Donovan Mitchell had 33 points in Game 3 of the Cavaliers’ series against the Celtics on Saturday but there’s no guarantee he’ll play in Game 4 on Monday night. He’s listed as questionable due to a left calf strain, according to Tim Bontemps of ESPN.
Cavaliers starting center Jarrett Allen is also listed as questionable due to a bruised rib, which has kept him out of action for the past six playoff contests.
We have more from the Central Division:
- Now that the Pistons have slipped four notches in the draft lottery once again, they might as well explore all avenues to trade the No. 5 pick, James Edwards III of The Athletic opines. The last thing Detroit needs is another developmental player on their already too-young roster and they have to get veteran help to complement Cade Cunningham‘s skill set, Edwards reasons. Packaging the pick and one or two of their other young players might be an option.
- Scratch Neil Olshey‘s name off the list of potential candidates for the Pistons’ president of basketball operations opening, according to Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports. The former Trail Blazers executive declined the Pistons’ invitation to interview for the role. Another report surfaced on Sunday that the Bucks won’t allow their GM, Jon Horst, to interview for the job.
- Tyrese Haliburton emerged from Game 3 of the Pacers’ series against the Knicks with a variety of ailments, including a sprained ankle, lower back spasms and a sacral contusion. Haliburton fought through those injuries in Game 4 on Sunday, contributing 20 points and six assists in Indiana’s lopsided win. “It felt good,” Haliburton said, per Dustin Dopirak of the Indianapolis Star. “We have the best medical staff in the NBA, so it’s been around-the-clock treatment. All things necessary for me to be good to go. Very appreciative of them. Now it’s just time for more treatment after this and I’ll be ready to go for Game 5.”
Not even top 4 picks want to move to Detriot.
Sources?
2021 Cade
3 years got 3 5th picks
2022 Ivey
2023 Thompson
2024
Rockets 4 years got 4 top 4
2021 HOU -1, DET +1
2022 HOU -2, DET -2
2023 HOU -2, DET -4
So until this lottery, it was both teams lost a net 5 draft spots. And the pick moving up only cost us James Harden. Leave us alone.
Is any bone in your body humorous?
If you want to be so straight. Nets gave a no.3 pick Allen, Lavert, Dinwiddie for Ben Simmons is 100% false. The no.3 pick Houston will be receiving is from the Harden to Nets trade. Try sarcasm or a joke even.
Mitchell is gone this summer…
It’s amazing how many people are bad at math. The Pistons did not “drop four notches”. The average pick position for them as the team with the worst record was 3.7. So they ended up moving down 1-2 spots. Still a bit unlucky but hardly unusual.
Being first in the pre-lottery order and fifth in the post-lottery order is dropping four spots, even if the odds were against them staying at No. 1.
Fair enough. Still a bit misleading for the author to frame it like that.
Bro thinks that you can’t flip heads 4 times in a row after you’ve already gotten 3 in a row because getting 4 in a row is super rare
Portland will be in sell-off mode. Monty would love Ayton back in mix… and DET gets their #1 pick they missed out on :)