Grade the Trade: Mitchell to Cavs

[NUMBERICA]

I will have to revise this later. I have to admit I have tunnel vision on the draft assets but I really like all the players too. Agbaji could be a real steal, Markkanen fills an important role on any serious team, and Sexton could POPPPPPP.

Another revision could go downward as it feels like getting the Lakers picks seems questionable to me now (between not being able to send any legit rookie scale players or a protected 1st we just picked up, plus the Jazz are now right at the luxury tax and can get hard-capped which limits the options for the Lakers significantly).

 

[Isaiah 1:13]

Definite A+ in my book. If Mitchell had the ability to stay in front of his man or hit a game winner I might feel differently about it.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

I give it a B+. But this trade changed some things for me in a good way. There hasn’t been a time I’ve been less interested or more apathetic about this franchise in the past 25 years as I have been the past two months since we traded Gobert. The idea of having Donovan still on the team after moving Rudy felt dirty. Literally last night I was thinking about how disinterested I was and if this would be a convenient time, with everything else going on in life that I can focus on, to just check out. Finally ripping the bandaid off has washed away a lot of that. Not all of it, but more than half.

I also see us being somewhat competitive next year, too. Not necessarily playoffs but not tank front runners. We’d need some lottery luck. But even finishing 10th worst gives you 20% chance at top 4 with the new odds.

I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.

 

[infection]

I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.

Seeing a different timeline with these new guys is making me want to retain Vanderbilt.

 

[Handlogten's Heros]

Seeing a different timeline with these new guys is making me want to retain Vanderbilt.

I like him but he's not like some high upside guy. He's going to need a shooting big who can also help around the rim to fit best. His best value is the next two years while he's cheap... which also means is used up in our tank years. He's not like Favs but is a tweener in some of the same ways. Can't shoot.. not big enough to be a full time center... I don't think his next deal will be such a great value. I also still think he is the piece that unlocks both Lakers picks for us... or he might get a first on his own. I'm good keeping him but if we can get first round value for him I will happily move him as the tank gains a lot of traction with that one move. Its also the easiest position to fill later.

 

[Ujfanatic]

I think at best we end up as like the 7/8 worst team. I think between strategic benching and trades we can easily still be bottom 5.

Honestly the key might be trading Vando to the Lakers creating a giant hole at center that would be filled by 3rd year rookie Doke and actual rookie Kessler.

San Antonio, Houston, Orlando, Indiana and New York are our biggest competition.

There are definitely a lot of teams lined up for tanking this year and the Jazz will squarely be one of them. I have no worries at all about the Jazz winning too much.

 

[baka98]

A+ just because we didn’t even call nyc back after the cavs made their offer. Love sticking it to them.

 

[Miggs]

I think the next move has to be to trade Bogey…some might argue Conley but Bogey for me is the guy who can score 20-22 a night to keep us in games. If we trade him (for a 1st please), we are going to really struggle offensively. I think.

 

[TheStormofWar]

A/A- on both sides. Everyone got what they wanted.

 

[LogGrad98]

Self-explanatory

Uh, I don't get it.

 

[LogGrad98]

I give it a B+. But this trade changed some things for me in a good way. There hasn’t been a time I’ve been less interested or more apathetic about this franchise in the past 25 years as I have been the past two months since we traded Gobert. The idea of having Donovan still on the team after moving Rudy felt dirty. Literally last night I was thinking about how disinterested I was and if this would be a convenient time, with everything else going on in life that I can focus on, to just check out. Finally ripping the bandaid off has washed away a lot of that. Not all of it, but more than half.

I also see us being somewhat competitive next year, too. Not necessarily playoffs but not tank front runners. We’d need some lottery luck. But even finishing 10th worst gives you 20% chance at top 4 with the new odds.

All of this.

The only reservation I have from this is that I fear that the Cavs picks will be worth less than the Knick's picks would have been, as I think they are pretty solid and if they see some early success they could lock this core in for nearly a decade with extensions later, which means we end up with picks in the 20's, whereas I am pretty confident the Knick's are headed to a collapse whether they had Mitchell or not, so they would at least be late lottery at the worst. Otherwise, from players and picks, this was a great haul. Solid B on the trade overall.

 

[LogGrad98]

If this was nuggets version DM, the guy who dropped 50, this trade would be a fail.

But the recent version of him , disinterested / disconnect, I would give this trade an A.

Yeah this is one big reason I was more than happy to move on from Mitchell. His true colors were shining through and they are really ugly. You can tell the measure of a man by how he respond when **** isn't going his way. Gobert kept fighting the good fight and doing all he could on both ends to win. Mitchell kicked back and said "**** it" and stopped playing any semblance of D and stopped any kind of play-making on the court, making it very clear he was disgruntled and wasn't going to put forth any effort as a result. Stark contrast imo. Gobert I will miss, Mitchell I am glad is gone.