According to Fox Sports' Ric Bucher, some people close to Mitchell revealed that it was only a matter of time before Mitchell joined the Knicks.
One Of Nimi's Eastern Conference scouts revealed: "If the Jazz are out again in the first round of the playoffs, then Mitchell will go to the Knicks. ”
The Jazz have been out of the first or second round for five consecutive years, and they have tried to finish first in the West in the regular season, but they have never made it to the Western Conference Finals, let alone the Finals.
Recent waves of losing streaks have led to some discord within the team.
Previously, because of the new crown epidemic, there were some discord between Mitchell and Gobert, but after the team's good record, these contradictions were covered up by a temporary boom.
But once the team doesn't go well, these discord will all bubble up again.
Before the Jazz lost consecutively, Gobert said in an interview: "I've seen other teams, like the Suns or the Warriors, who are a lot better than us in terms of winning habits, Devon Booker has played very hard defensively, guys like this, you can see that they're proud of their performance on the defensive end. ”
This kind of defender who directly named and praised other teams played very hard, feeling a bit of a punch in the face Mitchell.
Mitchell was really upset, and followed up with a tweet from the Jazz and team reporters questioning Gobert's yin and yang weirdness.
Of course, in addition to the contradictions of teammates and the dissatisfaction of the team for many years in the playoffs, Mitchell wants to go to the Knicks because the market in Salt Lake City is too small, and many voices in the league believe that to Mitchell's extent, it is understandable to want to go to a larger market.
Mitchell is basically one of the best players in the 2017 NBA Draft, but he has not yet been selected as an All-Star starter.
Doncic was selected the year before (2 consecutive starts), this year Blowing Young has also become an All-Star starter, Morant and Wiggins have become All-Star starters, and Mitchell is only 7th in the Western Conference backcourt.
In addition to Curry and Morant, Mitchell is ahead of Doncic, Booker, Paul and Klay Thompson.
Mitchell's data is actually not bad, averaging 25.5 points per game, 4 boards and 5.2 assists, and the Jazz are also 4th in the West.
You look at the 12th-ranked Hawks in the East, Blowing Yang has been selected as an All-Star starter (averaging 27.7 points, 3.9 boards and 9.3 assists per game), and mitchell is hard not to think about.
If Mitchell were in the Knicks, would it be Mitchell who is now being named as an All-Star starter?
Although we are not very enthusiastic about All-Stars now, it is still a great honor for young players to be selected as An All-Star starters. Today Morant pulled his grandmother and grandmother along and sat in front of the TV waiting for the All-Star start list to be announced.