ORLANDO — On Wednesday, the Cleveland Cavaliers were eliminated from the playoffs by the Boston Celtics. Now the NBA world is wondering if the Cavs front office might trade pieces of the team’s core, such as perennial All-Star Donovan Mitchell.has reported that teams the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers have trade offers ready for Mitchell if the Cavaliers fail to extend him this offseason since he still has one year left on his contract that will pay him over $35 million next season.
Orlando should be interested in Mitchell because he’d offer more consistent scoring outside of All-Star Paolo Banchero. "Defense wins championships" is a trusted aphorism in sports. But the Magic’s offense, which ranked 24th in scoring during the regular season at 110.5 points and fell to 100.3 points in the playoffs, was the exception to the rule.
The Magic have one of the best young cores in the NBA. Orlando’s front office would have to contemplate whether the team would be willing to trade Wagner who, at 22 years old, looks like he has All-Star seasons ahead of him just as Markkanen did after getting traded to Utah.