Donovan Mitchell Thread #6 - Something might actually happen in this one!!!!!!

[Deeeez Knicks]

So that Utah host said it was done and going to be announced yesterday or today so let’s see what today brings

Maybe it gets done today. I really don’t trust any of those sources though. Every day someone is saying the deal is done and will be announced. Everyone is just trying to break the news first.

Or, counterpoint, it's generally viewed as inevitable, so people are just jumping the gun without confirmation in order to have the clout of calling it first.

Yea, exactly. Think people are hearing chatter, which is probably somewhat true…there’s a lot of negotiations…but they are jumping the gun.

[DOT]

Maybe it gets done today. I really don’t trust any of those sources though. Every day someone is saying the deal is done and will be announced. Everyone is just trying to break the news first.

Or, counterpoint, it's generally viewed as inevitable, so people are just jumping the gun without confirmation in order to have the clout of calling it first.

Yea, exactly. Think people are hearing chatter, which is probably somewhat true…there’s a lot of negotiations…but they are jumping the gun.

I saw something similar with my Jags this past offseason

At one point, it was looking inevitable that we were gonna hire Byron Leftwich as coach, so a bunch of guys jumped the gun on that one, then when Byron pulled his candidacy from the job to go back to Tampa, it caused a bit of a kerfuffle cause we'd been told it was a done deal for like a week at that point, all that was left was negotiating minor things.

[jas65]

Maybe it gets done today. I really don’t trust any of those sources though. Every day someone is saying the deal is done and will be announced. Everyone is just trying to break the news first.

Also, the sooner the deal gets done, the more it means we caved. I hope it drags out. Just because the Wolves are ridiculous (can Towns even play the four??) does not mean we need to make that the benchmark.

Yea, I am expecting this to drag out and maybe even the KD trade gets done first. I don’t see Ainge budging right now, so probably a bad sign if it gets done immediately. Say if KD goes to Miami, or anywhere…that may help us since I am sure it’ll take less picks then Ainge is currently asking for.

Just preparing for the long wait and when it gets done it gets done

Again, neither side has a reason to make the deal at this moment. Until one of them feels the urgency to get this done, it remains where we are right now. Ainge has time to wait for either another suitor to come up with a deal that rivals what the Knicks are offering, or he holds out that at some point Dolan's impatience will rear its ugly head. The Knicks currently know no one else has the offer they have. So, here we are.

[Starksfor3]

Or, counterpoint, it's generally viewed as inevitable, so people are just jumping the gun without confirmation in order to have the clout of calling it first.

Yea, exactly. Think people are hearing chatter, which is probably somewhat true…there’s a lot of negotiations…but they are jumping the gun.

I saw something similar with my Jags this past offseason

At one point, it was looking inevitable that we were gonna hire Byron Leftwich as coach, so a bunch of guys jumped the gun on that one, then when Byron pulled his candidacy from the job to go back to Tampa, it caused a bit of a kerfuffle cause we'd been told it was a done deal for like a week at that point, all that was left was negotiating minor things.

Question: did you pick the teams you support out of a hat? Lol just messing with you but there has to be some story there

[iLLmatic860]

Whats with the raptors fans on gb.. they seem to hate Knicks more than any fanbase lol

[DaGawd]

Whats with the raptors fans on gb.. they seem to hate Knicks more than any fanbase lol

because we were the north before them. and they’re a lot like us.. loud obnoxious and large in numbers

[3toheadmelo]

Whats with the raptors fans on gb.. they seem to hate Knicks more than any fanbase lol

i called them lebronto the other day and one of them reported me

[3toheadmelo]

Whats with the raptors fans on gb.. they seem to hate Knicks more than any fanbase lol

because we were the north before them. and they’re a lot like us.. loud obnoxious and large in numbers

they talk crazy though. they be acting like they're golden state because they beat a team in the finals that missed 2 of their best players. kawhi wasn't even loyal to them either

[JojoSlimbiid]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

[mpharris36]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

[WargamesX]

So that Utah host said it was done and going to be announced yesterday or today so let’s see what today brings

Maybe it gets done today. I really don’t trust any of those sources though. Every day someone is saying the deal is done and will be announced. Everyone is just trying to break the news first.

