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Cavs acquire Mitchell for 3 players, 3 picks

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Agence France-Presse

September 3, 2022 | 12:00am

New York – Three-time NBA All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell was traded from the Utah Jazz to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday for three players and three NBA Draft picks, according to multiple reports.

The deal, reported by ESPN and The Athletic, comes two months after the Jazz moved superstar French big man Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Cleveland will send Collin Sexton, Finnish 7-foot forward Lauri Markkanen, Ochai Agbaji, a 22-year-old US guard and their top draft pick this year, as well as three future first-round picks plus two pick swaps to the Jazz.

Sexton, a 23-year-old US guard, will reportedly ink a four-year sign and trade deal worth $72 million on his way to the Jazz.

Neither club immediately confirmed the move but Mitchell, nicknamed Spider, retweeted Cleveland All-Star guard Darius Garland’s tweet “10 and (spider emoji)” with exclamation points.

Combined with the haul from the Gobert trade, the Jazz obtained seven first-round NBA Draft picks and three pick swaps from 2023-2029.

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