Kendrick Perkins: Donovan Mitchell, we don’t want to hear it, brother. We don’t want to hear it. This is why we don’t want to hear this about—oh, what he said. What did he say yesterday? ‘We’re gonna what? And count us out’ or something? What are you talking about, Donovan? A Donovan Mitchell-led team has never been to the Conference Finals. Donovan Mitchell, you got a coach fired. You got J.B. Bickerstaff fired. This is a fact. You had no communication with that man while he was there. You didn’t like him, right? Soon as he got fired, you signed a contract extension, right? You extended with the Cavs.
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Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz
Something I feel even more strongly about than Donovan Mitchell lol: I like Pablo Torre and others who have done this, but nobody should ever use anonymous quote to call anyone “worst person I’ve ever dealt with on earth..” (as Torre did with Belichick girlfriend) or viciously – 6:13 PM
Something I feel even more strongly about than Donovan Mitchell lol: I like Pablo Torre and others who have done this, but nobody should ever use anonymous quote to call anyone “worst person I’ve ever dealt with on earth..” (as Torre did with Belichick girlfriend) or viciously – 6:13 PM
Cleveland Plain Dealer @PDcavsinsider
The fight isn’t over for Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs.
Picture: Joshua Gunter pic.x.com/9oUQHi9qja – 7:33 PM
The fight isn’t over for Donovan Mitchell and the Cavs.
Picture: Joshua Gunter pic.x.com/9oUQHi9qja – 7:33 PM
Chris Fedor @ChrisFedor
#Cavs Donovan Mitchell had pain in his voice and droopiness in his eyes when arriving to the practice facility for his exit meeting. Before heading on tour, Mitchell delivered one last message.
cleveland.com/cavs/2025/05/d… – 3:09 PM
#Cavs Donovan Mitchell had pain in his voice and droopiness in his eyes when arriving to the practice facility for his exit meeting. Before heading on tour, Mitchell delivered one last message.
cleveland.com/cavs/2025/05/d… – 3:09 PM
Lev Akabas @LevAkabas
Donovan Mitchell carried a ridiculously high scoring load this postseason
Who’s shooting well / poorly in the 2025 NBA Playoffs so far 👇 pic.x.com/qXi25uyEFO – 12:50 PM
Donovan Mitchell carried a ridiculously high scoring load this postseason
Who’s shooting well / poorly in the 2025 NBA Playoffs so far 👇 pic.x.com/qXi25uyEFO – 12:50 PM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Donovan Mitchell on this team being doubted next year: “In all honesty, it won’t matter until April…we could go 82-0 and no one would care” – 10:18 AM
Donovan Mitchell on this team being doubted next year: “In all honesty, it won’t matter until April…we could go 82-0 and no one would care” – 10:18 AM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Donovan Mitchell: “This is a special place. All season is felt like this is what I dreamed of as a kid.” – 10:08 AM
Donovan Mitchell: “This is a special place. All season is felt like this is what I dreamed of as a kid.” – 10:08 AM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Donovan Mitchell: “This is what makes people who they are. This is what makes teams who we are.” – 10:07 AM
Donovan Mitchell: “This is what makes people who they are. This is what makes teams who we are.” – 10:07 AM
Danny Cunningham @RealDCunningham
Donovan Mitchell was one of the last people to leave the arena on Tuesday, walking gingerly across the floor one last time more than two hours after the final buzzer sounded on the season.
Knowing the Cavs came up short and need to wear this all summer. open.substack.com/pub/theinsides… pic.x.com/sIHrNgwIkQ – 9:02 AM
Donovan Mitchell was one of the last people to leave the arena on Tuesday, walking gingerly across the floor one last time more than two hours after the final buzzer sounded on the season.
Knowing the Cavs came up short and need to wear this all summer. open.substack.com/pub/theinsides… pic.x.com/sIHrNgwIkQ – 9:02 AM
Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Donovan Mitchell on Cavs’ early exit: “We let the city down, but we’ll be back” sportando.basketball/en/donovan-mit… – 2:09 AM
Donovan Mitchell on Cavs’ early exit: “We let the city down, but we’ll be back” sportando.basketball/en/donovan-mit… – 2:09 AM
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Who would you say are your comps at the NBA level? Walter Clayton: Me personally, I’ll let other people do the comparison. Me personally, I don’t do comps. I kinda said it already. I like to take bits and pieces from different guys’ games, but I just try to be me. Which guys are you talking about in particular? Walter Clayton: Donovan Mitchell is one of them, just with his full game. He gets in there, never gets too deep in the paint. So just all the different footwork he has with that. Obviously guys like [Stephen] Curry, just their footwork. Klay Thompson, coming off ball screens, even dribble pull-ups. And just looking at other guys like Jrue Holiday, trying to take their game apart, seeing how I can improve on the defensive end of the ball. -via HoopsHype / May 14, 2025
A few minutes after the final buzzer sounded and with the dust just beginning to settle on a 64-win season for the Cleveland Cavaliers that did not produce even a conference finals appearance, Donovan Mitchell returned to the sideline and took a seat on the bench. He held his phone in his hands, but he wasn’t looking at it. Instead, he sat with his lip pursued, his gaze unfixed and his expression unchanging. “I just couldn’t believe it,” Mitchell said following the Cavs’ season-ending 114-105 loss in Game 5 on Tuesday night. “Didn’t want to believe it. Don’t want to believe it. Still don’t want to believe it.” -via ESPN / May 14, 2025
Danny Cunningham: Donovan Mitchell: “Y’all gonna write us the f— off, man…We’ll be back.” -via Twitter @RealDCunningham / May 13, 2025