Former Louisville coach, Rick Pitino, dug deep into Donovan Mitchell’s potential move to the New York Knicks and explained why he’d welcome it with open arms.
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August 24, 2022 04:17PM EDT
August 24, 2022 04:17PM EDT
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The New York Knicks continue their pursuit of Donovan Mitchell, but Danny Ainge refuses to cave in and take a penny on the dollar for him. The Knicks don’t want to bet against themselves and overpay for his services.
Mitchell is one of the best young scorers in the world, but he can’t single-handedly lead the Utah
Notably, Rick Pitino knows him quite well from their days together at Louisville, and he believes there wouldn’t be a place he’d rather be than in New York City and playing for the Knicks.
“Donovan loves the Knicks,” Pitino said. “Donovan loves being around his mom, sister and dad. Donovan would treasure being a Knick. That being said, things have to work out. I’m hoping, keeping my fingers crossed that he becomes a Knick. It would be very special for me as a coach seeing him in a Knick uniform as an ex-Knick coach.”
“Brunson and Donovan Mitchell, that’s a helluva backcourt,” Pitino added. “Both are winners. They both are terrific people. I hope it happens certainly. It would be great for the Knicks and everybody who follows the Knicks.”
Aside from all the basketball stuff, Pitino believes Mitchell won’t crumble to the pressure of New York media like many other stars do. He lauded his core values and ethics as a person, and believes he’s ready for the shiny lights:
“We
The Knicks have enough assets to outbid every single team in their pursuit of Mitchell. But the Jazz continue to play hardball, so these trade talks might as well be dragged deep into the season.
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