Anyone for a Mitchell CJ trade?

How are we going to pay all these people?

Why would they want an older player? I’d imagine if they’re losing Mitchell they’d prefer younger/future assets. That team has gotten stale with their current roster anyway that’s getting older and older. They may just blow it up and start over.


I’d imagine if Mitchell goes, so does Rudy. Get picks for a solid draft class next year with young players


Only way you keep that team and trade Mitchell for a vet is for a guy like Kyrie or another star who’s team is struggling with them

Age be damned... CJ in the little time he has been here has done more for NO basketball than almost anyone that has come before him.

He is an advocate for the pels and a pretty influential player in the league.

Yes, the age factor with mitchell is appealing but CJ just gives us much more intangible wise that this team needs

Like it or not, Mitchell is a tier above CJ on the court. You don’t know bball if you disagree. Plus he’s 5 yrs younger.

Like I said, CJ brings a lot to the team but our ceiling would be a lot higher and for a longer period of time with our core.

CJ also soured me some with his playoff performances. He choked more than a few games. And he will be due a big contract when he is what 32? Same predicament we just went through with Jrue. Much rather pay someone entering their prime than leaving it….

Mitchell is an offensive improvement but is shite defensively and I’m more inclined to believe the locker room problems with the Jazz are his fault rather than Gobert’s.


If we move CJ for someone, I would at least like it to be for someone who is reasonably good for the locker room or is such a good player we are willing to take a major risk for it.

Mitchell ain’t it IMHO.

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Mitchell is an offensive improvement but is shite defensively and I’m more inclined to believe the locker room problems with the Jazz are his fault rather than Gobert’s.

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You mean like when Gobert played Covid as a joke to the media and touched everything and ended up giving it to the entire team including Mitchell?

Of course he was pissed. Never heard of issues between them before that stunt.

Not sure of your stance but seems like this would throw those pro vax at all costs crew, which is probably the majority on this board, over the edge and not defend Gobert…..

Let’s not act like CJ is some kind of defensive savant now. That’s pretty disingenuous.

And that’s partly the problem, hard to win in the modern nba when your 2nd best player is an old school nba center.

This is where real life basketball differs from 2k. There are some things that CJ has brought to the Pels that overalls, ratings, badges and tiers can't quantify. Legitimacy. Respect. Seriousness. Class. Trading CJ at this juncture would torpedo ALL of the momentum they've built externally, with the league, but more importantly, internally with our players. There are exceptions. If Memphis is offering Ja or Dallas Luka...CJ himself would say pull the trigger on that. But DM ain't the dude to blow all of this goodwill/leverage the Pels have accumulated with this CJ success. It takes a Kawhi/Toronto tier player to make that move.

Down vote number 57 here!

To be fair to CJ, he was sick in the last play in game and the first 2 games of the playoff series.

And lngram was so thoroughly destroying every 1 v 1 matchup he got, the Suns just decided to keep a very long, young and no offensive responsibility other than camp in a corner, Bridges, (2nd in Dpoy voting) on CJ pretty much all series.

Also, game 6. CJ was en route to leading us to a game 7 before the officials completely destroyed that game in the 2nd half.

CJ is untradeable in my book. Number 1 he is a very good player. Number 2 he is a good fit with Zion. Number 3 he is an important leader on our team and an ambassador for the Pels nationally and throughout the league. Number 4 CJ has a game that will age well and I think he will potentially even improve playing off of Zion and becoming more of our point guard. He is studying CP3 and picking the brain of Magic Johnson this offseason.

I actually really like D Mitch, but this isn’t a 2k simulator.
You have to take all the human elements into consideration. Trading CJ would probably destroy a lot of positive momentum that this franchise has on and off the floor, in the national media, relationship with Zion, etc.

CJ is arguably the least tradeable player on our team at this very instant. You arguably can’t replace what he is bringing to our franchise.