Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what's clicking on Foxnews.com. Donovan Mitchell was thinking what everyone in the basketball world was thinking before he got traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers: He was headed to the New York Knicks.
Instead, the Utah Jazz pulled off a trade that shocked the NBA, as the Cavaliers swooped in and landed the three-time All-Star guard.
Speaking at his introductory news conference on Wednesday, Mitchell admitted that he thought New York, his hometown, was where he would be going at the end of the day. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Donovan Mitchell speaks during a press conference where he was introduced at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on Sept.
14, 2022 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Nick Cammett/Getty Images) "For me, once Rudy [Gobert] got traded [to the Minnesota Timberwolves], I kinda saw the writing on the wall.