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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.

Which has teams expecting a Donovan Mitchell trade to be the next domino.

The Jazz are shooting that idea down, insisting they will rebuild around Mitchell, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said on the network this weekend (hat tip Clutch Points).

"They have shut down any team who's called about trying to trade for Donovan Mitchell. The Jazz are committed to moving forward with him as their cornerstone player."@wojespn on the Utah Jazz's plans with Donovan Mitchellpic.twitter.com/OqPPan8bYy

— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) July 3, 2022

The catch-22 for Utah: That’s exactly what you’d say publicly to gain leverage and drive up the price if they were going to trade him. Other teams look at the haul the Jazz got for Gobert, notice they hired a young rookie coach in Will Hardy, know CEO Danny Ainge’s history, and see the writing on the wall for a rebuild.

The one catch here is the 2023 All-Star Game is in Salt Lake City. League sources told NBC Sports they sensed Utah’s preference is to hold on to Mitchell this season, making him the host and local star of the All-Star Game, then revisit trading him next summer.

But if Ainge is pointing toward a rebuild, what is the point in waiting? The 2023 NBA Draft has potential franchise players Victor Wembanyama and Scoot Henderson at the top of the board — Wembanyama appears to be the kind of player that can set a franchise up for a decade. Rebuilding on

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