Ken Defends Donovan Mitchell's "Bad Contract" Label
Podcast: The Ken Carman Show with Anthony LimaPublished On: Wed Jul 08 2026
Description: Just hours after Donovan Mitchell signed his extension, national NBA media already started calling it a bad contract, exactly as Anthony predicted weeks earlier. Ken pushes back hard, arguing that almost every max contract for a non top-five player gets labeled bad in today's NBA and that the Cavs had no real alternative given what the Jarrett Allen and Jalen Brown trades suggest they'd get in return. Anthony and Ken agree the new CBA is forcing every team into this same bind, but they maintain Mitchell remains a top-tier player whose playoff heroics get unfairly compared to LeBron and Kyrie's career-best moments rather than a fair baseline. They close by teasing Jason Lloyd's take on where LeBron might land next and whether that's the same answer as where he legacy-wise should go.
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