![]() ![]() He chose not to give in to Ainge’s demands. Thursday was a disappointment it doesn’t have to be disastrous.īut that’s really all on Rose now. But the Knicks still would’ve needed an alpha dog, only with five (or six) fewer draft picks to help make that happen. That would’ve been a fun team, would’ve been a better team, would’ve maybe been a 44- to 48- win team. Mitchell doesn’t make the Cavs a title contender but he just may vault them into the top four in the East (they finished eighth last year).Īnd that rarefied conference air was never a realistic landing spot for the Knicks - even if they’d acquired Mitchell and added him to a core lineup of Julius Randle, RJ Barrett, Jalen Brunson and Mitchell Robinson. They are young and talented and already have a 44-win season to their credit despite dealing with injuries all across the second half of last season. The truth is this deal makes more sense for the Cavaliers, who were one of the NBA’s best stories last year and one of its most feel-good teams. (If they ever identify that piece) The Jazz traded Donovan Mitchell to the Cavs on Thursday. Mitchell would’ve made the Knicks better just by showing up.īut then you need to take a step back and ask yourself: How much closer would the Knicks have been to their ultimate destination by adding Mitchell - an elite player, not a top-15 player great scorer but poor defender and only 6-foot-1, meaning the Knicks would’ve had one of the smallest backcourts in memory - and subtracting assets that may well have helped the Knicks land the final piece of the puzzle, whenever they identify that piece. I have made the point relentlessly the past two months that the Knicks need to get better, and you get better by adding good players. Now Mitchell is a special player, an All-Star, and you can make the argument that would have been worth it, even at this steep cost. For the Knicks, that would’ve meant tossing into the sea most of their hard-earned capital. The final cost: five draft picks (three unprotected) and three players. Jazz boss Danny Ainge was always going to get his haul from somewhere. In the end, the cost was too rich for Leon Rose’s taste - and given what the Cleveland Cavaliers wound up bartering for Donovan Mitchell’s services, it’s hard to argue that. NYC's sporting envy turns to Philadelphia after years of Boston torment Jets need defense to step up in major way to have any chance against Eagles Eagles was for the fans who dared to believe Rick Pitino's next New York resurrection is just getting startedĪaron Rodgers’ late-season Jets return is still worth dreaming about
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