This really is the perfect Donovan Mitchell-to-Cleveland-Cavaliers trade ever
By Chad Porto
The Cleveland Cavaliers seem like a dark horse to land Donovan Mitchell.
The Cleveland Cavaliers want Donovan Mithcell and I found the best trade to get him. That said, I’m going to start this off by saying this trade won’t happen. It absolutely won’t happen, because Danny Ainge is running the Utah Jazz these days and the former Boston Celtics exec is notoriously hard to deal with if you’re an opposing team. For Ainge to trade away Donovan Mitchell, he’s going to want at least two young players, at least four draft picks, the deed to your mother’s house, your social security number, at least 100 dalmatians, and a quarter of your soul.
If Ainge were to take this trade from the Cavs, not only should the Jazz fire Ainge on the spot, but I wouldn’t blame anyone for putting a hoodoo curse on the man.
The fine folks of Cavs Nation have pitched a trade that is so easily agreeable, that if were to happen for just this, I would look into seeing what Cavs President Koby Altman and Cavs GM Mike Gansey have on Ainge as far as blackmail is concerned.
It might be revealed that the Jazz is being run by former Houston Texans GM and coach Bill O’Brien. So what is this lopsided trade?
If the Cleveland Cavaliers get this trade from the Utah Jazz for Donovan Mitchell, they have to say yes
I’m taking this trade every day and six times on Sunday. It’s absolutely not happening, not unless the NBA value Sexton and Okoro much more than the Cavs fanbase does. That’s for sure. The Jazz traded away Rudy Gobert for four first-round picks, one pick-swap, and a first-round pick in Wade Kessler, who will be a rookie for the 2022-2023 season.
The rest of the pieces were just to make the salary work.
So basically, the Jazz got five future assets and a pick swap for Gobert. Are Okoro and Sexton an equivalent of three of those assets? That’s the question you have to ask if you’re Ainge and the Jazz, and personally, no, they’re not.
I’d rather have draft picks than Okoro, and while Sexton is a likable and hard-working guy, Mitchell is bigger and stronger than Okoro and is more versatile as an offensive centerpiece than Sexton. Mitchell is an All-Star guard, while Sexton is a sixth man.
I don’t think this is good value for Mitchell and the Jazz but hey, if they’re dumb enough to take this deal, then that’s their issue.