here. You just tweet and write stuff. But that's just me being a gripe of being old and not wanting to have to continue to open more tabs in my browser. But anyway, I think what he's saying makes sense, right? When the Knicks are being asked for, we want top in and Grimes and quickly, and then we also want 6 first round picks and all that stuff. The next are like, we're going to take either a couple players or a couple picks out. You've got to make up your mind. We're not giving it at all. And I think the jazz are looking at it and saying, well, hey, the 6 first round picks. A couple of those are pretty heavily protected picks from the pistons and wizards. That may not convey for years. When they do, convey, they're going to be non lottery, like where are we going with this? So that's going to ultimately be the back and forth, right, is how many kids do the next want to give up and how many picks. And then my guess is like you, I think it'll still ultimately be the next. And they'll budge and give in on something. But we'll see. I mean, this is going to be the way this goes back and forth. And in the meantime, yeah, maybe some surprise team does jump in there and say, hey, we'll snagged on of a Mitchell now because we still young enough to fit with a lot of teams that are kind of on the way back up. And he's obviously good enough to fit with a team. That's trying to go for it. So yeah, I mean, there should be a pretty wide market for him. Yeah, yeah, absolutely. And again, I think this is part of the process, but we'll keep an eye on exactly where he winds up by still think the Knicks are in the lead. The spurs did a little bit of business, keeping kelton Johnson four years, 80 million for him. Solid player, young player two for a rebuilding team to hang on to. What do you think about them spending this money though? Is this good value? Do you think for the spurs for a team that's trying to turn things around here, potentially build for the future? 20 million average annual value for kelton Johnson is an absolute steal. All right. I think this guy is awesome. Last year, he averaged almost, it was over 17 points per game. He was at really good shooting splits. He's good with the ball on his hands. That's probably where he's come to furthest. Pretty good spot up shooter two. Defends, he can rebound his passing is coming along pretty quickly. I think this year he kind of becomes a face of that team, moving forward in all of a sudden we're looking at it as like, man, remember when the spurs got Derek white on a really good deal, then Dijon Marian a really good deal. I think a year or two from now we're like, man, they have Kelvin Johnson on a really good deal because I just think this guy is fantastic. So I think this is a huge win for San Antonio. All right, so nice move there for the spurs to be able to get him on this deal. We also saw the jazz made a move, Simone, fontecchio, winds up with the jazz. This was a guy who we were starting to get these little rumors that he was going to be coming to the NBA, but it wasn't quite clear where exactly he was going to wind up. Got some size can shoot the three a bit as the ability to attack off the bounce. Not the quickest. But I think the jazz of God something here in him that could prove to be pretty useful, particularly as they look to build into the next phase of their franchise. What are your thoughts on this move? This is Danny age repeating his Boston rebuild playbook. A little bit here. He went to after making all the trades. With the nets and then starting that whole cycle of tearing down the roster all the way and rebuilding it, one of the things he did was he went to Europe and he got guys like Brad wanamaker, Shane Larkin, fill pressy. And then Daniel tice was probably his biggest success that he got to come over. A couple of years of it. I think he's starting the process here again. And they're under the tax. This is part of the non taxpayer mid level for fund techy on a two year deal. My guess is the team's probably pretty protected on that second year. But if not, it's not going to be that much money anyway. I think it's total, it's a little over 6 million. So talking 3 million each of the each year or so. So yeah, I think this is what works. And I think he's going back to it and basically saying, all right, let's run back what I know has worked for me in the past. Let's get this guy in. Give him a look. There's probably going to be plenty of minutes available, and we'll see where it goes from there. Indeed, is the hiring platform where you can attract interview and hire all in one place. Instead of spending hours on multiple job sites, searching for candidates with the right skills, indeed it's a powerful hiring partner that can help you do it all. One of the things I love about indeed is that it makes hiring in one place so easy because of sponsoring jobs. 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Game Theory Podcast
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Game Theory Podcast
"It kind of alludes me where Phoenix is going here, and I think that this dovetails nicely into this next discussion point because Adrian will ask you reported today that the jazz are more willing to listen on Donovan Mitchell than they previously had been before. Part of me wonders if the reason that this is leaking now is that because Malcolm Brogdon, that trade has gone through the physical has been taken apparently. I don't know that for sure, but it seems like the physical has been taken. Everything has gone through. There is now actual pressure on Utah to try to figure out what it wants to do.
NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on NBA Front Office w/ Keith Smith & Trevor Lane
"If teams are able to just spend their way to a championship, to even a higher degree, maybe than we've seen in years past, then that creates a difficult spot for the teams that don't have an owner with incredibly deep pockets. So I understand why the NBA would want to look at it, but I'll tell you this keep the flip side of it to me is I have a hard time feeling sympathetic for owners who have watched their franchise valuations go through the roof in the last decade or so that are then complaining about having to spend on their team. Yeah, so I want to preface this with. I have no interest in defending billionaires who have toys, not wanting to spend on the toy. Any Celtics fans who watch this and also ever watch locked on Celtics when John corales. No, I went on there and I went on a huge rant where I was basically like, look, if you're not going to spend on the team, sell the team because this is ridiculously bigger. You're the Boston Celtics. I do push back a little when people say franchise valuations because you only get that money if you sell the team, right? So that doesn't necessarily mean what I think you don't think. It's like, right, I get those letters in the mail that says your house is worth X. Yeah, if I sell it, and then where am I going to live? Because it doesn't mean I can just immediately buy another house. But I'm with you on that because I do feel like if you're going to cry poor mouth, get out of the business. Someone else will buy these teams. I don't even know what it is. Usually I get four, those team valuations. I don't know what it is, but it's going to be a billion and a half to $2 billion to buy an MBA team. And we're already hearing that for an expansion fee. And that's going to be teams that are going to be terrible for a number of years. But what I do understand it is it's not that the warriors can do this. It's that, can the thunder do this? Trailblazer is not a great example because Paul Allen. But they're going to sell the team. So as you get into those smaller markets, Indiana, those other teams. Can they go there? Because they have to sit on this because their owners aren't as rich as the warriors owners. And that's where you can run into these issues. And they're like, look at Philly, I mean, I know Michael Rubin got out of it. The fanatics guy, he's no longer a part of the ownership group. That's going to be a whole other thing. Bobby marks touched on Matthew. Funnel and money to James Harden outside of the Catholic happening. But yeah, I don't know where that's going to go. Hey, it's all going to be very interesting to see how this plays out because the penalties are already pretty severe. I mean, the warriors are basically double in just in tax penalties alone. The next closest team. I don't know how much more severe you can make it. Now the other thing I think they Dunkin pointed this out on Twitter after Mark Stein initially reported this is a thing that owners want to discuss at the border governors, Nate was like, that sounds great that the owners are here. This all is collectively bargained, right? Because these luxury tax payments can affect player movement and player salaries so that gets tied into the player side of this too. So my guess is this is just setting the stage for. We want to have a conversation about maybe leveling the playing field a little bit more. And let's see where it goes. But in general, the bunch of billionaires that are maybe one over another billionaire spend a little bit more. I don't know. I'm not sure I am going to get overly sad for any of them on that, agreed. Agreed. All right. Well, front office fans, front officers, frontrunners, whatever you want to call you. Let us know your thoughts. What do you think about this situation? What do you think about Donovan Mitchell? And what's going on there? Let us know in the comments section if you're over on Apple podcast, let us know in the reviews. Appreciate you guys joining us. Apologies for any of the technical issues that we may have had here. That should be the last day of that nonsense. That's right. That's right. Thank you guys for bearing with us. Till next time, everybody. See ya. And stay safe.
Terry Meiners
Nigeria Wins Historic Upset Over Team U.S.A. In Olympic Exhibition
"Men's Olympic basketball is up to eat. Well, um, it didn't start off well over the weekend, they had their first exhibition game against Nigeria in they lost What? 92 87. Team USA goes down, So we got that going for us. Wait a minute. Isn't Kevin Durant on that team? The guy that carry the Brooklyn Nets on his back. Of course. Kevin Durant. Bradley Beal Bam out of bio. Draymond Green Game. Dollar is on their Jayson Tatum. They've got a pretty good lineup. So they lost to Nigeria. Wait a minute. There's some Nigerian players who are actually NBA players. Right there are and there are a few NBA players missing from that team that are still playing in the finals. No Djourou HOLIDAY. No Chris Middleton know Devin Booker. But the Nigerian squad does have three guys from the Miami Heat roster. Also one of the Sacramento Kings, a guy for the Minnesota Timberwolves and one of Donovan Mitchell's teammates with the Utah Jazz. Good for them. Congratulations, Nigeria. I think they taught a valuable lesson to our Guys on USA team that always thinks it's going to just steamroll everybody. I hope so. Because the last time the U. S, the U. S men's national team lost an exhibition game. They finished seventh in the feeble World Cup just a couple of years ago, so Hopefully they right the ship and we don't have one of those performances in the Olympics.
