By Anthony Caruso III | Publisher
The Utah Jazz has finally traded Donovan Mitchell. The Jazz traded both of their stars this off-season.
Rudy Gobert was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves in July. Two months later, Mitchell was traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Lauri Markkanen, Collin Sexton, and Ochai Agbaji went back to the Jazz in the package. Utah also received three unprotected first-round draft picks and two draft swaps in the deal.
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The Jazz now has 10 first-round draft picks from 2023 through 2029 from the two deals. Five first-round draft picks are unprotected, three pick swaps, one is Top 12 protected, and another is Top 5 protected.
Utah also received Walker Kessler, Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverly, Leandro Bolmaro, and Jarred Vanderbilt. Beverly was swapped to the Los Angeles Lakers for Stanley Johnson and Talen Horton-Tucker.
Sexton has re-signed with the Jazz. He has received a four-year, $72 million deal.
The 25-year-old Mitchell spent five seasons with the Jazz. He averaged 25.9 points per game last season.
The 25-year-old Markkanen joins his third NBA team. He spent one season with the Cavaliers after being acquired in a previous deal with the Chicago Bulls.
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He averaged 14.8 points per game in his lone season with the Cavaliers.
The 23-year-old Sexton spent four seasons with the Cavaliers. He averaged 16 points per game last season.
Agbaji was a first-round draft pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.
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