[Woj] Donovan Mitchell signs 5/195M max designated rookie extension with the Jazz
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He's smart to keep his options open as much as possible. Maybe by then we'll have re-hired Tyrone Corbin as our head coach. You never know.
LoPo
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Oneye or One"bad"eye or Badeye or whatever was saying before that Don would bolt as soon as possible. Here were Don's options (the number on the left represents guaranteed years under contract):
- 2 years: Play out the current contract (this year and next)
- 3 years: Sign a 2 year extension (this year and two more years)
- 3 years: Sign a 3 year extension with a 3rd year player option
- 4 years: Sign a 3 year extension with no player option
- 4 years: Sign a 4 year extension with a 4th year player option
- 5 years: Sign a 4 year extension with no player option
*** 5 years: Sign a 5 year extension with a player option ***
- 6 years: Sign a 5 year extension with no player option
*** - the contract he signed
The last one, in bold, is the only choice he could have made where was guaranteed to stay longer. So he passed up on 6 other routes that could let him leave quicker and passed on only 1 route where he would stay longer. The fact that Badeye thinks this is a sign that Don wants to leave is absolutely ignorant. Don clearly is not showing any desire to leave.
Donovan pushing for a PO doesnt mean anything other than he knows he has Utah by the balls. Doesnt mean he is going/wants to leave, it just means he knows he can exert a lot of control on the franchise.
There was no reason to not get the player option, right? Was there any risk to him?
LoPo
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This is extremely over the top. The ONLY reason for a concern would have been a deal that was less than 5 years. Donovan Mitchell is committing the next 5 years to our franchise. That means he would have committed 8 years to us.
After 8 years, he can decide if he wants to make it 9 years. Or, like many superstars do (like AD is doing as we speak), they decline the 9th year, look to re-sign for 2 years, then look to a monster deal after they are 10 years in the league.
What Donovan did was standard protocol and shows no signs whatsoever that he wants to leave Utah this year, next year or even 5 years down the road. Like Michael Corleone said - "it's strictly business".
Abdoule N'Doye would be my dream signing. Hopefully he could get out of his contract and just join the team, but idk.
Guys... what good did worrying about Hayward re-signing do us? None. I've learned my lesson with that whole ordeal - just enjoy the players while they are here and don't put your hopes on anything past that. They will do what they want to do and we have close to zero impact on that. It's on DLZ and the coaching staff to make moves that will make him want to stay and even then nothing is guaranteed. Just appreciate the players and enjoy their play while they are here.
With Hayward, it felt like things were just beginning as he left. It was 6 years in the making and it was hard not to feel robbed.
Mitchell stepped in right away and produced like Hayward day one. Whenever Mitchell decides to leave, I don't think it will feel the same way. He's given this franchise so much, and if we trade him before free agency he will leave the team with some assets to rebuild. We should win as much as we can and enjoy it while he's still here, even if it doesn't yield a championship.
He will though. Don't at all count on him playing this contract out. He got all the money, and also got a player option to leverage a trade even sooner.
You're wrong. The front office not just flat out denying the PO is inexcusable in this scenario.
It means he got the most amount of money possible guaranteed and the player option to leverage a trade ASAP. Again, he is the first player to successfully get this, which means he really really pushed for it. Its almost 2021. He will be gone by 2024. Book it.
Engorged On Unborn Gore
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Well, I do think One Eye has a point. Just not in the argument.