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7 Ft NBA Star Earning $250 Million Gets Smacked by Shaquille O’Neal Just to Teach Donovan Mitchell a Lesson

Published 09/03/2022, 4:30 PM EDT

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The Utah Jazz has been one of the most active teams in the league this off-season. A few weeks back, they traded their star defender Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Moreover, Donovan Mitchell was also traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers very recently.

Donovan was linked to the New York Knicks heavily before he made the decision to join the Cavs. Interestingly enough, former Cavs player Shaquille O’Neal gave his thoughts regarding Donovan on the latest episode of his podcast.

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Shaq said, “I’mma tell Donovan the same thing my father told me. If you do what I tell you to do Donovan, you wouldn’t have all these problems.” He then goes on to talk about how Mitchell can be one of the greats. According to Shaq, Donovan has great speed, handles, and also scoring ability which can really make him great.

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Interestingly enough, while talking about Mitchell, Shaq brings in Rudy Gobert into his reasoning. The former NBA champion talked about how Mitchell can be one of the greats only if he wants to. Shaq said, “When I talk about how Rudy Gobert was, what happened three weeks ago? If he’s so good, why’d he get traded.

This is not the first time Shaq has taken shots at Rudy. It all started back in 2019 when Shaq told Gobert to ‘man up’ after the French International was snubbed from the All-Star weekend. 

Moreover, after Shaq talked about how Rudy will not be able to guard him, it forced Gobert to react. ‘I would lock his a** up‘ wrote the former Defensive Player of the Year under an Instagram post.

Donovan Mitchell makes a shock move to the Cavaliers

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The Utah Jazz and the New York Knicks teased a trade for Donovan Mitchell all throughout the off-season. However, it is the Cleveland Cavaliers who made the shock move.

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The Cavs acquired Mitchell from the Utah Jazz while sending Colin Sexton, Lauri Markkanen, and Ochai Agbaji. Moreover, the Jazz also received multiple picks first-round picks and pick swaps. With this deal, the Cavs have a really good team and are expected to make the playoffs at the very least.

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Abhinava is an NBA writer for EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor's in Journalism and Mass Communication. Abhinava has been following NBA for the past 6 years and is a huge fan of the Golden State Warriors and Stephen Curry.
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