AP News Radio
Mann Scores Career-High 39, Clippers Eliminate Jazz 131-119
"I'm incredible second half rally by the clippers has then headed to the conference finals for the first time ever beating the jazz one thirty one one nineteen in a series clinching game six with a barrage of three pointers LA came from twenty five points down Terrence Mann brought the clips back to life scoring twenty in the third quarter alone and ending with a career high thirty nine I just had a lot to you and do what I did you do leave me open to shoot open shots out of willow way back in the game Paul George had twenty eight you felt that the monkey off of the clippers back in terms of you know get out of the second round LA made twenty of thirty nine from three point land Utah got thirty nine points from Donovan Mitchell I am Markt Myers
AP News Radio
Leonard, George Each Score 31, Clippers Tie Series With Jazz
"The clippers were able to square up their playoff series with the jazz by taking game four one eighteen to one oh four why Leonard and Paul George each scored thirty one points P. G. says Kawhi is taking his game to a new level it's playoff basketball you know this movie is because when the time and so on you see it all around his approach is body language everything is to you know be great Marcus Morris senior added twenty four points Utah got thirty seven from Donovan Mitchell but now it's a best of three going back to Salt Lake for game five I am mark Myers
AP News Radio
Leonard, George Help Clippers Beat Jazz, Cut Deficit to 2-1
"The Los Angeles Clippers grabbed an important win in their second round playoff series against the Utah Jazz with a one thirty two one oh six victory the clippers cut Utah's best of seven series lead to two games to one hitting fifty six percent of their field goal attempts quite Leonard led the clippers with thirty four points and twelve rebounds the biggest thing is that we made shots and open looks leave me you know you wanna come down tonight we do not Paul George added thirty one points including thirteen in the second quarter as Los Angeles took a fifteen point lead into the half Reggie Jackson Nicole but to meet score seventy points apiece for the clippers Donovan Mitchell led the jazz with thirty points game seven a set for Los Angeles on Monday I'm Jim Bernard
The Hoop Collective
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on The Hoop Collective
"Had to say but i agree i am it is surprising just how dominant embiid has been not just because of the injury but capelle is one of the best defense big league and mcmahon. One capella was in great defensive position. Working his butt off like fought embiid out aware and bead wanted to go. There were times where he played perfect scheme. Defense and like guided embiid towards help and ambitious beat them lost the big fouls just thrown around like a rag doll. He's just he's been impressive and it's not like i'm like him. Bees numbers against the hawks during the regular season. Not that that's always translates but it's they were pedestrian by his standards but he's just been absolutely dominant. And then you know ben. Simmons obviously wants to challenge of defending trae young as much as possible. I'm sure he feels snubbed. That he was such a distant second in the defensive player of the year voting. Not that it was a surprise to anybody but him. Maybe doc rivers But that's a fascinating little. Subplot noah atlanta's definitely like no matter. What happens like the arrows. Pointing up for the hawks. We do need to. We need to touch on the sun's real quick and wendy. You can take your little victory lap on the sun steps. Okay campaign is you know i. I'll i'll i'll give you that one And well i yeah. Campaign was the one that i was doubting. He's been he's had a really good playoffs. Sarah has been good in this series. Obviously chris paul. I mean this is just a massive the assist to turnover ratio. They on a five game win streak fifty three to four. You know it's crazy. The last three playoff fifteen assists zero turnover games. Have all been chris. Paul and they've been in three different uniforms and you know one of those. Uniforms was not the rockets. Not rockets thunder. But he's he's just absolutely ridiculous. But i tell you what man andrea aiden look. He's never going to be considered the best player in his draft class. But this dude is a stud and like he is. He is every bit worthy of being a number one. Pick like you do not have to apologize at this guy. Was the number one pick. I don't care who was taken after him. The job he is done defensively in this series on yokich man. It is impressive. He's gonna think guys. How absolutely if he'd he's going to get the max if the sun's don't wanna give it to them then that's going to get sticky. He absolutely or maybe. I could maybe see him coming in a little bit short of it but my guess is he gets it. And but i what i would say is in these playoffs. The two guys who have raised their stature around the league the most are the other two guys from that. All i mean. It's a very good draft class but trae young and the andrea have come into these playoffs in the postseason for the first time and been awesome and have dramatically raised their their stature around the league in terms of the quality of player that people think they are because both those guys had questions about what they could do in these kinds of situations and trae young as pass every test flying colors and the entree and went up against anthony davis in the first round. When anthony davis was healthy that was basically a draw and his yokich in the second round. And yes denver's injuries but yokich is on record saying aden's about a safa matchup is he has against him and He's gone out there and a fantastic