The long-rumored New York Knicks/Utah Jazz deal for Donovan Mitchell fell through recently and Utah ended up shipping their star guard to Cleveland.
Give Utah GM Danny Ainge credit - he was asking for a lot and got it. It’s hard to do a deal with him and come out on top.
In the past, New York probably would have gotten fleeced. Cleveland was apparently asking for former Duke star RJ Barrett and Quentin Grimes, in addition to most of their unprotected first round draft picks.
New York was offering Barrett, Obi Toppin, Mitchell Robinson and three unprotected first round picks.