[SNY] Donovan Mitchell on hearing “Let’s Go Knicks” chants in Cleveland: “I’m from New York, this doesn’t shock me. They do it in every arena. That’s how Knicks fans are. I was one back in the day.”
No wonder Cavs lost, their best player is a Knicks fan
Knicks sleeper agent confirmed.
Please Shai be a Knicks fan
Tell Hartenstein he still owes us / Thibs for getting him paid well.
Brunson yells out the code word and Hartenstein goes Winter Soldier on Shai and OKC.
“IM FED UP WITH THIS ORGASM!”
I thought it was “kan-CHO!”
“Who’s my favorite bright-skin?”
Bing. Bong.
If iHart pulls Brunson’s hair in the garden OKC needs to triple lock and bar their hotel doors.
GO KNICKS!
the fuck i just say?
You’re a Knickerbocker Harry
Big market teams unite!
Make big market teams great again
bulls lakers knicks celtics trading chips every year… give me this one thing silver
If that happens Knicks fans will make January 6 look like a book club in comparison
Gonna have to elect Mamdani to dish out pardons
The longest long con ever…
He’s Canadian so I’m pretty sure he’s a Raptors fan lol
CURSE YOU CANADA
He said he didn’t have a team growing up, but he loved Kobe. So probably a Lakers fan.
it was pretty hard to be a raptors fan back when he was a kid
It’s not a secret that he always wanted to be a Knick.
I know man.
So what? It’s not like his dad is a coach on the Knicks like the Brunsons.
Donovan Mitchell Sr. is the Senior Director for Player Relations for the New York Mets.
lol ok man.
Knick/s in 4
He’s 1-7 against them in the playoffs. He’s also 3-11 against Brunson in the playoffs for his career.
Their head coach was/is a Knicks fan too. Atkinson is from NY, lol
Explains why he didn’t make any changes during that comeback. He was awestruck .
“ Damn the Knicks really got a squad this year. I wonder if they have the guts to come all the way back”
This but unironically
Ironically, if he made no changes to his coverage, they probably win game 1 because they don’t give up the threes the Knicks hit after they did change the coverage.
Man probably forgot he was the cavs head coach lmao
This shit has me so weak 🤣🤣
You can remove the “was”; he was smiling like someone was flirting with him after our Game 1 loss while talking about saving his timeouts lol.
He’s going to be in the Garden to catch a Finals game
He will absolutely get fired if he does that but he probably getting fired anyway so worth it
Couldn’t believe that lol. Dude had a shit-eating grin just sitting there before the postgame presser even started. Insane
Their assistant coach was a beloved assistant coach with the Thibs knicks too. Fans wanted him instead of Mike.
So that’s why he was doing all that smiling after the Game 1 travesty.
He used to be a Knicks assistant coach as well. Of course he wound up coaching the Nets and now the Cavs lol
Let’s hope the Thunder have a lot of Knicks fans on the team
Durant was a Raptors fan but I’m still waiting for that one to pay off
You’ll get him in 5 years
He’s ending his career in Seattle when they get their team back
He’s a 1-7 against the Knicks in the playoffs.
he grew up literally just a couple miles from our practice facility. It’s in his DNA.
this was well known and documented before Ainge traded him to the Cavs instead lol
HE SAID WAS!
Bro was def praying a deal was done back in 2022 when the Knicks and jazz were in talks
He’s said before that he went to bed thinking he would be a Knick the next day only to find out he was sent to Cleveland
It’s wild how much Brunson has haunted Mitchell lol
He beat him back in Utah then used the reputation he gained from that to sign with the Knicks and basically take his dream career
He singlehandedly bounced that Jazz team, he deserved it
No he didn’t lol. Luka played 4⁄6 games.
Brunson and Dinwiddie were the guys that really killed us in that series. And DFS and Bullock shut down our perimeter scorers.
yet the keystone games were brunson
It’s strange and a bit sad how far behind individually Mitchell has fallen compared to his peers. Just 5 years ago most would have said he’s one of the best young guards in the league, and now he’s been passed by Luka, SGA, Ant, Cade, Brunson, Hali etc
I mean he was always considered a tier below Luka tbh. He is firmly atop that peak Devin Booker, like that was always sorta his trajectory, Booker was the go to debate. And honestly he is better than Booker now and that’s something
Yeah he’s been below Luka since Lukas 2nd year, but you could have maybe projected in 2020 - 2021 that Mitchell could stamp his place as the 2nd best guard in the league. Agreed he’s better than Booker but that has alot to do with Booker being one dimensional and falling behind his peers as well
You mean the year he got beat in a playoff series by the kawhi-less clippers and got beat by Terrance Mann?
i’m taking booker over him
Mmmm… idk if he’s that far behind Hali, ant, and Cade
Hali had that crazy playoffs run but let’s not forget his struggles before that.