job and he's playing to his role and he's you know he's he's barely into the rim and he's playing great defense. He's getting rebounds and set in screens and now he's just doing everything sorta like. He's not really go there. But it's a similar thing where it doesn't necessarily always show up on the stats. Sheet is thirty five in two thousand five in a game but he is vital to what they're doing at both ends of the court. It's really really impressive. Real quick before we go. I want to say this two thousand eighteen draft class. This off season is going to be extension time for them. Number one pick was deondraye eight. And i think he's getting the max. Okay he should There may be like they may win some other concessions in their Number two marvin bagley. Oh number three. Who could jets get. The max is going to get the largest Rookie scale extension of all in the superman. Over two hundred million number. Four jaren jackson this wreck within a knee injury but really good player really complicated in terms of extension discussions. Good player right good player number five trae young. Oh to be what that late. Getting the max. A few like a few like a month or two ago on this pod. I talked about some people in the league. Weren't sure that he was a max player. Rich paul called me the next day and said what the hell you talking by your out of your damn mind. Which i was with i was. I was with rich paul on that one which winds exactly. Hey we were right on trae young you right on campus for the record i never mind. We gotta keep god doesn't matter doesn't amount sexton It's gonna be interesting discussions. You skip right over mogambo come on now okay mo- bomba wendel carter carter's skim obama's let me just let me just read this for expediency. Let me just read through this. Got colin sexton mikhail bridges chips alexander zander michael porter jr. miles bridge internet. No said maybe we'll callan. Sex is going to get a big contract from somebody that's long. I was listening. All these. I was going through. There's like fifteen guys in this class hurting big. I was just listening to them off. Aden for expedient launch trae young. Shake yourself exander michael porter jr. getting max's that's five max plant yup at in the lottery and the kill bridges. Pretty good is an excellent player. Concepts sexton is a very good player. Jaren jackson in my mind is a very good player. We'll see what happens That's in the lottery. And then you go farther back. You have some other really nice players dante vincenzo. Kevin herder You even in the second round you have ram have gary trend junior Tremendous drought mitchell. Robinson jalen brunson devante green davante graham. There's a lot of good. Bruce brown bought a good player discussion for the day. We got to wrap it up. Thank you to bon temps and mcmahon. Thank you jackson producer Who's gonna make you wait for it but Till happens every week and we'll talk..
AP News Radio
Mitchell Has 37, Jazz Beat Clippers 117-111 for 2-0 Lead
"The jazz jumped onto a two games to none lead when they defeated the clippers one seventeen one eleven Donovan Mitchell led the way with thirty seven points Mitchell was fifteen of twenty nine from the floor including six of twelve from beyond the arc Utah led by thirteen at the break but a Reggie Jackson three pointer gave LA a one oh one ninety nine lead that's when the jazz went to work with a fourteen to to run good for a one thirteen one oh three advantage with three oh seven to go the series resumes on Saturday in Los Angeles I'm Bruce Morton
ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on ESPN Chicago 1000 - WMVP
"Question to Donovan Mitchell. After the Jazz won a game. He had the interview at the end, he put the headset on and Shack asked the question now. Previously on the night earlier in the night, he didn't really ask a question was chocolate, basically saying that Domine Mitchell is no good. Like they had this whole debate on inside Kenny and Barkley and in EJ, right, And then So Donovan puts on the headset and then shot goes to this. You are one of my favorite players, but you don't have what it takes to get the next level seven on purpose. I want you to hear it. What do you have to say about that? All right, That's it. That's it. That's it. Cool. E mean, did you have in here? I have been hearing that since my rookie year. You know, I was gonna get better. What would I do A damn thing, But also I want you to yourself. Another grand brother. Keep it up. Appreciate it. Okay, So that's terrible. First of all, like, what are you doing? Second of all, I think this whole idea where the old timers in the league who hate the current product. I think it's bad for the MBA. It's good that the numbers were up on Saturday that people are coming back to the NBA, and we can talk about why NBA numbers and light Be on the on the rise this season. And I think a lot of it has to do with like this is when basketball supposed to be played so we can get into that. But then I'm watching last. So you know how TNT has like the other crew that does. The Tuesday night game. Yes. So it used to be players only. Yeah, but that was trashed s. Oh, so now it's Dwayne Wade. Candace Parker. Adam left go all very good, And I think Candace Parker's the best analyst On the MBA who's working today? She she's the absolute best commentating on the current NBA product. Well, then they get into this. They show the highlight of the Jazz last night the jazz win. You're going to hear Adam left home after he talks about the jazz and they they played the highlight This is that like 12 15 last night I'm watching 12:15 A.m.. Then here we go. Was shack. Maura just taken a big blank right on Mitchell in the Jazz. Conley Mitchell relationship in the backcourt seems to be strong about gotta bitches, four threes and nine and seven from go Bare shack. Impressive. We're getting a quiet Shaquille O'Neal tonight. Yes. What's up? Well, I said impressive. 