{"id":713804,"date":"2026-04-19T09:13:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713804\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T09:13:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T09:13:29","slug":"new-donovan-mitchell-rumor-could-be-huge-for-the-utah-jazz-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/713804\/","title":{"rendered":"New Donovan Mitchell rumor could be huge for the Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7199232\/2026\/04\/17\/james-harden-cavaliers-nba-playoffs-expectations\/?source=emp_shared_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">According to Fred Katz<\/a>, the Cleveland Cavaliers will discuss moving Donovan Mitchell if they aren\u2019t able to get an extension done this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">From Katz:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">However Cleveland fares over these next two months will mold its future. Harden has a $42 million player option for next season that he\u2019s likely to decline, a league source said. But a longer-term deal at a lesser number still would not be cheap. With today\u2019s rules, with the way high payrolls chip away at resources and wallets, teams can\u2019t stay so expensive while continuing to lose in the second round. Meanwhile, Mitchell, who can hit free agency in 2027, becomes eligible for an extension this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup _1teeyfa8 ls9zuh1\">If he signs it, the Cavs can move forward with him at their core. If he doesn\u2019t, the organization will discuss the possibility of moving him, league sources said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Now, where have I heard this before? It appears that a lot is riding on these playoffs for the Cleveland Cavaliers. They have an upcoming extension eligibility with Donovan Mitchell, and we\u2019ll see if that happens. The Cavaliers have one of the highest payrolls in the NBA and appear very similar to Utah when they had to make tough decisions with Mitchell in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For the Utah Jazz, this is the beginning of something great. Utah owns a pick swap with the Cavaliers in 2028 and a fully unprotected pick in 2029. If Mitchell is traded this summer, it\u2019s hard to see the Cavaliers being good immediately, especially if James Harden leaves as well. According to Katz, Harden is expected to decline his player option this summer, and we\u2019ll see if the Cavs give him a contract or if he\u2019s also potentially gone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">This is something to watch really closely, and I can\u2019t lie, I am rooting hard for the Raptors this round and, if the Cavs advance, the Detroit Pistons after that. There\u2019s a world where Utah could get really lucky with its picks in the years to come, thanks to Donovan Mitchell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to Fred Katz, the Cleveland Cavaliers will discuss moving Donovan Mitchell if they aren\u2019t able to get&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":713805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[7,37331,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-713804","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-basketball","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz-rumors","10":"tag-utah-jazz-trade-rumors"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116430609715058773","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=713804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/713804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/713805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=713804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=713804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=713804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}