They really do not want Mitchell to go away from the team. On the other hand, Mitchell does not want to stay on the team at all.
If I am not wrong Mitchell Donovan actually wants to get out of Utah.


I think the Lakers are trying to trade Russell Westbrook for Buddy Hield and another player. I am not sure who that might be but I suspect it is Myles Turner.
Really not sure how that is going to work out for the team. But since LeBron James wants him on the team I guess they have some plans regarding Buddy Hield.


I agree that it is going to be great for the Lakers if they can get Hield and Turner by trading Russell Westbrook.
But I also don’t get why the Pacers are giving away their star players!! 
They could have just kept them and if they really needed to make some changes, they could have built a team around them.


I expect LeBron and Russ to welcome Pat to the team. But as you said if the results are not there, there will surely be some problems between these players. And that is going to invite more bad results for the team.

He joined Embiid, Simmons and Griffin as the rookies who lost their rookie years due to injuries as Woj said on Twitter.

TBH, I'm not surprised that it happened. Just look at his frame and his body. Yes, he is athletic during the college, but it is different in the NBA. Now he must sit the whole upcoming season to rehabilitate and aside from rehabilitating, he must gain weight as well and make his body bulkier because just look at the bigs of the NBA. How can he defend those if he will stay on that kind of body. I don't know though with what you said that he will hurt himself every year, but if he will not do something to his body then that might be the case for him. Overall, a loss for the Thunder this season, but he can just come back next season since he is still a rookie. Hoping the best and fast recovery for him.

That is quite frank mate but yes, you certainly got a point. I also noticed that too, Bronny is actually shorter than Lebron in that age and it's the younger brother who actually fits to follow the same footstep their dad did. Next year, Bronny will be eligible to get drafted but I'd say that it's still to soon for him to join but who knows, the kid has still lots of room to improve.

Yeah sadly you're right.  This dude also just seems to be pretty fragile overall, unlike some of the biggest dudes of the past like Shaq.  I'll never forget watching George Muresan play live versus the Bulls sometime in the late 1990's.  I've seen him play on TV as well as other monsters like Manute Bol, but seeing it in person was just different.  He really struggled to get up and down the court, and was always way behind every single play.  Kind of feel bad for them almost.

We know he cannot do that, Durant ain't like Lebron who is capable and proven to carry the team in his back towards the Finals and become a champion as well. Durant will have a hard time if he tries to do that especially now that their situation at the Nets is quite ugly because of the issues that was made by Durant but he still ends up wearing the same jersey because no team in the league can meet the Nets want.

I guess for the whole season, he's going to have that goal of gaining weight. I want to see him guard LBJ but it didn't happen since this guy has said before some boasting words that he's like a great rookie but too many words until this happened.
Well, speedy recovery to him and this is a big lesson for his career and also to the other rookies that have been drafted lately that they should be careful with where they're playing and take some advice from the veterans to at least avoid or minimize it from happening.

We don't know if that's the point of it.

But I've seen them really struggle to find that team that's willing to trade and take their demand. Good thing that no one has ended to trade with them and that there's no one tolerated their demand.

If by just looking at their roster, one can say that they're a contender and a very good team. Still depends on how they'll do with the upcoming season and I think many are optimistic.

Russell is a pretty emotional guy. I don’t think he just lets their prior beef fade away. For me this trade signals that they think they can get a Russell Westbrook for Buddy Hield trade done. If they can, I think that would be a huge positive for the Lakers as Hield will be the best shooter LeBron’s had to work with since Ray Allen.

I believe that Chet just had a freak accident and it wasn't even his first year at all, dude got injured during the summer. So if he goes to gym, gets buffed and gets better physique until next season, then he will be much more ready. What people do not understand is that the difference between college and NBA help is a lot, and I mean like driving a regular car vs being on a rocket ship type of difference.

I am not saying he could have Giannis levels of difference, but I am sure he will get a bit more buff, just a bit. That's why I believe that we should be waiting for 2023-2024 season to start and he will look a lot more different and be a lot better.

Too bad that the young lad had to suffer an injury early in his career but it's a good preparation for his career. He already started some weight training and shooting exercises as mentioned in the article so he could be scary when he returns. Chet has a decent shot outside and he could reach Toni Kukoc's level or maybe surpass it.