Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) misses a shot close to the top of the sport at Vivint Enviornment in Salt Lake Metropolis on Friday, Dec. 17, 2021. Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret Information
NBA reporters Zach Lowe and Ian Begley are casting doubt on rumors that the Utah Jazz traded Donovan Mitchell to the Cleveland Cavaliers to get revenge on Mitchell or the New York Knicks.
On the finish of the day, groups discover one of the best deal, not the deal that causes probably the most chaos, stated Begley, who covers the Knicks and Nets for SNY TV, on the newest episode of Lowe’s podcast, “The Lowe Publish.”
“I can’t see anybody not doing something however one of the best deal for his or her franchise,” he stated.
The rumors Begley and Lowe addressed have been circulating within the week since information broke of the Jazz commerce with the Cavaliers.
Largely notably, Fox Sports activities reporter Ric Bucher claimed over the weekend that Jazz leaders’ frustration with Mitchell led them to stroll away from a possible Knicks commerce.
“Some Jazz officers weren't pleased that Mitchell needed out and seen sending him to (Cleveland) — fairly than residence to NY — as payback,” Bucher tweeted on Sunday.
Others emphasised rigidity between the Jazz and Knicks, which stemmed, largely, from a Knicks official’s look at a Jazz playoff sport towards the Dallas Mavericks in April.
“Some distinguished members of the Jazz have been shocked and upset to see (William) Wesley sitting courtside for the sport,” Begley reported on the time.
Individuals have additionally identified that the Jazz may need been irritated by how lengthy the unsuccessful negotiations with the Knicks dragged on, Lowe stated on the podcast.
“There’s been this reporting ... (that) onerous emotions should have performed into” the commerce, he stated.
Lowe famous that Jazz leaders have assured them that they’re “mature individuals” who didn’t concentrate on previous drama when engaged on the commerce. He stated they instructed him they made one of the best deal doable.
On the finish of the day, Begley stated, the potential Jazz-Knicks deal possible fell aside for the obvious motive: the Knicks by no means made a proposal so good that the Jazz couldn’t refuse it.
“The Knicks might have made a proposal that compelled Utah’s hand. They determined not to do this,” he stated.