I’d take ant over Donovan but barely.
Idk if id take Cade over Donovan. But wouldn’t argue hard either way.
Luka and SGA are obviously in their own tier
He’s behind all of them at this point without much doubt imo. Couple years ago I’d have said the same as you.
He is not behind Cade and Hali, what are you smoking
They smoking that recency bias pack.
I don’t even think Don has played that poorly. If anything he should be more aggressive but I swear him and Kenny are sacrificing team success to appease Harden.
He literally just beat Cade though. Spider still one of the top guards in this league
I’ve been hoping for years that Mitchell went to the Knicks and Brunson came here instead. I don’t if we would have signed with the Cavs, but we’d have been a lot better off with those draft picks, Lauri Markkanen, and Brunson than Mitchell and a fuck ton of jack shit.
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For some reason, I vividly remember the video of him celebrating when he heard the news about what team he was going to.
At the time I thought, “wtf. Nobody would be that excited to be traded to Cleveland lol”.
And now i realize that he was putting on a act to not see disappointed about not being sent to NYK lol
From a lifestyle perspective that absolutely fucking sucks.
Even excluding the lifestyle, imagine being excited to play for the team you grew up supporting & live in the city where your friends and family are just to be sent to a place you have no relation to.
Without a doubt. I could see it in his eyes 3 years ago after the first Knicks-Cavs playoff series and I still see it in his eyes now.
I will welcome him with open arms to be our backup in 7 years on a vet minimum.
second this
He literally mentioned in a presser before this series that in that first playoff series against the knicks he was so excited to be home
Yeah because he’s from NY and doesn’t have to sleep in hotels.
Because he’s literally from NY…
If that happened you wouldn’t be one win away from the Finals lol
Valid lmao
27 years since your last Finals so totally rooting for you guys. Your fans in the street I see on TikTok are kinda mean, but I can’t stand the OKC flopfest either. Isn’t as bad as a GS/Boston Finals, I guess. Go Knicks?
we’re not all like that
Would’ve been a kinda cool trade at the time. You guys definitely made the right choices though. I really don’t want you guys to win the year after we lost in the finals but yall got a really good team around you and it’s very possible. Better coach this year than last year too.
Were the Knicks and jazz in talks or were instagram pages going crazy with jersey swaps and fake trades?
If I remember correctly the Knicks and jazz were actually in trade talks for a long time but never came to an agreement
Danny Ainge told the Knicks he had a better offer and the Knicks called his bluff thinking he was trying to take advantage of them.
Ainge tried to fleece us and we moved on
Allegedly the Knicks were offering Evan, Grimes, and Quickley with 2 firsts
Jazz wanted RJ and a lot of picks, Knicks extended RJ the Monday before the trade basically removing RJ from trade talks, Jazz then went over and took the Cavs offer of Lauri, Ochai (lottery pick that year), Collin, 3 firsts, and 2 swaps
No Grimes was never on the table which is what held up the talks.
The first offer was RJ, Obi, Mitchell Robinson and 3 unprotected firsts which was declined.
The final offer was RJ, Quickley and 2 unprotected firsts which was declined.
So Ainge wanted Grimes on top of the packages the Knicks were offering here and the Knicks felt that was way too much.
Danny Ainge saved my franchise
Crazy that Mitchell Robinson and Deuce are the only Knicks left from that pre-Brunson era
Mitch is the only one left from the hell days back when we had 17 wins and 65 losses.
Knicks should have drafted him, phil jackson fucked up so bad he had knicks fans (including myself) have some Stockholm syndrome with ntlikina thinking he just needed one more year every year
Most players in his situation would be praying to end up in NYC over Cleveland. And this trade happened before the Knicks were good and right after a decade of misery.
He also could’ve signed with them if he truly wanted to.
Nah numbers didn’t make sense, leaving too much money on the table that way. I used to know a friend of his, he was happy in Utah but being a knick was a dream scenario years before there were any trade rumors.
Only if he was willing to give up like $60 million dollars. The current CBA and the dumb max contracts have pretty much forced him to play for Cleveland
My man wishes he was a Knick so damn bad
I mean he’s only human
blame danny ainge for that.
To be fair Quickley, Evan, and Grimes was a horrible offer for Mitchell. Donovan will have to blame the Knicks front office
Lauri was a better return because he’s better than those 3 players combined, and the Jazz were able to get 3 firsts, and 2 swaps too with Collin, and Ochai (who was flipped for Collier)
I’m happy we didn’t do it
OG is much better to have. All the women love OG (and probably a lot of men)
I am a man. I don’t love OG. I am in love with OG.
