This is how close Donovan Mitchell was to being traded to the Knicks
Mitchell instead ended up with the Cleveland Cavaliers.
This is how close Donovan Mitchell was to being traded to the Knicks originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Donovan Mitchell has made Cleveland home in his four years with the Cleveland Cavaliers .
Before coming to the Cavs, though, he was nearly traded to the place he actually calls "home," New York City and the Knicks . When the Utah Jazz were sending Mitchell out of town in 2022, he thought the Knicks were probably the destination. “I kind of had the feeling I was gonna get moved," Mitchell told The Athletic after being traded to the Cavs.
"Like I said, I thought it was New York. ” Where is Donovan Mitchell from? Mitchell was born in Elmsford, a village in Westchester County, north of the city.
His dad worked in the front office for the New York Mets. And at the time of Mitchell's trade from Utah to Cleveland, his mom still lived in Elmsford. “Who doesn’t want to be home, next to their mom,” Mitchell said after being traded to Cleveland.