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Jazz and Knicks discussing Donovan Mitchell trade per Shams Charania and Tony Jones

Jingled said:
I'm guessing Zanik and Ryan Smith want to keep him, and Ainge wants to trade him. The idea that the Jazz want to pair Mitchell with another 6'1 guard in the backcourt after seeing how it worked out with Don/Conley is absolutely baffling to me. I still think he'll be moved before the season starts.
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I dont think Fischer's sources are any of those 3. A lot more people work in the FO than Ainge/Zanik.
 
Jingled said:
I'm guessing Zanik and Ryan Smith want to keep him, and Ainge wants to trade him. The idea that the Jazz want to pair Mitchell with another 6'1 guard in the backcourt after seeing how it worked out with Don/Conley is absolutely baffling to me.

I still think he'll be moved before the season starts.
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I also think they can get their lines crossed then make assumptions... like he has been consistent that we are keeping an eye on Sexton... so maybe its that we have interest in Sexton and also we are fine with keeping Don, but not necessarily that we are trying specifically to pair those two.

I think the front office is likely on the same page or close to it. Get a **** ton of stuff for Donovan or start the season with him on the roster.

September 6th or thereabouts is where we and others really start to show our cards. If nothing happens once we can aggregate the salaries from the Minny trade... then we might be really keeping him and I could see a move for a vet frontcourt player. If we move Bogey, Bev, etc to the Lakers for their picks it shows our hand a bit - though I could see Ainge saying that was a good deal and we will still keep Don and be a 30 win team if we don't get what we want. The big urgency imo is related to cashing in on our vets. I think we could still do it and keep Donovan... we'd still be ******. I'd worry an injury happens or it gets ugly (like KD now or Harden in Houston)... but if the return is like 2 unprotected Knicks picks and 2 protected picks... then you can chance it a bit.

Finally the KD deal gets done one way or another and if the Raps didn't get him then it really opens up the chance they give us a strong bid.
 
Elizah Huge said:
I don’t think Fischer has very good Jazz sources. He had no idea about anything on the Gobert trade.
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I think he mentioned Minny being interested but can't recall for sure.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I also think they can get their lines crossed then make assumptions... like he has been consistent that we are keeping an eye on Sexton... so maybe its that we have interest in Sexton and also we are fine with keeping Don, but not necessarily that we are trying specifically to pair those two.

I think the front office is likely on the same page or close to it. Get a **** ton of stuff for Donovan or start the season with him on the roster.

September 6th or thereabouts is where we and others really start to show our cards. If nothing happens once we can aggregate the salaries from the Minny trade... then we might be really keeping him and I could see a move for a vet frontcourt player. If we move Bogey, Bev, etc to the Lakers for their picks it shows our hand a bit - though I could see Ainge saying that was a good deal and we will still keep Don and be a 30 win team if we don't get what we want. The big urgency imo is related to cashing in on our vets. I think we could still do it and keep Donovan... we'd still be ******. I'd worry an injury happens or it gets ugly (like KD now or Harden in Houston)... but if the return is like 2 unprotected Knicks picks and 2 protected picks... then you can chance it a bit.

Finally the KD deal gets done one way or another and if the Raps didn't get him then it really opens up the chance they give us a strong bid.
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I don't know, Tony Jones reported basically the same thing a few weeks ago, he said the Jazz are much more likely to add Sexton if they end up keeping Mitchell than if they trade him.
 
Jingled said:
I don't know, Tony Jones reported basically the same thing a few weeks ago, he said the Jazz are much more likely to add Sexton if they end up keeping Mitchell than if they trade him.
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I must have misremembered or adlibbed something then... cuz I thought Tony had said the opposite of that. May have just read into a comment like "depending on what happens with Donovan the Jazz have interest in Sexton" and then assumed it was if they didn't have Don.

Maybe the Jazz have one guy who is designated as the primary leaker to outlets they know will publish the rumors to get them out there. Sexton with Don and still having JC... oh boy... gonna be some chucking.
 
Handlogten's Heros said:
I must have misremembered or adlibbed something then... cuz I thought Tony had said the opposite of that. May have just read into a comment like "depending on what happens with Donovan the Jazz have interest in Sexton" and then assumed it was if they didn't have Don.
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Handlogten's Heros said:
Maybe the Jazz have one guy who is designated as the primary leaker to outlets they know will publish the rumors to get them out there. Sexton with Don and still having JC... oh boy... gonna be some chucking.
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Beasley's not shy about chucking it up either. It would be a disaster.
 
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