The Cleveland Cavaliers’ quest for an NBA championship got here to an abrupt halt on Wednesday. The Boston Celtics superior to the Jap Convention Finals after defeating Cleveland in Recreation 5 of the second spherical playoff sequence.
Shortly after the Cavs playoff exit, a report from Cleveland.com urged that four-time NBA All-Star Donovan Mitchell “grew pissed off with some teammates’ lack of maturity, focus, playoff-level readiness, and a willingness to pay attention.”
The report comes amid rumors that Mitchell might have performed his remaining sport in a Cavaliers uniform. The 27-year-old guard has a participant possibility for the 2025-26 season. He’s scheduled to earn an estimated $35.4 million throughout the 2024-25 season.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell shoots a foul shot throughout the second half of an NBA basketball sport towards the Atlanta Hawks on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 in Atlanta. (AP Photograph/Hakim Wright Sr.)
Nonetheless, on Thursday, Mitchell tried to debunk the concept that he was irritated along with his teammates. “Yeah aight [cap] I am sick of y’all typically!,” he wrote on X.
Mitchell has not pubically commented on his plans past this 12 months. In March, Cavaliers proprietor Dan Gilbert lately expressed perception Mitchell would signal a contract extension with the crew.
“We’ve been speaking to him, certain, for the final couple of years about extending this contract,” Gilbert stated in an interview with The Related Press. “We predict he’ll lengthen. I believe for those who take heed to him discuss, he loves the town.”
Mitchell took a extra measured strategy when he responded to Gilbert’s feedback. “I obtained a number of issues to give attention to outdoors of that proper now to be sincere,” he instructed reporters on the time.
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Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, #45, goes to the basket previous New York Knicks guard Josh Hart, #3, within the first half of Recreation 4 in an NBA basketball first-round playoff sequence on Sunday, April 23, 2023 at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York. (AP Photograph/Mary Altaffer)
In line with the NBA’s collective bargaining settlement, Mitchell is eligible to signal a four-year extension this summer time. The contract could possibly be price as much as an estimated $200 million.
“I’ll deal with that when it comes,” Mitchell stated in late March in reference to extension talks.
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell, #45, shoots a 3-point basket towards Boston Celtics guard Marcus Good, #36, throughout the first half of an NBA basketball sport on Monday, March 6, 2023, in Cleveland. (AP Photograph/Ron Schwane)
Cleveland acquired Mitchell in a blockbuster commerce shortly earlier than the 2022-23 season.
JB Bickerstaff has been the Cavaliers head coach for the previous 5 seasons, however the crew’s newest playoffs exit has sparked some hypothesis about his job safety.
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Ohio native and former Cavaliers famous person LeBron James returned to Cleveland earlier this week and sat courtside throughout Recreation 4. Mitchelll didn’t play in that sport resulting from harm. James led the Cavs to the primary NBA championship in franchise historical past in 2016.
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