Or, counterpoint, it's generally viewed as inevitable, so people are just jumping the gun without confirmation in order to have the clout of calling it first.

Inevitable like KD and Zion to the Knicks

I agree these guys are nobody's hoping to hit relevancy and more than a 1000 followers by guessing within a few days that a trade will happen. A real genius would come out and say the trade isn't happening and every day nothing happens makes them a more verifiable source!

We could even name Thread #7 after their twitter handle.

[WargamesX]

Whats with the raptors fans on gb.. they seem to hate Knicks more than any fanbase lol

because we were the north before them. and they’re a lot like us.. loud obnoxious and large in numbers

they talk crazy though. they be acting like they're golden state because they beat a team in the finals that missed 2 of their best players. kawhi wasn't even loyal to them either

I think the knicks are about to take their spot in the division

So they are just hating because of the inevitable

[god shammgod]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

i kinda like him

[DOT]

Yea, exactly. Think people are hearing chatter, which is probably somewhat true…there’s a lot of negotiations…but they are jumping the gun.

I saw something similar with my Jags this past offseason

At one point, it was looking inevitable that we were gonna hire Byron Leftwich as coach, so a bunch of guys jumped the gun on that one, then when Byron pulled his candidacy from the job to go back to Tampa, it caused a bit of a kerfuffle cause we'd been told it was a done deal for like a week at that point, all that was left was negotiating minor things.

Question: did you pick the teams you support out of a hat? Lol just messing with you but there has to be some story there

More or less, yeah

I didn't grow up with sports, so when I decided to get into basketball, I'm from CT so I could've chosen Boston or New York, and I chose New York. Then football, I like teal and I have a soft spot for teams which were created the same year I was born, so I went Jags. Hockey, I grew up going to AHL games in Hartford for the Rangers' minor league team, so I would've been a Rangers fan, but I thought it'd be funny to be a Golden Knights fan, so there's that. And I'm a recent convert to the Rays, I used to be a Rockies fan because their minor league team plays in Hartford and I used to go to them a bunch as a kid when they were still in New Britain, but I'm not super loyal in baseball so I've jumped ship to the Rays cause my parents have a house down by Tampa.

[DaGawd]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

i kinda like him

nah no rj slander will be tolerated from outsiders. **** philly

[thebuzzardman]

Part of the problem as to why this deal isn’t done is because the marginal talent that this fan base overrates like Obi, IQ, Grimes, and Cam doesn’t nearly have the value around the league like our fan base wants to think it has, so in Ainge’s mind his debate might be i want another first I don’t really care for IQ, Rose thought is I’m giving you IQ they should mean one less 1st rounder. To me that’s been the holdup how does Ainge value the Knicks young players compared to Leon and the rest of the league

You're overthinking it.

The Rudy haul let's you know what's holding up the deal: Ainge wants to rape. Knicks don't want to be raped.

Nothing more nothing less.

Ainge has the mid to late 70's frat boy background probably pretty comfortable and familiar with rape

[Guano]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

imagine rooting for a team that just reupped harden to choke in the playoffs and piss off your franchise player forcing him to ask out in a year or two then having the audacity to come to another teams board to talk a lil sht about RJ Barrett.

[thebuzzardman]

Really good interview with Brunson on the JJ Reddick podcast

recap? Might not have time to listen today.

Or just one or two interesting points would do

[mpharris36]

Biggest issue for the Knicks is that the Jazz brass sees through R.J Barrett. A lot of teams would look at the age and counting stats and value him as a centerpiece but the Jazz must have seen him play.

i kinda like him

makes sense, because I hate you too!

[god shammgod]

i kinda like him

makes sense, because I hate you too!