As the league counts down to the 2022-23 season, scenarios involving Donovan Mitchell remaining on the team increase in probability.
Monday’s news of the New York Knicks extending RJ Barrett prompted discussion of how the trade impacts their pursuit of Donovan Mitchell. SLC Dunk’s own James Hansen detailed whether or not such an extension complicates a Mitchell deal. Ultimately the news just adds an additional wrinkle to negotiations.
New York Knicks guard RJ Barrett is finalizing a four-year rookie extension that could be worth up to $120 million, his agent Bill Duffy of @BDA_Sports + @WME_Sports told ESPN, complicating the franchise’s offseason trade pursuit of Utah Jazz All-Star Donovan Mitchell.