The fading Cleveland Cadavers got blown out today. Agayne. That’s two straight L's, both b.o.'s, three L's in four, the third a b.o., 4 L’s in 6, and 7 in 10 (with accompanying 4th b.o.)—and they’re still in 2nd place! That’s where they are but they stink and their season is headed to the bottom of the lake.
Oh, and guess what? Donovan Mitchell, the best Cadaver, is going to be taking his talents elsewhere in the off-season. Which will make Dying Dan Gilbert go full comic sans agayne. Dying Dan was oh so confident that one LeBron James would re-up with this Dead franchise fourteen summers ago. Whoops. As he was confident as recently as March 28 when he stated:
“We’ve been talking to him [Mitchell] sure, for the last couple of years about extending this contract. We think he will extend. I think if you listen to him talk, he loves the city. He loves the situation in Cleveland because our players are very young and we’re just kind of putting the core together that he’s clearly the biggest part of.”
That's Dying Dan trying to box Mitchell in. Mitchell wouldn't crawl inside that pine box. Well, The Athletic did listen to Mitchell talk. They asked him about Dying Dan's words. Mitchell:
"I’ll handle that when it comes, and I understand you gotta ask that question and I’ll give you the same answer.”
Then, yesterday: The buzz in NBA circles suggests that barring a run to the NBA Finals, Mitchell will decline an extension and look elsewhere...
Why would any quality person or athlete want to be in “the situation in Cleveland” working for Dying Dan Gilbert and Drunk Koby Altman with a fan base indulged by a man from Pluto that will burn your jersey in a city that smells like a rotting corpse?
