Something something Popovich

And the big ol women there

he saw Jaylen Brown’s trade value plummet due to his contract and said lemme lock in that money now.

Wow. I thought at first you were joking. Did Mitchell really leave money on the table with this deal?

You gotta wonder what Donovan has been told to sign an extension this early

“How would you like 273 million dollars?”

“Uhhhhh sure.“ 

I love Donny, but dude was probably not getting the supermax.

80m a year is so crazy. I remember people were blown away when, like, Harden was making 50m a year and that was basically just at the beginning of this decade.

Donovan after seeing Cam Thomas:

Cavs: here’s the bag…

Donovan: Yes

Not sure what teams are supposed to do. Star players want the max. If the incumbent team doesn’t offer the max, the player will go to some other team that will give it to them.

They need to do something in the next CBA because players are making way too high of a percentage of the cap, which is hamstringing teams. It’s a damned if you do, damned if you don’t situation.

FWIW nobody expected him to sign this extension this early and it’s actually him taking an almost $80million discount by not waiting a year

while it’s a large number if he waited till next year the contract would’ve been about 75 million total more. as a cavs fan who expected the extension next year I’m pretty happy about the number even if it’s insane

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Drew Carey meet-and-greets

Nothing like a Cuyahoga sunset.

Losing him is better than this. They just doomed themselves

Couldn’t they have traded him or does he have a ntc?

Maybe Paul George will still be kicking around!

Sadly he’s the anti-brunson. Jalen has cooked him year after year after year in the playoffs

That’s arguable, his early career playoff performances and the bubble has done more for his “playoff riser” pr then anything since then

JT is 6’8 and very valuable on defence, that’s fair enough

Well he’s significantly better than Mitchell so there’s that

Still would be insane but he’s a 6’8 wing i trust that more than a smaller guard. Tatum is also just better than him

JT is a 6’8 wing with great defense and a chip who is a year younger on a better team playing a more valuable position. Not rly comparable imo

JT is a borderline top 5 guy when healthy. Mitchell is maybe top 20? Also a small guard. This is a terrible deal.

You and me both. I chose math teacher when I should’ve just sucked it up and been an NBA point guard.

Don’t let your dreams be dreams.

Was he realistically gonna get that extra $80 mil though? I have my doubts

all of it

Lebron bump will help the economy lol

Depends on whether james takes a team friendly deal i think. But donovan is doing us a massive favor because he could have gotten 80 a year if he waited + a ntc

Couldn’t be more on the nose if you tried.

at the end of the day, brad makes us look like filthy casuals when it comes to the brown trade.  unfortunately at the end of the day got to do things to keep the lights on and not have the balance sheets look terrible

Which teams do you project will have $70mil sitting around earmarked for Donovan? Kind of a rhetorical question but really don’t see that happening anymore without having major holes/needs that need filling.

Like Lakers and Bulls had a shit ton of cap this year but filling out the roster ate away most of it.

Think while everyone is zigging with these superstar deals, some team is gonna zag and play “hard ball” with their next star and leverage has almost withered away for max deals in pure FA.

Dumb mindset. We have seem him fail to take us far in his prime with a better contract. This is insane.

Kind of think these ceilings on max deals almost set the bar as they have to get this contract or nothing. If there’s no ceiling sure some guys would get more but I wonder if others like Mitchell, brown, etc would end up with a more reasonable contract because there’s not this “I have to get the max” thought process

The team is missing a small forward. If lebron comes back they will still be one of the best teams in the east. That’s not a terrible place to be as a fan.

Austin Reeves isn’t in the same tier as Donovan Mitchell

mitchell is also a lot better than reeves

Victor Wembanyama

Yeah idk why people are so negative. First time in a while Cleveland of all places gets a sweetheart consummate professional and as soon as the guy wants to stay, suddenly we’re shooting ourselves in the foot. Dawg, Don has been such a breath of fresh air - fuck what happens after, bro stays and we love him for it.

Aye fuck it man, I at least want us to have an image of taking care of our guys that choose to stay with us. Don can be the prince of Cleveland even if Bron doesn’t come back to the kingdom for the ride off into the sunset. We already got ours in 2016, arguably one of the best ones too - I’m set for life brother, as long as we’re rolling out on the playoffs every now and then, I’m good for life.

“Option”

PG will still be around after the rest of us mere mortals are gone.

He’s also a small guard who isn’t a top 10 player and the deal doesn’t start until he’s 31. It’s a huge contract

Who else is going to offer him anything close to this?