{"id":484851,"date":"2024-07-02T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=484851"},"modified":"2024-07-02T10:54:59","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T14:54:59","slug":"cavs-sign-donovan-mitchell-on-new-3-year-150-3m-deal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/cavs-sign-donovan-mitchell-on-new-3-year-150-3m-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavs sign Donovan Mitchell on new 3-year, $150.3M deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Donovan Mitchell plans to sign a three-year, $150.3 million maximum-level contract with the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/cleveland-cavaliers\/\">Cleveland Cavaliers<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>, according to reports This new deal includes a player option for the third year (2027-28), allowing the All-Star guard to potentially return to free agency when he&#8217;s eligible for a five-year, $380 million extension.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Donovan Mitchell has agreed on a three-year, $150.3M maximum contract extension that includes a player option for the 2027-28 season, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@wojespn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8bGwSVYpD1\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/8bGwSVYpD1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBA TV (@NBATV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBATV\/status\/1808149384401444876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Including the final year of his previous contract, Mitchell&#8217;s total commitment amounts to a four-year framework worth $185 million.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell, 27, confirmed his decision to stay with the Cavaliers in a social media post early Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"qme\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LetEmKnow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#LetEmKnow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cavs?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@cavs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QU1re4zn0G\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/QU1re4zn0G<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/spidadmitchell\/status\/1808122024805511659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>His decision comes after a stellar 2023-24 season, where he averaged 26.6 points and a career-best 6.1 assists per game. Despite being limited to 55 regular-season games due to injuries, Mitchell delivered a heroic performance in the playoffs, carrying the Cavaliers into the second round with impressive efforts in the final games against the Orlando Magic. However, a groin injury forced him out of the lineup during the second-round series against the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/boston-celtics\/\">Boston Celtics<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>, where he missed the final two games.<\/p>\n<p>Mitchell is entering his eighth NBA season, having played his first five seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/utah-jazz\/\">Utah Jazz<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>. Over his career, he has averaged 24.8 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 4.3 assists per game in 468 regular-season appearances. His decision to stay with Cleveland reinforces his commitment to the team&#8217;s future and their pursuit of further success in the NBA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donovan Mitchell plans to sign a three-year, $150.3 million maximum-level contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to reports This new deal includes a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":137,"featured_media":484852,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17531,17682],"news_category":[16706,16715],"gn_keywords":[18066,18366],"acf":{"announce":"The All-Star guard had a great season, averaging 26.6 points and a career-best 6.1 assists per game","video":[]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/137"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":484853,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/484851\/revisions\/484853"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484851"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=484851"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=484851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}