Utah Jazz CEO Danny Ainge declines to say whether Donovan Mitchell ever asked for a trade
Did the All-Star guard want out, or did the team decide on its own accord to ship him elsewhere? Ainge says he won’t “divulge our private conversations.”
(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) l-r Utah Jazz owner Ryan Smith, Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) and Danny Ainge, Utah Jazz CEO of Basketball Operations talk on the court during warmups prior to Game 6 of the 2022 NBA first-round playoff series against the Dallas Mavericks, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Salt Lake City.
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