The RJ Barrett story where he might have gotten traded to Utah for Donovan Mitchell and a couple of banks that Danny Ainge held up for the Jazz is well and truly over: Utah consummated a trade with the Cleveland Cadavaliers Thursday, sending them Mitchell for five first rounders and Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen and Ochai Agbaji.
It’s not our job to do deals like this and a lot goes into it that we can’t know, but that seems like a crazy price for one player.
Utah gets unprotected picks in 2025, 2027 and 2029 and also get to swap picks in 2026 and 2028 if they so desire.