Donovan Mitchell certain Cavaliers have enough at NBA trade deadline: ‘I think we’re in good shape’

Donovan Mitchell certain Cavaliers have enough at NBA trade deadline: ‘I think we’re in good shape’

Feel like there’s almost is there two Renditions to this team like the team pre mid December and the team that you guys have now um yeah I think you know you just got to let a season play out you know I think at least from my perspective I

Feel like out externally internally I felt like with how last year started and we just kept flowing you know what I mean there was an expectation to just come out the gates and do the same thing that’s not easy to do you know understanding that there’s going to be

Especially when you have injuries there going to be different things uh on a nightly on a in a season that’s going to you know there’s different hurdles you know and at the end of the day um I’ve played on teams that typically Peak January February you know what I mean

And I’ve started off slow um so like this is for me this is you know this is good this is tring in the right direction but you know at the end of the day just keeping I think as a whole as a group you know we finally found our

Identity of who we are what we can be um you know we’re not the same team as last year where we have we played differently you know that’s one thing you know we have different guys so it takes time and then on top of that that when you have

Guys hurt you know coming in for a game coming out you know then you have guys hurt for 6 to 8 weeks you know um you know it changes things so I think now we’re starting to figure it out and you know it’s a credit to everybody you know

Um the guys on the NBA TV said which is you know I think they said checking the Eagles at the door you know I think all of us have found our identity in that and contining to play you know the way we want to play it’s interesting you

Bring that up that checking the E is at your door because do you even feel like though that this team had to do that no but you know that’s a very underrated thing you know what I mean like to not have to do that so I think that’s that’s

What I speak to because you know that’s not the case all the time you know I think guys came in everybody came in 1 through 15 with the right intentions it was just a matter of how you know what I mean and I think that’s that’s huge you

Know especially when you have you know you have older guys you have younger guys it’s like it’s not like everybody’s you know seven eight years in the league you know so being able to have that camaraderie in the locker room having that unselfishness as a group starting

From from day one you know since I got here you know I mean that’s that’s a championship level mindset you know we just have to continue to play it together and you know we’re not even there yet we’re continuing to play you know at a right level and having the

Right mindset but it’s I’m going to keep saying it’s February 7th you know this is great you know we’re on a great win street but at the end of the day we’re trying to play until April being in the best position but you know definitely not you know satisfied with where we’re

At when you’re on the role that you guys have been on what does that do confidence wise for you guys knowing when you go out on the floor there’s got to be a certain amount of confidence to you every time you know I think you know

For us just continuing to play the way you know we know how to play knowing what we go like knowing where we are where our spots are knowing all these different things and you know tonight we didn’t start out well you know we didn’t play our best basketball and you know

For us to kind of still know that acknowledge that and be able to fix it you know it’s not always going to be pretty we’re not always going to blow teams out but you know it’s something to fall back on understanding that we have a a foundation especially defensively um

Offensively continue to push the pace and like I said it’s anybody anybody can score anybody can pass anybody’s getting the ball up the floor and moving it um so it’s been good but it’s definitely a level of confidence and the biggest thing now is controlling it you know

Continuing to you know play you know confident basketball but not coming in every Arena or coming in every place thinking we’re just going to teams are just going to roll over and we’re just going to win you know what I mean I think that’s you know that can be you

Know the downside of playing really well at this time so just continuing to you know having the mindset of every night we got to go get it because teams are coming for us Chris Donovan with the trade deadline tomorrow what is the feeling in terms of what you guys have

And what you still need well I mean the fact that I didn’t know was tomorrow I think speaks volumes um um I think we’re I think we’re in good shape you know I think every I don’t think anybody in the locker room is thinking about it like I

Said the fact that I don’t think we’ve ever talked about it outside of other teams you know what I mean so I think that just speaks volumes to what we got going on here and you know I think we’re in good shape you know I think we all

Think that and feel that and we have you know we have a lot to accomplish with this group so I think we’re excited about that when did you have the belief that that you guys have enough um I would say last year you know what I mean

Like with the way we played I mean obviously you know judge by how you doing the playoffs but when you win 51 games um I get traded three weeks before Camp um you have a a new new team new adjustment that’s no that’s no like

Small feat you know what I mean I think for me it’s was like okay cool this is who we are and obviously we didn’t none of us played the way we wanted to play in in the playoffs but coming back and then you add Max you know George you

Know two championship level guys who played you know at the highest level who can shoot can space the floor saman marrow’s emerged um you know I think for us and also internally we’ve gotten better um there was always a belief now I think the biggest thing is we’re

Playing that playing like it we’re all healthy you know KN going would and continuing uh to build from there

Donovan Mitchell addresses the media at the podium after the Cavs’ 114-106 win over the Wizards.