Donovan Mitchell's Haphazard Fate

Interestingly, Carter soon responded to Chen's assessment of him.

He replied to Chen Xi's post with, "The future is yours."

It was a line that made for great entertainment, and for a while, plenty of Duncan and James fans couldn't help but like it~~

Time continued to flow. Although Vince Carter's retirement had been big news on the 22nd, looking at the summer as a whole, it was just a small pebble tossed into the sea.

After stirring up a few ripples, it soon faded away into the vast ocean.

July 27.

The first major trade of the off-season went down.

The Utah Jazz decided to send Donovan Mitchell to the Detroit Pistons, far away in the Eastern Conference.

In return, they received center Draymond, guard Cory Joseph, a first-round pick protected in the top three, and a second-round pick.

This was clearly another trade that could potentially change the balance of power in the League.

The Jazz had sent away the Core of the team they'd discovered in 2017, in exchange for Drummond's expiring contract and a veteran guard with ten years of experience in the League.

Of course, what they really wanted was obviously not those two players, but the first-round pick protected in the top three.

Clearly, they were officially beginning their Rebuilding.

As for the Pistons' goal, that was obvious.

After trading away a big man who took up a huge amount of cap space, they would build an entirely new core.

It was easy to imagine that in the new season, the Backcourt Duo of Donovan Mitchell and LaMelo Ball could become another rising force in the Eastern Conference...

This major trade, unexpected yet entirely reasonable, naturally caused quite a stir.

Of course, at this point, the analysts still thought it was a win-win trade