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https://www.google.com/amp/s/theathletic.com/3434338/2022/07/19/knicks-jazz-donovan-mitchell/?amp=1
From the article:
"It’s been nearly a week since reports of the New York Knicks and Utah Jazz discussing a possible trade for three-time All-Star Donovan Mitchell became public. The offseason is at the point when it should be winding down. Yet, that’s not happening.
The Mitchell and Kevin Durant situations persist. Then again, a strenuous process should have been the expectation all along — especially with Mitchell and the Knicks.
There is something that makes sense about Mitchell ending up in New York. He’s from the area. The Knicks front office has constructed a roster of encouraging young players and many draft picks with the hopes of using them one day to land a star. Mitchell has always been one of the supposed targets. Meanwhile, the Jazz are turning to a rebuild. They don’t care as much about a trade with the Knicks as they do about one for the New York picks. But even though these two teams seem like an ideal match, it’s no fluke this is taking time to hash out.
In an article last week, I compared Jazz CEO Danny Ainge to Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey in that both have a strong enough stomach to wait out awkward situations — a reference, of course, to the way Morey held on to Ben Simmons for months last season, even as the discomfort between Simmons and Philadelphia became seemingly more and more untenable. But in reality, Ainge’s business personality deviates a bit from Morey’s.
Every so often, when he sets his heart on a player, Morey will chase trades. Ainge is famous for setting a price for a guy he’s trying to deal or for one he’s trying to acquire, then waiting out the situation until someone meets that exact cost.
Don’t want to trade six or seven first-rounders for Mitchell? Fine. Ainge will hang up the phone and flee to the golf course without any regrets."
From the article:
"It’s been nearly a week since reports of the New York Knicks and Utah Jazz discussing a possible trade for three-time All-Star Donovan Mitchell became public. The offseason is at the point when it should be winding down. Yet, that’s not happening.
The Mitchell and Kevin Durant situations persist. Then again, a strenuous process should have been the expectation all along — especially with Mitchell and the Knicks.
There is something that makes sense about Mitchell ending up in New York. He’s from the area. The Knicks front office has constructed a roster of encouraging young players and many draft picks with the hopes of using them one day to land a star. Mitchell has always been one of the supposed targets. Meanwhile, the Jazz are turning to a rebuild. They don’t care as much about a trade with the Knicks as they do about one for the New York picks. But even though these two teams seem like an ideal match, it’s no fluke this is taking time to hash out.
In an article last week, I compared Jazz CEO Danny Ainge to Philadelphia 76ers president Daryl Morey in that both have a strong enough stomach to wait out awkward situations — a reference, of course, to the way Morey held on to Ben Simmons for months last season, even as the discomfort between Simmons and Philadelphia became seemingly more and more untenable. But in reality, Ainge’s business personality deviates a bit from Morey’s.
Every so often, when he sets his heart on a player, Morey will chase trades. Ainge is famous for setting a price for a guy he’s trying to deal or for one he’s trying to acquire, then waiting out the situation until someone meets that exact cost.
Don’t want to trade six or seven first-rounders for Mitchell? Fine. Ainge will hang up the phone and flee to the golf course without any regrets."