Report: Donovan Mitchell to “stand pat,” not force trade from Utah
Good luck finding anyone around the league — outside the state of Utah, anyway — that thinks Donovan Mitchell will be a member of the Jazz a year from now.
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Durant reportedly “goes dark” as Nets keep asking price high, trade talks drag out
The Brooklyn Nets are asking for a historic return in a Kevin Durant trade — and after seeing what Utah got back for Rudy Gobert, the price went up. Other teams are understandably trying to negotiate that price down, and the result is talks that are dragging out and will likely continue to do so.
Center Rudy Gobert says he's ready 'to win a championship' with Minnesota Timberwolves
Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he's aware that Minnesota fans didn't like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way he sets screens.
Donovan Mitchell reportedly asked Jazz management what is their plan
Rudy Gobert has been traded to Minnesota. Royce O’Neal was traded to Brooklyn.
Report: Jazz “shutting down” any calls about Donovan Mitchell trade
What the Rudy Gobert trade netted the Jazz was the foundation of a rebuild — four first-round picks plus young players in Walker Kessler and Jarred Vanderbilt. Sure, there were a couple of solid veterans coming back to Utah in Malik Beasley and Patrick Beverley, but this trade didn’t make the Jazz better today, it set them up for tomorrow.
Winners, losers from the Rudy Gobert trade to the Timberwolves
This blockbuster trade does not fit neatly into the “winners and losers” paradigm we use to measure trades on this site.
Report: Rudy Gobert traded to Timberwolves for four first-round picks, Beverley, Beasley more
Since he took over the front office in Minnesota, the buzz around league circles has been Tim Connelly wanted to lean into size and add a defensive big man to play next to Karl-Anthony Towns, someone who could solidify Towns’ weakness and let him focus on his immense strength — scoring the basketball.
Suns appear to be Durant trade frontrunners; In Miami, Durant only wants to play with full roster
On the white-knuckle ride that is the NBA offseason, what looks like a sure thing one day is being ridiculed and thrown overboard the next. Things change fast around the NBA in July.