It wasn’t THAT bad. In hindsight, the package from Cleveland is WAY better but it was a lot closer in 2022. It was probably off by 1 or 2 picks because Lauri didn’t have his breakout season yet. I remember reading Utah sub during that time and they were much more excited to get Sexton.
I know the rumor was that the Knicks wanted to keep Barrett. Honestly, though, I was never convinced that the Knicks were all-in on Mitchell
Thank Danny Ainge for that.
I don’t know why there are any Knicks fans who still don’t view that as a major dodged bullet.
Knicks were his team before he came into the NBA
Thanks bot
Like Squidward staring out the window at Spongebob and Patrick (Brunson and KAT).
Why is he hunched forward lookin like black Gru?😭
He is going to lose to his childhood team in the ECF
He didn’t have to sign the extension tho?
You could still be one spida
Breaking News: Donovan Mitchell goes to the Knicks on a vet minimum deal
Is that the new Kevin Durant to the Warriors?
Nothing will ever top that but yes
weakest move of all time.
even weaker because he was somehow totally oblivious to why it was so weak. blaming his agent for not warning him
Not only that but he hasn’t done shit since he left. Meanwhile they found a way to win another one without him.
Hardest Road though
Nah, we can’t afford to lose Shamet
What? He grew up being a Knicks fan
Yeah and after he gets eliminiated he’s welcome on the bandwagon
If you can’t beat them…
Why is this a surprise?
He’s also a die hard Mets fan too! I could never hate Spida.
Yeah… I guess he can he have Tyler Kolek’s role
I know Knicks fans wanted him back then but I’m sure they’re grateful they got Brunson instead.
We were trying to pair Mitchell with Brunson, we already got Brunson when the trade talks happened. Package would have been basically what we gave for OG plus more picks.
Brunson+Mitchell wouldn’t have worked, yall got lucky in the end
Yep what I was saying at the time. It would have made our back court defense look like what Cleveland’s is now with Mitchell/Harden.
It can’t even be debated that they made the right call
We had Brunson before we even started talking to Utah. The hang up was including RJ Barrett in the deal to get Mitchell and the Knicks wisely said no, we ended up trading RJ + Quickley for OG which was much more prosperous and a way better player fit around Brunson.
We would’ve just been like a version of this Cavs team right now if that happened.
Absolutely. As good as Spida is, he doesn’t have the leadership quality that Brunson has. Not to mention the clutch factor too
Aha deep down he still is. Nobody can get rid of their affection for their roots
Has to be a “bittersweet/weird” feeling that his childhood team is about to make the Finals
You don’t lose your favorite team just because you play in the league.
I’m sure plenty of players do.
Yeah not on purpose though. Thats ludicrous.
You kinda do. Pro athletes talk all the time about their fandom dying once they enter their respective league and their favorite team growing up immediately becoming their enemy.
Tell that to Cam Schlittler
I think you kinda have to.
That’s obviously not true
Slightly off topic and might get downvoted but I feel like Lebron will always secretly be a Cavs fan. You could see how much it hurt him when he first went back to Cleveland with the Heat and they were chanting “Akron hates you”.
You do if they embarrassingly end the best playoff run of your career.
You probably lose some of it when you get the love of a diff city, hundreds of millions of dollars from said city, and are involved in that community
If Spida gets traded to the Knicks or Nets and starts claiming to be planting trees across the 5 boroughs I am going to need someone to fact check that immediately
Mostly lurker, just visiting because of the playoffs-
I’m a football guy, Packer fan. We really fuggin’ love when players celebrate the culture from their new team. Donovan may have never officially been a Knick, but he grew up in Mets clubhouses. This mofo is New. York.
Deep down, he’s playing hard against his beautiful unrequited love. His admired ex, for whom he still has feelings. I love when sports get a little weird with the tribalism; I’m quite sure this guy is a bigger fan of the Knicks than I am.
TBF They weren’t THAT loud and most Cavs fans had emptied out.
I was there. It was louder than you’d think. Constant let’s go Knicks chants that had to be drowned out with the de-fense dj chants that no one was doing lol
damn even their fans are traffic cones
Nah they were definitely audible on the broadcast, but yeah the building was half empty by then so it’s whatever. Still gotta be a weird experience for Mitch hearing that in your own arena lol
I like Mitchell but sometimes he’s not aggressive enough.
Knicks holding out and getting Brunson was definitely the better option.
