Even if he can no longer claim individual awards, due to not having played at least 65 matches, Donovan Mitchell still had a great season with 27.4 points, 6.1 assists and 5.3 rebounds on average.
Above all, like last season, he is the leader of an ambitious Cleveland team, which will want to do better than the first round of the playoffs in 2023, lost to the Knicks. And for Dan Gilbert, he will stay that way.
“We have been talking to him, yes, for two years, about this contract extension”explains the franchise owner to the P. “We think he will extend. When we talk to him, he says that he loves the city and the situation of the Cavaliers, because we have young people and we have put in place a nucleus of which he is the central element. »
The Cavaliers guard is under contract until 2026, with the possibility of being free from 2025 since his last season is optional. If the question of his extension arises, it is because he is eligible this summer, and can sign for around $200 million over four years.
Is Donovan Mitchell still thinking about New York?
He could then be part of the future of the Cavaliers, with Darius Garland, under contract until 2028, or Evan Mobley, free in 2025 at the end of his rookie contract, who will undoubtedly quickly become a priority for the managers. With this group, the franchise is hungry and thinks it can aim very high.
“We can fight with anyone in the East,” thus assures Dan Gilbert. “Boston got ahead, being the best team in the league, but if you look at second, third and fourth, and then us, we can compete with everyone and we proved it this season. »
But if Dan Gilbert is thus questioned about the future of Donovan Mitchell, it is because there is not really certainty on this subject in Ohio, and many, including his former teammate Joe Ingles, think that the rear would like to join New York, his city, in the future. Where he almost landed two years ago.
| Donovan Mitchell | Percentage | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Party | Int | Bp | Ct | Pts |
| 2017-18 | UTH | 79 | 33 | 43.7 | 34.0 | 80.5 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.7 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 20.5 |
| 2018-19 | UTH | 77 | 34 | 43.2 | 36.2 | 80.6 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 23.8 |
| 2019-20 | UTH | 69 | 34 | 44.9 | 36.6 | 86.3 | 0.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 2.5 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 24.0 |
| 2020-21 | UTH | 53 | 33 | 43.8 | 38.6 | 84.5 | 0.9 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 26.4 |
| 2021-22 | UTH | 67 | 34 | 44.8 | 35.5 | 85.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 25.9 |
| 2022-23 | KEY | 68 | 36 | 48.4 | 38.6 | 86.7 | 0.9 | 3.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 28.3 |
| 2023-24 | KEY | 49 | 35 | 46.8 | 37.3 | 86.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 0.5 | 27.4 |
| Total | 462 | 34 | 45.0 | 36.6 | 84.2 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 24.9 | |
How to read the stats? MJ = matches played; Min = Minutes; Shots = Successful shots / Attempted shots; 3pts = 3-points / 3-points attempted; LF = free throws made / free throws attempted; Off = offensive rebound; Def=defensive rebound; Tot = Total rebounds; Pd = assists; Fte: Personal fouls; Int = Intercepts; Bp = Lost balls; Ct: Against; Pts = Points.
