Houston Rockets named ‘worst choice’ for Cavaliers’ Donovan Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell and the NBA trade rumors – name a more iconic duo.

Mitchell is making the rounds of the rumor mill again. His Cleveland Cavaliers are currently tied 1-1 with the Boston Celtics in the playoffs. One way or another, he’s a trade target anyway.

Watch the Bleacher Report. They just published an article naming Mitchell’s best and worst choices in terms of suitors. They believe that the Houston Rockets would be the worst players in the league.

It’s hard to argue with that.

It’s tempting to argue for big business. If the Rockets were a better team, they would be more fun to watch. Instant gratification, at the very least, is always rewarding.

For a short time, at least. The Rockets should play the long game. This team should continue to explore the potential of its young core before making a blockbuster deal for a player like Mitchell.

Unless a top 5 player enters the market. Mitchell, remarkable as he is, is not that. We therefore believe that the logic of Bleacher Report was followed

Interestingly enough, we entertained the idea of ​​Mitchell landing in Houston for entirely different reasons.

We were more concerned about the fit of the basketball.

Mitchell is too small to share a backcourt with Fred VanVleet. He’s too concerned about scoring to share a backcourt with Jalen Green, and he’s too defensively handicapping to share the field with Alperen Sengun.

In other words, Mitchell doesn’t fit in with most of this team. There are various reasons why he doesn’t compliment various players on this list.

So we already thought the Rockets shouldn’t trade for Mitchell. Today, Bleacher Report added fuel to that fire. This makes no sense from an asset recovery perspective or from a field perspective.

However, this is not likely to stop the rumors.