Sunday night at Madison Square Garden will be a time for dreaming. Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz will take the floor, and for a moment, the Knicks and their fans can dream about a future in which the native of Elmsford in Westchester County returns home to save the franchise.
But that's all it is for now, a dream. Mitchell is under contract for three more seasons and $98 million with Utah, with a $37 million player option after that, and Danny Ainge, who oversees the Jazz, has a reputation built much more on fleecing opposing general managers than handing over assets for dimes on the dollar.