Windhorst The Cleveland Cavaliers are signaling that they are willing to move away from their core-4 in large part because there are legitimate worries that Donovan Mitchell will not extend with the franchise this Summer

Donovan Mitchell told Marc Spears of ESPN to stop the trade speculation and that he wants to return to Cleveland and work on his next deal Mitchell becomes eligible for a 4YR272M contract extension on July 7 or if he waits until 2027 a 5YR350M contract with a no-trade clause

Cavs open up a 21 point 4th quarter lead with 3 by Donovan Mitchell

Windhorst Hes only worth 30M instead of 50M youre not getting that from LeBron James LeBron James doesnt believe in that and I dont expect him to accept that If youre the Lakers and if you force LeBron to leave hell go somewhere else and play for less money

Donovan Mitchell on Cleveland Cavaliers ownership Its a big reason why I re-signed Look at the 25 buses that was sent to Detroit thats a small thing that we done to show theyre about winning This is something Ive never seen before Its not like this everywhere

The New York Knicks with a lockdown defense forcing a 24-second violation on the Cavaliers as Donovan Mitchell airballs the tough deep 3 to beat the shot clock

Max Strus hits the dagger 3 to seal game 7 for the Cavaliers and Donovan Mitchell splits the Raptors' defense to add a dagger of his own