Jazz and Knicks discussing Donovan Mitchell trade per Shams Charania and Tony Jones

[Ferguson_Mellochill]

Both fanbases are claiming their respective teams have the upper hand when it comes to leverage, but here’s the thing, NYK has a lot more pressure and urgency to be good than we do to be bad. Plus it’s fairly easy to be bad even if you have an all-star on your team, if you really want to be. We’d still need to trade a few of our vets, but we could easily do that and then we just let Donovan average 35 a night on our way 28 wins. That’s a fairly easy path we can take, and we lose absolutely no leverage in that scenario.

Honestly, the only scenario that I can see that diminishes our leverage would be if a couple A-List players suddenly become available. This makes me think that it’s even funnier looking at NYK’s situation as there’s two stars currently on the market, but they can’t even entertain the idea of the bigger star because he’s currently on their in-state rival.

Look, there's no question the Jazz can keep Mitchell. The Jazz can find plenty of ways to lose even if Mitchell is on the roster, no different than OKC losing games despite having SGA, Dort and a couple other decent players.

If Leon Rose misses out on Mitchell over a couple first-round picks in the trade deal, and the Knicks miss the playoffs, he could lose his job.

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

Chris Paul right now is a better player than Donovan Mitchell?

If I had to make a 1 year team to win, I would draft Paul over Mitchell in *most* scenarios.

Maybe Paul falls off and this looks really dumb at the end of the year but as of now CP3 has had a bigger impact on winning than Mitchell has had year by year.

 

[framer]

I suspect Cy would do dumb *** Cy stuff and rank like 5 rookies ahead of Don. Sorry, there is a reason you are a failed self styled Twitter analyst. Your contrarianism is tiresome.

I apologize, this was unnecessarily hot. I'll do better in the future.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

At this point I don’t want to trade Mitchell to the Knicks anymore.

 

[LoPo]

The trade has to happen soon… this place will be unbearable once LoPo comes back with all the Don slander that has happened… it must happen soon or this place is done.

I've done enough sticking up for him around here. We never built around him and thats why, in my opinion, we never contended. We will see what happens in New York.

You guys aren't worth my time. My unjustified ban week off taught me that.

Go Jazz. Go Donovan.

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[Elizah Huge]

Leon Rose is such a trash GM. Let’s take a look at his resume:

Signed Evan Fournier to a stupid contract

Signed Kemba Walker to a stupid contract

Gave Julius Randle a huge 4-year extension lmao

Traded the #11 pick in this years draft for picks that we don’t even want in a deal.

Signed Jalen Brunson to a stupid contract after one good playoff series against a terrible primary defender.

Now he will trade 6 1sts for the primary defender who got Brunson paid.

Bing Bong

 

[Saint Cy of JFC]

I've done enough sticking up for him around here. We never built around him and thats why, in my opinion, we never contended. We will see what happens in New York.

You guys aren't worth my time. My unjustified ban week off taught me that.

Go Jazz. Go Donovan.

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Fight the system lopo

 

[nateboz]

Did we trade Mitchell to the Knicks for 6 picks yet?

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[MT Steve]

I've done enough sticking up for him around here. We never built around him and thats why, in my opinion, we never contended. We will see what happens in New York.

You guys aren't worth my time. My unjustified ban week off taught me that.

Go Jazz. Go Donovan.

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Maybe you could start like a Jazzfanz Group Chat on twitter

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

I've done enough sticking up for him around here. We never built around him and thats why, in my opinion, we never contended. We will see what happens in New York.

You guys aren't worth my time. My unjustified ban week off taught me that.

Go Jazz. Go Donovan.

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Don’t leave man

 

[Elizah Huge]

Did we trade Mitchell to the Knicks for 6 picks yet?

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No, according to Knicks fans we are going to get Trevor Keels and 2 1sts. Leon Rose is the best GM in the league.

I feel bad for them they have high hopes their trash GM isn’t going to get taken to the cleaners by one of the best GM’s of all-time. They can’t even be sad in comfort either. They will be sad in their $5000 a month studio apartment.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

No, according to Knicks fans we are going to get Trevor Keels and 2 1sts. Leon Rose is the best GM in the league.

I feel bad for them they have high hopes their trash GM isn’t going to get taken to the cleaners by one of the best GM’s of all-time. They can’t even be sad in comfort either. They will be sad in their $5000 a month studio apartment.

I say keep Mitchell. We got enough from the gober trade, who’s with me in telling the Knicks to **** off, and go screw themselves. They don’t deserve him anymore.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

Knicks fans are poverty. They are still posting on RealGM when we have our own website and app. I guess that’s what happens when you pay that much a month to live in a 200 square foot apartment.

WTH are you talking about?

 

[jumpin bean]

The KNICKS are wanting Don so so bad , they know he is a cash cow for them, this is just their tough guy stance before they cave, they cant let Don get off the hook

 

[Elizah Huge]

The KNICKS are wanting Don so so bad , they know he is a cash cow for them, this is just their tough guy stance before they cave, they cant let Don get off the hook

Sorry Donovan the Knicks just don’t think you’re worth as much as Gobert. Let’s find a team that values you like the superstar you are.

Pandemonium ensues.

 

[Thee Idiotic Minivan K]

The KNICKS are wanting Don so so bad , they know he is a cash cow for them, this is just their tough guy stance before they cave, they cant let Don get off the hook

In my mind I’ve taken him off the market. Lol

 

[MT Steve]

In my mind I’ve taken him off the market. Lol

I say the deal is still on, but we make them cough up an extra pick for their insolence.

 

[Elizah Huge]

I say the deal is still on, but we make them cough up an extra pick for their insolence.

Leon is going to get a hard lesson in "Negotiating 101" from Danny the god.

Step 1 - You will never out negotiate Danny Ainge.

Step 2 - Whatever you think your best offer is you better add 2 more 1sts to it.

Step 3 - The asking price will go up each time you pretend to have any leverage.

 

[nateboz]

No, according to Knicks fans we are going to get Trevor Keels and 2 1sts. Leon Rose is the best GM in the league.

I feel bad for them they have high hopes their trash GM isn’t going to get taken to the cleaners by one of the best GM’s of all-time. They can’t even be sad in comfort either. They will be sad in their $5000 a month studio apartment.

Someone should tell them that the Knicks are going to trade 6 picks for Mitchell.

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[Ron Mexico]

Oh would strongly prefer Mitchell goes to a different team besides Knicks or Miami btw. I feel like there has to be another couple teams willing to make a solid offer.