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Donovan Mitchell: All-NBA BEST Team

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Grade the Trade

  • A+

    Votes: 71 25.5%

  • A

    Votes: 109 39.2%

  • B

    Votes: 60 21.6%

  • C

    Votes: 26 9.4%

  • D

    Votes: 5 1.8%

  • F

    Votes: 7 2.5%
  • Total voters
    278
BiGZD said:
I would still do the trade no doubt but seeing Lauri out there made me sad. Maybe we could offered another first or two seconds and sub in Love (now that we know would happen) In another universe we keep him. Sighs DM balled out today but wish he would had kept his mins down.
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If it makes you feel better, JBB would be playing Okoro and LeVert in front of him.
 
Lee said:
Voltron? Rookie mistake, much rather have the power rangers or even Optimus Prime.
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Voltron has the versatility to go big when necessary or turn into 5 players. I’ll take that over long haul capability. Pink Power Ranger is compelling, however.
 
In the NBA a dollar is always more valuable than 4 quarters, or 10 dimes, a couple fifty cent pieces, 100 pennies, or however you want to break it up.

In this case in particular? Donovan is worth more than a dollar anyways.

Lauri has had a great start to his season as one of their top scoring options. He's also shooting the ball 5 more times per game and his usage rate has gone up 6%. He's "blown up" in large part thanks to expanded opportunity on a team in 12th place in the Western Conference. This is not meant to discredit him, as he has taken full advantage of the opportunity. However, that opportunity wouldn't have been the same in Cleveland and I'm not sure how this keeps getting missed.

This is the same guy who's thread title was changed to "Storm Trooper Shooting" a year ago on this very forum. Many of us saw his performance over the summer and expected him to improve, including Danny Ainge. I won't quote who said it, but I completely disagree with the statement that the Cavs didn't trade him at maximum value. Lauri's maximum value was being the centerpiece for a top 10 player in the NBA and All Star game starter. It doesn't get higher than that.

Further, where is the credit to Koby for turning career backup Larry Nance Jr (I love you Larry!), redundant me first Sexton, and a draft pick that 98.8% of the board hated into Mitchell?

We got a true superstar here again. Let's enjoy him.
 
He's already top 30 all time in made 3's for the cavs
 
Mitchell said he had no idea a Kevin Love buyout was going to happen, didn't know the negotiating was happening, and was shocked when he/team was informed.
 
B Mac said:
In the NBA a dollar is always more valuable than 4 quarters, or 10 dimes, a couple fifty cent pieces, 100 pennies, or however you want to break it up.

In this case in particular? Donovan is worth more than a dollar anyways.

Lauri has had a great start to his season as one of their top scoring options. He's also shooting the ball 5 more times per game and his usage rate has gone up 6%. He's "blown up" in large part thanks to expanded opportunity on a team in 12th place in the Western Conference. This is not meant to discredit him, as he has taken full advantage of the opportunity. However, that opportunity wouldn't have been the same in Cleveland and I'm not sure how this keeps getting missed.

This is the same guy who's thread title was changed to "Storm Trooper Shooting" a year ago on this very forum. Many of us saw his performance over the summer and expected him to improve, including Danny Ainge. I won't quote who said it, but I completely disagree with the statement that the Cavs didn't trade him at maximum value. Lauri's maximum value was being the centerpiece for a top 10 player in the NBA and All Star game starter. It doesn't get higher than that.

Further, where is the credit to Koby for turning career backup Larry Nance Jr (I love you Larry!), redundant me first Sexton, and a draft pick that 98.8% of the board hated into Mitchell?

We got a true superstar here again. Let's enjoy him.
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The problem I have with the Mitchell trade isn't so much getting max value out of Lauri or the assets but the way it handcuffed our ability to make moves going forward. I think I'd have less problems with it if we had 1st round picks left over to go after the holes that were clearly there even right after the trade. The bench is now looking thin especially since Love asked out. If Levert walks this summer, I'm just not sure we positioned ourselves properly going forward.

Mitchell trade to me felt like a final piece type trade but we were too early in the process to evaluate if what we had was going to be enough. So I guess my issue with the Mitchell trade isn't the trade itself but the evaluation of assets and talent we had left.
 
inliner311 said:
The problem I have with the Mitchell trade isn't so much getting max value out of Lauri or the assets but the way it handcuffed our ability to make moves going forward. I think I'd have less problems with it if we had 1st round picks left over to go after the holes that were clearly there even right after the trade. The bench is now looking thin especially since Love asked out. If Levert walks this summer, I'm just not sure we positioned ourselves properly going forward.

Mitchell trade to me felt like a final piece type trade but we were too early in the process to evaluate if what we had was going to be enough. So I guess my issue with the Mitchell trade isn't the trade itself but the evaluation of assets and talent we had left.
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I agree. I hated the trade when it went down and still do. Mitchell has been better than I thought he would be, but losing Sexton and Lauri and basically 5 years of draft picks was just way too much. I shudder to think what will happen to this organization if Mitchell decides he wants to go home to NYC because he sees no way forward here.
 
We just gonna do this every time Mitchell has a bad game huh?
 
Tlyons said:
We just gonna do this every time Mitchell has a bad game huh?
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It’s no different than the people who think JBB is a terrible coach, or the ones who can’t stand Garland, or whatever. Everything that happens will be filtered through a world view in which the most important thing is I Was Right, Dammit.

If Donovan scores 71 points, it’s because he’s a ballhog who stops the ball on offense.

If the popcorn at RMFH tastes less buttery, it’s because management has to scrimp somewhere to pay for that huge and undeserved Mitchell contract.

Et cetera.
 
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