Donovan refuses to say whether or not he wants to be in Utah moving forward

[TheGoldStandard]

I think the Jazz did an amazing and unexpected job getting Bojan. Adding him to the Rubio, Jae and rest of the guys would have been brilliant and bold by itself. There was no need to have to do the Conley deal. We got the stretch 4 we needed and could have evolved from there.

Instead, we lost Favors, Crowder, Grayson and a 1st all just to upgrade Rubio. It was so stupid.


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Conley was an issue. Messing around with matching Hayward was an issue (he may have remained healthy if he was still here). Hayward is a good defender and athletic. I'm disappointed he didn't stay. It would have been better for him and the team. I think it would have kept Donovan a bit more grounded too.

He may have left no matter what, but we'll never know.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I think the Jazz did an amazing and unexpected job getting Bojan. Adding him to the Rubio, Jae and rest of the guys would have been brilliant and bold by itself. There was no need to have to do the Conley deal. We got the stretch 4 we needed and could have evolved from there.

Instead, we lost Favors, Crowder, Grayson and a 1st all just to upgrade Rubio. It was so stupid.


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The issue was honestly rolling with Favs and Rubio too long and not picking one or the other to move to add shooting and find balance.

Conley was the best gamble available... we still could have recovered or made it work... but we really needed more patience for the perfect big deal to setup and more urgency to make changes around the fringes. We also needed to hit on some picks.

I also think we could have easily flipped Conley for CP before the AS break when he was in OKC. We likely have to add a pick (we did anyway). It would have changed things dramatically.

 

[Jazz Spazz]

I think the Jazz did an amazing and unexpected job getting Bojan. Adding him to the Rubio, Jae and rest of the guys would have been brilliant and bold by itself. There was no need to have to do the Conley deal. We got the stretch 4 we needed and could have evolved from there.

Instead, we lost Favors, Crowder, Grayson and a 1st all just to upgrade Rubio. It was so stupid.


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I did like Rubio and Crowder. Grayson I was back and forth on.
I could be wrong, but I thought there were rumors that Bojan came because of Conley. It could have been someone else, but without fact checking I thought it was him that wouldn't have come here but Conley said something.?

Yes, when the Conley trade happened It took me back to Kirilenko's albatross contract and what it did to us. I don't dislike Conley, but he doesn't give us $30 mil worth of wins per year.
Hindsight is 20/20. At the time of the trade I was glad they at least tried to get something going, split with worried about how much money it would cost us.

That ship has sailed. Here's to unreasonably hoping somehow the FO makes some moves that makes our team better and that our coach and players mesh and work well together.
I guess that's my part of being a fan, despite all the odds, I still hold out hope every year.
*shrug

 

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[homeytennis]

I think the Jazz did an amazing and unexpected job getting Bojan. Adding him to the Rubio, Jae and rest of the guys would have been brilliant and bold by itself. There was no need to have to do the Conley deal. We got the stretch 4 we needed and could have evolved from there.

Instead, we lost Favors, Crowder, Grayson and a 1st all just to upgrade Rubio. It was so stupid.


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We also lost Korver in that deal.

 

[oneye]

Just total malpractice in this reporting by the SLC media during that exchange. I respect guys like Andy and Eric, even if Eric forced me to unfollow him on twitter for some damn reason (that's a thing, you can remove someone from following you, even though they can see and interact with your tweets).

But the lack of added context, especially after Mitchell said he wanted to come back, is just awful optics. Adding the first response makes the second far more understandable due to having already answering the question. But only reporting that second answer fuels needless, baseless speculation that makes me wonder if some in the media want to create a narrative here.

Tim asked the question a second time, they just reported what he said, and he addressed it by saying “ask me in a week”.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Tim asked the question a second time, they just reported what he said, and he addressed it by saying “ask me in a week”.

I recommend everyone listen to the Hoop Collective podcast with Tim on it. He breaks down how it happened. Tim gave him the opportunity to essentially say "I'm 10 toes down in Utah". Even if its a lie its the right response. The nebulous I want to win... I'll tell you in a week is telling. His dad is in PR... he knows the right answer (even if its a lie).

 

[oneye]

I recommend everyone listen to the Hoop Collective podcast with Tim on it. He breaks down how it happened. Tim gave him the opportunity to essentially say "I'm 10 toes down in Utah". Even if its a lie its the right response. The nebulous I want to win... I'll tell you in a week is telling. His dad is in PR... he knows the right answer (even if its a lie).

Donovan’s not stupid obviously. He said what he said because he has no commitment to this franchise, fanbase, or community and is just biding his time to get out of here. The team/franchise will not be successful in begging him to stay. They just need to let him go and get as much as they possibly can for him. Tony Jones did interrupt his original response to Sarah, which sure was “yeah”, but when you watch the video it’s about the weakest “yeah” you’ll ever get.


Here’s the video of his interview


View: https://youtu.be/xoVaDBKiMz8

 

[Sean]

Tim asked the question a second time, they just reported what he said, and he addressed it by saying “ask me in a week”.

Mitchell already answered the question. To push for a further answer and clarification on a pretty emphatic response to Sarah's question where he says yes is almost as dumb as just focusing on the second answer and ignoring the first.

This is typical media gotcha questioning where they hound a point that's already been made in the hopes your emotional guard will fall and you'll give a different answer or say something that can be blown out of proportion. I mean, I guess I can't fault Tim for asking it because he knows dumb ****s will eat that **** up if he gets an even slightly-ier different answer.

And surprise, the dumb ****s ate it up and ran with it.

 

[One Brow]

Donovan’s not stupid obviously. He said what he said because he has no commitment to this franchise, fanbase, or community and is just biding his time to get out of here. The team/franchise will not be successful in begging him to stay. They just need to let him go and get as much as they possibly can for him. Tony Jones did interrupt his original response to Sarah, which sure was “yeah”, but when you watch the video it’s about the weakest “yeah” you’ll ever get.


Here’s the video of his interview

Thank you for the video. It's interesting how different people see the same interview differently. I did not get the same thing from Mitchell's answers that Tony Jones got, and I certainly don't see what you seem to be seeing. He comes across as weary during the whole interview, not just responding to Sarah Todd.

 

[One Brow]

Tim asked the question a second time, they just reported what he said, and he addressed it by saying “ask me in a week”.

He said if they asked him about it in a week, he might have some sort of answer.

 

[MTS]

lol

If you ask your girlfriend about rumors that she's going to break up with you soon, and she says "I don't know, ask me in a week", that's not a great sign for your relationship.