97 is awesome. Dwayne is trying to pick a fight right now, and I'm just trying to encourage it. I'm just trying to get first person from shack. First of all, do win, understand my language because there's something I used to do with him. I touched his temperature. See, a lot of people are saying things they take a person's never personally. I mean, I just test temperature. I started off when I said about, Donovan said. He's one of my favorite players, but so you know, so if you don't like my constructive criticism I understand that, but I don't really take a personal but something I used to do with this young fellow.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Open. Floor male edgy mode. Dot com. Open floor male edgy dot com. There are an awful lot of people out there who are eager to move kyrie irving off of the brooklyn nets. I'm going to start with joel. I he says i'm watching. This nets game. All i can keep thinking about is. I wish kyri wasn't on this team. I have never enjoyed watching. James harden. Houston but i can acknowledge his skill in on this brooklyn team already. I've enjoyed him so much more but try to fit into this. So far joe harrison getting wide open looks in knocking them down hard dribbling fifteen times and throwing up shot with one second left on the shot clock. This is actually fun to watch band. The nets need to trade kyri. And i'd say they need to collect shooter or multiple shooters who don't need to dominate the ball. And i'd also prefer they go after draft assets as well because they've given all of. There's a way i'm sure. They wish they had a healthy spencer dinwiddie because he could be the point guard. Hard is off the floor. Would that would also make it a lot. Easier to trade kyri if they do go for a trade. What kind of assets should they go after. And if they don't how exactly should the nets organize around the big three in an ideal world so just to answer that last one briefly. They need to de-emphasized kyri. He's doing a little bit too much. They need to reemphasize. Kevin durant and i think james harden in this past first playmaker role that he's tried to settle into is actually working out. Okay for them right. I think his scoring number is going to be coming down in brooklyn. It seems like that's the the compromise of those three guys. He's willing to sacrifice some of his scoring to play more of a facilitation role. And i think that's going to work out okay for them but it's just been too much higher you're having one on one the biggest judgment he needs to make as is fitting better into the flow of the offense and making quicker decisions when he attacks rather than pounding. The ball on the weak side and allowing the defense to kind of come back and rotate also needs to be more unselfish late in games but we have Drilled that point to death over the last couple of weeks. Michael if brooklyn goes for a kyrie irving trade before the deadline. You heard from joel. What he wanted in a carry deal. What would you like a kyrie. Deal I mean i know what i don't need which is like a heavy ball handler..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"I don't want to quit the denver nuggets because yokich is just been so much fun to watch night after night. He's just an unbelievable talent and he should be viewed as one of those elite superstar level talents in those particular match ups. Like if you had to win a playoff series right now and you gave me the choice if yoga chuck why. I'm taking yokich. And i don't know if that's a contract. I don't know if that's a controversial shake. He's been ridiculous. Michael is actually played. Pretty well too so i'm gonna get dead very well. I'm to keep denver in that conversation. But i think utah needs to be in this conversation to they. Just do it differently. It's this collective activity. It's almost like the oh four pistons or the fourteen spurs a team. That doesn't have like a major superstar level score. But they've got a rock solid defensive. Got an unselfish offense and that could be you know. In certain circumstances a path to a title a lot will have to break their way. I'm not picking them necessarily to upset either one of those l. a. teams in the playoffs. But it's a it's a nice. It's a nice formula with it. All veteran team and i think even steve kerr said over the weekend. Look these guys. Want to win a title. And i think they're capable and that's high praise coming from a guy who's won a bunch. You know who. I feel bad for and all of this is shaquille harrison. The utah jazz guard. I'm sure that donovan. Mitchell has just been punishing him relentlessly in practice because of this and so i- prayers up to shaquille harrison. I hope that he's recovered. Fine from shaquille o'neal's discretions so he's going to come out and announced a name change. Just be like well principled ground. I can't hold this up all right. I think i think we covered that topic. Thanks for the email andrei on that one. I would say in general. I would like more You know analysis from those studio shows when possible. I think there are some shows that find ways to mix it in an inside the nba. Tries to as well. I don't undersell what kenny smith is doing. On that show. He does do some breakdowns. Every once in a while. And i think those are effective But it's just about the mix of there trying to entertain. I think even more than they're trying to educate and once you accept that with that show and realize that they're build the whole thing around their supernova star charles barkley. It's a lot easier to kind of understand their role with..
