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Is this an alt account for @onelove? This all makes so much sense now.

I guess Donovan doesn't like baby talk either.
 
You really have to hope there is enough communication between the organization and Mitchell's representation to know if there is any traction with all this chatter. If so, move him in the off season and get a decent return. My gut feeling is that the speculation is correct and you can't really blame Donovan for wanting to cash in on his abilities. No matter how much anyone wants it to be different, bigger markets are more profitable to the stars. I think loyalty is a nice concept, but with the egos of professional athletes, and team owners for that matter, loyalty doesn't mean squat.
 
oneye said:
It’ll be nice to fully enjoy the Jazz again once this loser is gone.


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I've read 2 articles about this. Their sources are all washed up players that say "yeah he probably wants to play in a big market, everyone does." Just a load of ****
 
Buying into the Jazz did not seem to hurt Dwyane Wade's commercial endorsements
Wade must have taken that into consideration
 
You guys realize this is all Brian Windhorst does right? When he says "there is speculation around the league" it is him speculating. He does this with literally every player. He was doing it with Giannis LAST YEAR, even after he had signed the max. Maybe Mitchell will stay and maybe he will leave--I know Windhorst doesn't know anything either way. I doubt Mitchell himself had decided. But he seems locked in and really invested in this team, so let's trust that. Don't let ESPN rile you up. They need content. What people like to hear about, or what ESPN thinks people want to hear about, is star players forcing a trade to big franchises. They're already starting to do it with Luka too if you watch the clip. By next season windhorst will be saying there's speculation that Luka wants to go to the Lakers to play with James.
 
The Thriller said:
I throughly enjoy watching spida’s contributions on and off the court. He and Rudy have been the best players this franchise have had since the statues. He’s anything but a loser.

I guess we could go back to the Ty Corbin and Al Jefferson era. That was so fun…
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Nah he’s definitely a loser.

SoUjazzfan said:
You really have to hope there is enough communication between the organization and Mitchell's representation to know if there is any traction with all this chatter. If so, move him in the off season and get a decent return. My gut feeling is that the speculation is correct and you can't really blame Donovan for wanting to cash in on his abilities. No matter how much anyone wants it to be different, bigger markets are more profitable to the stars. I think loyalty is a nice concept, but with the egos of professional athletes, and team owners for that matter, loyalty doesn't mean squat.
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I can blame him for being a petty, narcissistic douche at heart.

KqWIN said:
I've never been under the impression that Mitchell will stay. Having said that, the obsession with attacking Mitchell's character for inevitably wanting to play somewhere is psychotic.
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His character (when not hiding behind his public PR curtain) is trash, so I’m okay with it.

Nate505 said:
It's amazing how progressively dumb your threads keep getting. It almost feels like a talent.
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Thank you!

fallenchicken said:
You guys realize this is all Brian Windhorst does right? When he says "there is speculation around the league" it is him speculating. He does this with literally every player. He was doing it with Giannis LAST YEAR, even after he had signed the max. Maybe Mitchell will stay and maybe he will leave--I know Windhorst doesn't know anything either way. I doubt Mitchell himself had decided. But he seems locked in and really invested in this team, so let's trust that. Don't let ESPN rile you up. They need content. What people like to hear about, or what ESPN thinks people want to hear about, is star players forcing a trade to big franchises. They're already starting to do it with Luka too if you watch the clip. By next season windhorst will be saying there's speculation that Luka wants to go to the Lakers to play with James.
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It was actually Tim MacMahon who brought it up, and he is on local radio here every week.

Saint Cy of JFC said:
I thought it was pretty funny Gobert had more all star votes than Mitchell. He had to feel some way about that. Gobert is one of the most hated players in the NBA by fans.
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It’s funny, and Donovan is for sure someone narcissistic and petty enough to care about fan voting for the all star game lol.

Market size hasn’t been a problem for Mitchell everyone. He’s done plenty fine. He can also still be an All Star starter just fine if media and players vote him to be. He’s in the top 10. He just won player of the week, and then player of the month. He’s a 2X All Star in his first 5 seasons, soon to be 3X. He’s also not a legitimate MVP candidate like I’m sure he sees himself as. He is debatable in a starting all star spot. He’s made the playoffs every year of his career, won a few playoff series, has his own shoe etc. off the court. There are a lot of good players in the league. If someone like DeAaron Fox wanted to throw a fit over his situation I’d understand it, but not this entitled, narcissistic, douche who’s been given nothing but the upmost success for the first 5 years of his career. You know why plenty of people stopped buying your shoes, jersey, etc Donovan? Because it’s obvious what your real character is behind that PR curtain and there’s little reason to support a dude who’s been planning his next move for over a year now, a year into a max deal with every bell and whistle. I vote for Rudy daily, but Mitchell won’t get a click of a button for a vote from me let alone see me purchase anything with his name attached to it ever again lol. I would guess next summer is when he gets traded or trade rumors really ramp up. So 1.5 seasons to go before we’re finally rid of this diva.
 
The latest "article" I read said that they speculated Donovan wants to be in a bigger market since he didn't rate very high in all-start voting. Of course the article was by a beat-writer in Miami. No direct quotes of anyone, just saying, hey, you know, he'll get more votes in Miami so he'd probably like that better. Donovan to demand trade soon!
 
LogGrad98 said:
The latest "article" I read said that they speculated Donovan wants to be in a bigger market since he didn't rate very high in all-start voting. Of course the article was by a beat-writer in Miami. No direct quotes of anyone, just saying, hey, you know, he'll get more votes in Miami so he'd probably like that better. Donovan to demand trade soon!
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All the stories are a spin off of what Tim MacMahon said to Windhorst during a podcast. They were talking about Luka and how long he’d be in Dallas. MacMahon said “it’s a bit of a different situation in SLC, where there is some, I’m going to say speculation around the league that Donovan Mitchell wants a bigger market”. Windhorst then adds in the All Star voting thing. MacMahon has a local spot on ESPN700 every week with Checketts. He does cover the Jazz for ESPN. He did the whole make up story thing about Mitchell and Gobert, and did a one on one interview with Rudy during it.
 
Don loves the fame and adulation. Rudy doesn't. I get what Oneye is saying. Don is as good as gone just like Haywad. But I don't begrudge him for wanting to go to a bigger market. He doesn't owe the Jazz anything at this point. We screwed up with Haywad so we need to get something for him unless we can get a third star and go for a title.
 
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