New York Knicks guard Donovan Mitchell is one of the NBA’s most explosive…
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Mitchell’s arrival in the Big Apple is beginning to feel like an inevitability. The trade rumors have been circulating since before his Utah Jazz were even eliminated from the 2021-22 playoffs. Simply put, there are too many factors that put Mitchell in a Knicks uniform.
For starters, the Jazz already moved Rudy Gobert, and didn’t improve their short-term outlook in the process. Furthermore, the Knicks have one of the best asset bases in the NBA to make a deal happen. Finally, Mitchell is a New York native who’s said to pine for a bigger market.
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A Mitchell-to-New York trade feels probable this summer. It’s simply a matter of how the deal ends up looking.
Here are three iterations we’d keep an eye on heading into the 2022-23 season.