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"Take the jazz seriously as title threats. Then you're probably going to have to do even more than you've ever done previously. I think that's a completely fair. Invalid take from shack. In and very well could be proven true. I just wanna make this point about the utah jazz at this current station at donovan mitchell's role within them. Shack is kind of calling him to do more be more of a solo star kind of step forward and it's almost like he's saying. Hey i want you to be more like kobe. Bryant dwayne wade or somebody's all time pass grades right and what's making the utah jazz tick right. Now is that less has been more from donovan. Mitchell right so he's still averaged a career high but his numbers are very similar to last season. The jazz are on this crazy winning streak. Their offense is top five in the league. they're shooting the third most three pointers the entire nba. But this isn't a case where donovan mitchell is just on one of these stretches where he's scoring fifty and then forty and then fifty and fifty five night after night it's all about kind of the unified approach and the teamwork approach of their offense where you've got not only donald mitchell. But also mike conley also jordan clarkson attempting career highs for threes. And if you look on any given night they're trying to get up like fifty three pointers game. They're actually averaging forty three point attampts per game all season long shooting better than forty percent. They're really dialed in. On passing the basketball around the perimeter unselfishly and making sure those passes are on time and on target so that guys can shoot catch and shoot three pointers. This is like the definition of anti superstar. Hero ball right. This is like a completely different approach that a shack team never would have taken during his primary kobe. Bryant team would've taken during his prime. And so i think that's why it's scrambled shack up a little bit. He's not used to seeing teams win. Like this now is going to be a formula for the utah jazz to win a title. Well they're going to have to shoot great throughout the postseason to make up for their lack of top five player superstar level talent right. they're going to need contributions from bo. Ya they're going to need contributions from a guy like royce. O.'neil shooting the ball very well. They're gonna have to do it. As a collective approach the utah jazz are not going out. Talent the lakers clippers or brooklyn. Nets you're not going to say. Hey donovan mitchell go head to head against the bronco wire kevin durant. You're just gonna win this series by yourself. I think that's sort of how to use it. It's like this mano a mano dual and that's not the smartest way to approach this thing. If you're utah your way better off trying to play the david role against goliath right and have as many people as possible contributing to your offense of success while maintaining a very strong together defense around rudy gobert and.
Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"donovan mitchell" Discussed on Open Floor: SI's NBA Show
"This is vancouver with the washington. Post joined on the other line by michael. The pod pena of sports illustrated michael. I wanted to double back to Little incident that happened last week last thursday night. Actually between shaquille o'neal of tnt and donovan mitchell of the utah jazz now we had briefly mentioned the jazz on our podcast from last week and then all of a sudden probably the biggest story that they're going to get all year of beef between a hall of famer and a rising star guard winds up falling right in our lap. It was an interesting situation with multiple layers. We got an email from andrei and he wants to know. Could you michael touch on this. On the next podcast. Please the hate from shaquille. O'neal charles barkley and other former players is seriously damaging the league. Can you expand about how none of these shows actually talk about tactics and player performance in detail and compare it to the nfl and how they promote their sport. Adam silver is wondering why ratings are down and streaming and social media. Isn't the only reason. Now michael just to quickly recap essentially shaquille. O'neal had been having a conversation during their halftime. Show saying he didn't necessarily believe that. Donovan mitchell was good enough to carry the utah jazz over the top to the promised land right and they had a direct postgame interview where is kind of serving as a remote sideline reporter from the studio and he just kind of directly said that too donovan. Mitchell face right after the jazz had just won their seventh straight game. And right after i think donovan mitchell had scored thirty six points and he essentially said you know i don't believe in you. What do you think and mitchell paused. Kind of looked around. Aquileia was like alright and the interview was over not too long after that. I think jack was criticized for his timing. Maybe for his clumsiness. I think a lot of people especially jazz fans race donovan. Mitchell is defense. And i was just curious. Did you think that that scene. In particular which has taken place at other times this season whether it was kevin durant and some of these other guys kind of pushing back on the tnt criticism. Do you think that was bad..