He’s really not. Not once have I been scared thinking Mitchell is about to take over. He just doesn’t. He’ll have a nuclear quarter here and there but when it’s clutch time he either defers or rarely shoots.
he peaked during that bubble duel with murray when they were trading 35+ points against each other
since then he still gets all star numbers and even got all nba but every year something happens and he doesn’t get blamed
problem also is people expected he gets better on defense year over year but because he’s the main engine of offense he doesn’t need to play defense apparently
I mean he’s averaging 26ppg in the conference finals and 28ppg in the prior series. As a Cavs fan…. that’s basically his regular season average. Maybe he’s less efficient (it’s the playoffs) but even if Don is a contributor to their losses on some level, he’s a tier 2 or 3 problem, not a “yeah this is his fault” type of thing. Coaching is abysmal, Hardens a defensive turnstile and the Knicks happen to have probably the best player in the league when it comes to hunting him.
Nah he’s overselling this. This wasn’t like the Sixers where they just took over the stadium
People probably don’t remember the Richfield Colesiuim anymore… the the Cavs used to have one of the best home courts in the NBA.
Still do…there just hasn’t been much to cheer for this series
Exactly. When the whole stadium is silent because the Cavs are playing like crap, you are going to hear the three dozen Knicks fans in attendance.
Your point us largely right, but it was absolutely a good chunk of Knicks fans there
Cleveland showed up. It wasn’t like Atlanta and obviously not like Philly, which is much closer.
Remember the plan was he wanted to be traded to NY to share the backcourt with JB
I really respect his answer. I like Spida. He’s levelheaded & seems mature.
WE ARE THE NEW YORK KNICKS
GO NY GO NY GO
Dropping hints. He wants to go home
He was open that he wanted to go home
Just to remind everyone: Donovan Mitchell is an Open Mets fan. That is as New York as a person can be.
Not a lot pro athletes will expose themselves to reveal such info but Mitchell is open about his Mets fandom
Brunson is a die hard eagles fan. Obviously Mitchell’s connection to the Mets goes deeper but just insane when the level of hate between the eagles and Giants fan bases is so strong. He’s the only eagles fan that gets a pass by anyone here.
If Brunson brings a chip to the Knicks after 53 years, I don’t care if he’s up on the podium with the Eagles players the next time they win a Super Bowl!
I think his dad still works for the Mets org as well
I’ve never been a Knick fan although I was on their bandwagon in the mid 90s, but I’ve always had a lot of respect for their fan base.
I think that’s because they’re actually closer to being the Mets than the Yankees in terms of historical postseason success. If the Knicks were as successful as the Yankees, then everyone would probably hate them more than the Lakers.
The Knicks last chip and Finals appearance is even older than the Mets’ so if anything the Mets clear the Knicks.
Welp both the star and coach from New York.
It was a wrap from the get go.
he wants to come to the knicks so bad lol. dont worry spaida, request a trade out from cavs and we got you :)
Dmitch it’s not too late, come home 🙏🏼
Bro wants to be a Knick
Brunson stole his life lol
Mitchell is great. Amazing player, doesn’t complain. And talks about the Mets 24⁄7. So real.
“The first-ever “Beat L.A.” chant erupted on May 23, 1982, inside the Boston Garden during Game 7 of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals. Surprisingly, it started from Boston Celtics fans cheering for their rivals, the Philadelphia 76ers, encouraging them to defeat the Los Angeles Lakers in the upcoming Finals.” I fully expect to hear a “Beat OKC” chant when the Knicks sweep the Cavs. The fate of the league, the world, the entire universe depends on it.
Homie wanted to be. Knick
I usually don’t feel sorry for opposing team’s players, but for Spida, I feel bad for him. He thought the Jazz were going to send him to the Knicks. They didn’t. Then he thought the Knicks would use their cap space to pick him up from the Cavs, but we went in another direction.
I don’t give a shit what he’s saying on the mic, that kid would do ANYTHING to wear that Knicks jersey. Jazz fans knew it. And deep down inside the Cavs fans know it as well.
It must be KILLING him inside. 🤷🏻♂️
He still a fan
Leon Rose said the winter soldier shit
“Timbs. Bodega. 7 line. Wu Tang. Clyde.”
Yeah bro I can tell you’re still a Knicks fan lol
bro can’t lock in cuz he’s a mets fan (ask me how i know)
Likeable dude.
I’m so looking forward to seeing the Thunder and the Knicks play.
Donnovan had his best season ever, He made it the farthest hes ever gotten in the postseason but I honestly think his career is just gonna go downhill after this season until he accepts he has to be a Robin and not a batman to win a championship.
Holy shit
He a real one
best fans on earth
Once a Knick, always a Knick.
Hey Spida, don’t you wish you came to the Kniiiiiiiicks
Makes sense, his love for the Knicks is too much so he’s laying down and letting them win. So submissive and embarrassing but at least he knows his place
blame Danny Ainge bitch ass if he didnt ask for the world you would be balling for us smh
I still root for Donovan Mitchell but Knicks over everything!
Thank!
He wants to be a Knick so bad
Poor guy wanted to come here before he got traded
Re-evaluating his choices…