The shooting guard leaves the Utah Jazz and completes a very competitive squad in Cleveland, where he will meet Ricky Rubio.
The superstar did not seem happy with the management of the Brooklyn Nets and with the instability of recent seasons and asked for a transfer.
Whether it's because he reconciled with Steve Nash and his team, franchise owner Joe Tsai's refusal, or the impossibility of completing a trade that would have historic dimensions,
The one who will not go to New York is the other protagonist of the summer, who was also looking for a way out and found it unexpectedly.
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ESPN reporter Adrian Wojnarowski announced Thursday that Mitchell would come to Cleveland for Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, three unprotected first-round picks (2025, 2027, and 2029), and two pick swaps (2026 and 2028). Sexton's move to Utah will take place on a "sign and trade" basis, and he will be guarantee
d a four-year contract worth $72 million with the Jazz.
Cleveland adds to its young roster the superstar they needed to take the next step.
Caris LeVert at forwarding, Evan Mobley at power forward, and Jarrett Allen at the center. Garland can free the former Jazz player from weight in the organization of the game.
At the same time, Spida will be key to maintaining the scoring flow that the team lost without Garland on the court (10.6 points less per 100 possessions, according to advanced statistics from the NBA).
Mobley, second in the Rookie of the Year voting, has a special talent at both ends of the floor, and Allen is an elite rim protector. The two will have, in Mitchell, finally, an outside player with which to play an effective pick and roll and thus multiply the variants in the attack.
In addition, they have a solid rotation made up of Kevin Love, Isaak Okoro, Cedi Osman, Dean Wade, and Ricky Rubio, who was already a teammate of Mitchell in Utah.
In Utah, they saw this market as an opportunity to start a total reconstruction.
The Jazz, meanwhile, enters a stage of deep reconstruction.
In addition, the poor relationship between Mitchell and Gobert, his two pillars, made this summer the ideal time to start this process. As they sought a structural change, they preferred to get many draft rounds instead of players in the trades.
However, they have kept interesting pieces, so the team does not fall apart.
He's still very young, and although they had him as a toxic and problematic person in the locker room in Cleveland, he has formed a good relationship with Garland.
On the other hand, Markkanen needs to regain his confidence in his early years with the Bulls.
The market is not yet closed on the Jazz, who plans to continue releasing veteran players like Mike Conley, Bojan Bogdanovic, or Jordan Clarkson.
In New York, they trusted the arrival of Mitchell, but the franchise failed again.
The movement seems reasonable for the Cavaliers' interests, who believe it is time to bet heavily and go one step further at a competitive level. The Jazz needs to rebuild their foundations and will have the draft picks they need.
Those who are portrayed again in this market are the New York Knicks, who add a new failure in the attempt to recruit a great start to help the franchise return to the top (aggravated by Donovan Mitchell's sentimental link with New York, where he was born).
In Cleveland, they are excited; in Utah, they have solved a soap opera, while in New York, they are pulling their hair out.
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