Cavs dominating the deadline.

On the one hand, this is such a banal and obvious statement that it barely deserves to be posted. On the other hand Bontemps was one of those guys who had Don locked into a Knicks uniform before he landed in Cleveland so I doubly don’t give a shit. Bontemps is one of those guys who reports on what makes sense to him.

This is not a report, he’s jumping to a (logical) conclusion without any new information

I wonder if Bontemps had some sort of alarm set to start this rumor again. This is the guy who was shouting from the rooftops that Mitchell was gone before his last extension. Like easily the loudest voice in the room about it. I’m going to need someone that isn’t just cosplaying Colin Cowherd to confirm this before it’s actually a thing.

Yeah no shit?

But Bontemps also has no connections and is just reading the tea leaves.

My brother in Christ, YOU have never made it out of the second round

He said the similar things before the last extension too. He’s just speculating, this is not a report.

why bro acting like he aint part of the problem. Hes been the head of 2 teams now and both said teams have faced the exact same issue: he is not good enough as a first option. Fake first seed is his ceiling

If they suffer another first or second round exit, isn’t that kind of on him??

this is foreshadowing the cavs losing in 5 to the hornets

You can tell none of these reporters really knows anything by the ratio of the number of trades that actually happen to the ones that are rumored any length of time beforehand. Exactly 0 people reported anything about Harden until there were talks that got leaked near the end of this process. Luka trade? Westbrook to LA? Mitchell to the Cavs? The reporters, especially Bunstemp, don’t really know anything.

Fun conversation tho!

An all Star may want to make a change if his team underperforms… damn, I never considered that. Really trying to capitalize on the Cavs being the focus of the trade deadline.

Bontemps probably interrupted 10 people before this just to state the obvious

Couldn’t get it done in Utah, can’t get it done in Cleveland. Maybe, just maybe you’re the problem Spida….🤷🏻‍♂️

Here come the Nets/Bulls

I swear I hear trade rumors about him every single year.

I have stood on it for years. Donovan mitchell will never win a championship, no matter where he goes

Trade him for Giddy!

Well, then better play like a superstar making the max. If he’s 1st team all nba, they don’t go out in the 1st round. At the end of the day, players are on the court

Is he really going to pass up the money that comes with that extension? Seems very unlikely

Just when the Harden rumors started lol

He’s quite literally just speculating about what everyone else has been speculating about. Speculation-based pieces barely deserve to be posted.

More cap space for LeBron I guess

Just like the Jazz had hoped

Cavs trade garland and lose Mitchell and stuck with 37 year old harden would be the funniest timeline

lol what is this

“Is unlikely” is far different from “seems unlikely”, which is what the article actually says

“That seems unlikely” ohhhh I hate Bontemps

If they aren’t advancing further

How much of a “star” is he really?

He’s gonna go to NY so him and Brunson can go into 140-150 shootouts for every game.

Very funny that Mitchell is acting as if he has nothing to do with his teams losing in the first round

This is aggregated trash

So all the Cavs need to do in order to keep Mitchell is not make the playoffs

if Mitchell leaves, Cavs will be back in tank mode for sure

Celtics should trade for Mitchell.

So this is who the clippers are keeping an eye on….

He could always try playing some defense

I really wish players would take accountability more often.

If the Cavs are bounced early, more likely than not it will be because Donovan Mitchell didn’t perform and lead where he should have to help get the team over the hump.

Players today always want to jump ship when the team fails to progress vs. working to be a better player to help get your team to the next step.

How are professional GMs constantly pairing an undersized SG with an undersized PG– Rubio, Conley, Garland– and then being surprised that those undersized back court combos are getting eliminated in the first rounds of the playoffs??

It’s a weird one. Obviously if Mitchell moves on it’s a massive deal for someone and could shift the power balance in the league a bit, but where would he go? If they don’t re-sign extensions before then, the summer of 2027 also features Jokic and Giannis, along with a bunch of other big names who will likely be tied up or in decline by then (AD, Kyrie, Butler, Kawhi, Trae, Steph, etc.). If winning is his biggest goal– and it seems to be– I think Cleveland is just as likely a spot for him long-term as anywhere.

They think bron coming back to this😭

I miss the kinds of posts people made about our team last year.

Don’t want to sign with his city?

As if he also wouldn’t be to blame

I just want to state that when all of the trade rumors were swirling around Donovan when he was on the Jazz, dude kept his mouth entirely shut until we were able to get a deal done. Unlike some other guys who forced their way out and tanked their value in the process, Donovan helped us get a ton of assets and didn’t celebrate until the trade was done.

i don’t know he was pretty clear last year that he wanted to stay in cle

Spida should maybe get them past those rounds then

Harden, Giannis, and LeBron all go to Cleveland tonight if this pace of news continues

Fucking Tim Bontemps

It sucks he’s been stuck in Utah/Cleveland his whole career

Jesus! Give me a some rest! I can’t handle it all! I legit can’t get any work done haha.

He has never been a guy that could carry a team deep in the playoffs as the primary. He needs to be a 2nd or 3rd option on a team. I think then he will find success.

That’s obvious it would be another wasted year I feel like this current lineup hit its peak last season they have to make actual moves or they will be out just as fast if not faster.

Theyll need to get past Knicks, Philly, Celtics, Detroit, and maybe the Hornets. 0 chance theyll make it past the second round

This is like me refusing to bang my wife because I can’t last more than 12 seconds.

The new king of Cleveland.

Where would he go that pays him is my next question

We’ll take him off your hands Cavs, we’ll take that sacrifice 

He’s gonna turn down an extension of $76m a year for 5 years at the age of 31?

Then he should stop playing hero ball. Not saying that’s the only reason, but no one can do anything when he shoots 25+ per game

Come back home king, we made a big trade just for you

Good riddance. When’s the last time this dude made it past the 2nd round? He quit on the Cavs two seasons ago and last season he choked. Next year it will be LeBron’s team again anyway

as if he has no impact on whether the team keeps getting bounced first round.

🤣🤣🤣

Yeah. Good luck guys.

Good for him. He wants to compete, not stay stagnant for more money.

So in other words he’s not signing

Got it

Damn, the Cavs still owe Utah the 2027 and 2029 FRPs, and a pick swap in 2028.

Bontemps knew literally nothing the last time Mitchell was up for an extension in Cleveland. Keep in mind he’s pretty much just speculating. He was using stronger language– that Mitchell would never extend in Cleveland– at that time.

Mitchell to the Knicks rumors in 3… 2…

This is Mr Krabs-ing me rn

Where there smoke there Fire Sell incoming

Feels like either Cavs try desperation all in or start selling off pieces to retool 

So pathetic to for an agent to leak something like this

Idoes donovan bitchell still have high demand?

Fair weather player

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The Jazz have a Cavs pick swap in 2028, and own control of their pick in 2029

I don’t blame him and not surprised. It makes sense why Cavs are active before deadline. 

He’s not going to re sign with the Cavs, they should trade hike if they can get a good return.

So would they fire sale and trade Don.. and just rebuild around Evan Mobley? Because their current team ain’t got the juice to do anything but flame out in the 2nd round.

Ah so THAT’S why they’re trying to make so many moves. He’s like their life blood.

If they got Allen at the deadline then D. Mitch is definitely not signing.