{"id":490451,"date":"2022-09-03T20:44:43","date_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stephen-a-smith-rants-on-knicks-inability-to-land-donovan-mitchell\/"},"modified":"2022-09-03T20:44:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-03T17:44:43","slug":"stephen-a-smith-rants-on-knicks-inability-to-land-donovan-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-a-smith-rants-on-knicks-inability-to-land-donovan-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stephen A. Smith rants on Knicks&#8217; inability to land Donovan Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f2b48469ac\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f2b48469ac\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-a-smith-rants-on-knicks-inability-to-land-donovan-mitchell\/#%E2%80%9CStephen_A_Smith_rants_on_Knicks_inability_to_land_Donovan_Mitchell%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Stephen A. Smith rants on Knicks&#8217; inability to land Donovan Mitchell&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStephen_A_Smith_rants_on_Knicks_inability_to_land_Donovan_Mitchell%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Stephen A. Smith rants on Knicks&#8217; inability to land Donovan Mitchell&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<p>Stephen A. Smith is just as upset with the Knicks as everyone else.<\/p>\n<p>After a monthslong buildup to a Donovan Mitchell trade ended in disaster, as Mitchell instead went to the Cavs, the ESPN personality ripped the team\u2019s inability to get a star.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1392993739.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Donovan Mitchell\" class=\"wp-image-23728302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1392993739.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1392993739.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1392993739.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/GettyImages-1392993739.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Donovan Mitchell<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery single time, man, something goes wrong,\u201d Smith said <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stephenasmith\/status\/1565452461434961924\">in a video he posted on Twitter<\/a>. \u201cI wanted Donovan Mitchell to New York. I shut my mouth. I didn\u2019t say a word! I didn\u2019t say a word, because I didn\u2019t want to blow it. I didn\u2019t want to get in the way.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>\u201cYou got about seven or eight first-round picks. You got R.J. Barrett, you got Julius Randle, you got [Obi] Toppin, you got Immanuel Quickley and you still couldn\u2019t get Donovan Mitchell! You still couldn\u2019t get him! So once again, we\u2019re going to turn another season and the New York Knicks are devoid of a star.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It had long been assumed that Mitchell, a Westchester County native, wanted to play for the Knicks. But Knicks president Leon Rose refused to part with enough first-round picks to satisfy Utah CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of the two unprotected and three conditional first-round picks plus RJ Barrett that the Knicks offered, per The Post\u2019s Marc Berman, Utah got five first-round picks, Collin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen and Ochai Agbaji to send Mitchell to Cleveland.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/03022020_KnicksRockets_001cs-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Leon Rose\" class=\"wp-image-23728301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/03022020_KnicksRockets_001cs-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2048 2048w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/03022020_KnicksRockets_001cs-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/03022020_KnicksRockets_001cs-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/03022020_KnicksRockets_001cs-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Leon Rose<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNothing ever gets done in New York with the Knicks!\u201d Smith opined. \u201cNothing! Nothing!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt just never ends with the Knicks. It just never freaking ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That much, at least, is true.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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