Donovan Mitchell on Cavs #1 Seed, Career “MJ Moment,” Attending LeBron’s “Decision” & More | EP 135
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On today’s episode, we are joined by Cleveland Cavalier Donovan Mitchell!
Donovan and the guys discuss everything from the Cavs being the #1 seed in the East, the Luka trade, Ja Morant’s celebrations, and more of our favorite NBA storylines headed into the playoffs.
We also learn the backstory behind his time at Louisville with Lamar Jackson, his record-setting 71-point game against the Bulls, and what it was like to attend “The Decision” as a kid.
We also Blind Rank the greatest NBA throwback jerseys of all time, debate how many holes are in a basketball hoop, figure out how much he’d score in the 70s, Donovan’s all-time starting five, and so much more.
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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
02:40 – Donovan Mitchell Convo
04:05 – Cavs #1 Seed
13:00 – Best NBA Playoff Storylines
17:15 – Story Behind Dropping 71pts
21:10 – Louisville with Lamar Jackson
27:10 – Attending “The Decision”
31:35 – First Impressions of Cleveland
38:30 – Blind Ranking Jerseys
45:23 – How Many Holes in a Hoop?
46:40 – Fixing the Dunk Contest
54:20 – NBA vs NFL Debate
57:10 – Playing “Blind”
01:00:01 – Playing in the 70s
01:02:20 – All Time Starting Five
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22 Comments
We miss you here in Utah, Donovan.
Great interview and podcast.
Utah purchased the Jazz from Louisiana and kept the Jazz name, Utah JAZZ have the best uniforms, imo. But I am biased. The mountains don't represent the name Jazz, they represent Utah.
Trademarks won't let Utah use the name Yeti or Yeti's not even Utah Yeti because they say Utah is a generic name. Yeti Coolers don't want a collaboration with our hockey team. They have other names they are considering, it is what it is.
As a Kentucky girlie I’m loving the Kentucky repping although ya girl is not a Louisville fan 😂😂 Go UK!! 💙💙
Great interview Lads
Cavs v.s Thunder in the NBA finals who wins?
1:00:14
Cincinnati deserves its team back, we had a small stadium back then and the only other stadiums available were The Reds and Bengals fields which are both outside. If you give a team in Cincy time to build a good roster we’d show up for that team without a doubt
This has to be my favorite interview. Born in Cleveland and raised in Philly – this hit all of my sweet spots.
This Utahn still loves Donovan! My heart broke watching you sitting on the score table after the finals loss!
Great episode!
Yes, Louisville needs an NBA team
Yo Cavs are playing the Heat in the first round btw
Where's the Welcome to the NBA question?!!!
I’m a die hard Celtics fan, but Spida Mitchell is my favorite bball player that’s not a Celtic. He’s such a cool dude and amazing to watch. Also he always has insane games against the Celtics😂
Hey Everyone 🤠
Find the parts that interest you:
0:20 – Welcome to New Heights podcast
4:39 – Cavs are the number one seed
9:20 – Preparing for playoffs with two teams
12:41 – Discussing John Morant's celebration
17:20 – Scoring 71 points against the Bulls
19:30 – Comparing NBA scoring to NFL milestones
21:12 – Lamar Jackson's impact at Louisville
27:30 – Experience of LeBron's decision
29:32 – Community connection in Cleveland
36:34 – Discussing Cedar Point roller coasters
38:22 – Starting blind rankings of throwback jerseys
45:54 – Debate on holes in a straw
49:52 – Ideas to revive the dunk contest
54:57 – Discussion on NFL vs NBA potential
59:01 – Toughest arenas to play in
1:02:14 – All-time starting five picks
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This was fun! Thank You for a great interview.
He looks like the version of Gilbert Arenas that doesn’t bring a gun into the locker room..
Mr. Kelce.
I was in Oak for that 7 TD Foles game. As a visiting Eaglea fan, that was my favorite regular season game ever
Loved this Land Link Up. #KeepItCleve #CAVSBall
Someone looks skinner
Happy men !!! Good to see that
Boston, back to back.
Did you boys ever have older dudes that showed up at the parking lot and wanted to play some tackle football that were like way too old to be doing that shit? I’m in Kansas. We always had dudes that showed up to the park late in the year when it started to get cold out and they wanted to play tackle football Just to try and be violent. There’ll be no damn grass left on the field. I waited out to go out there slam old men down on the ground just to prove a point did y’all ever have that in Cleveland?