The Cleveland Cavaliers are not in championship competition.
Though, trying on the greater image, they have been by no means a real contender, even when they have been a playoff crew.
The Cavs’ roster was flawed and hampered by their lack of depth behind their beginning 5, to not point out the truth that two of their franchise gamers did not take a step ahead of their improvement.
Nevertheless, it looks like there was much more to their postseason shortcomings.
In keeping with a report by Cavs beat author Chris Fedor, Donovan Mitchell grew pissed off together with his teammates’ “lack of maturity, focus, playoff-readiness, and willingness to hear” (through NBACentral).
Donovan Mitchell grew pissed off with some teammates’ lack of maturity, focus, playoff-level readiness and a willingness to hear, per @ChrisFedor
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— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) Might 16, 2024
Mitchell is a born chief and a stout competitor, and he typically takes his sport up a notch within the postseason, so this clearly issues so much to him.
This doesn’t bode nicely for his future with the group.
Mitchell has refused to decide to the crew for the long term, and if he didn’t signal a contract extension earlier than, it’s onerous to suppose that he’ll have any curiosity in doing so now.
He’s nonetheless beneath contract for the following two seasons, however the Cavs is likely to be pressured to commerce him now in the event that they don’t really feel like he’s going to signal an extension.
No less than, he’s going to be value a major haul, so they may be capable of both encompass their present stars with different win-now gamers or construct for the longer term, which is likely to be the neatest factor to do in the event that they’re not bought on Darius Garland and Evan Mobley.
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