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Ambition and desperation met at an intersection when the Cleveland Cavaliers and Utah Jazz consummated a blockbuster trade headlined by Donovan Mitchell going East — not to New York — and cementing Danny Ainge taking a sledgehammer to the Jazz roster for what’s sure to be an ugly-ish rebuild. Cleveland was ambitious enough to go after Mitchell, and Utah desperate enough to get off the Western hamster wheel that inevitably ends in San Francisco. In sending restricted free agent Collin… Source link

The New York Knicks and wing RJ Barrett are finalizing a four-year extension to his rookie contract that could be worth up to $120 million, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports, citing Barrett’s agent Bill Duffy. The Knicks have reportedly been in pursuit of Donovan Mitchell, but team president Leon Rose set a Monday deadline to trade for the Utah Jazz guard or sign Barrett to an extension, according to Wojnarowski. Per the report, the Knicks and Jazz failed to reach agreement on trade details… Source link

The departure of head coach Quin Snyder and trade of Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves initiated an imminent teardown and rebuild in Utah. Yet the Jazz initially signaled they weren’t ready to part with Donovan Mitchell, an All-Star in his prime on a team with no prospect of contending anytime soon. Now it appears that they’re at least open to dealing Mitchell. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday the Jazz “are showing a willingness to listen on possible trade… Source link

Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert sometimes eat lunch together, and they sometimes save the Utah Jazz‘s season together. After a season marked by whispers of discord between the Jazz’s two stars, the pair connected for a game-winning alley-oop in a 100-99 win over the Dallas Mavericks in Game 4 of their first-round series. The series is now tied 2-2. The Jazz appeared on the verge of a 3-1 series hole in the final minute of the game when Mavericks star Luka Doncic, making a return from a calf… Source link

SALT LAKE CITY — The relationship between Utah Jazz stars Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert has been described by many league insiders as the modern-day Kobe Bryant-Shaquille O’Neal predicament. “I wish,” Mitchell told Yahoo Sports. “Because they got three rings.” Mitchell, in a rare hour-long sit-down interview on the “Posted Up with Chris Haynes” podcast, opened up about his relationship with Gobert, addressed rumors he could be unhappy in Utah, passionately explained his No…. Source link

Welcome to the Yahoo Sports NBA playoff tracker, your daily one-stop shop for all the latest game results from each NBA playoff series. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s games. Thanks to a huge second-half outing from Donovan Mitchell, the Utah Jazz have taken an early 1-0 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers. The Jazz rallied back from an early hole on Tuesday night to beat the Clippers 112-109 in Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals series at Vivint Arena. Mitchell finished with a game-high… Source link