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RJ Barrett Extension Created ‘Incredible Amount Of Animus’ Between Knicks, Jazz

RJ Barrett Not Believed To Be Dealbreaker In Discussions Between Knicks, Jazz On Donovan Mitchell

The New York Knicks and Utah Jazz had made “some progress, some traction” on a Donovan Mitchell trade before a contract extension was agreed to with RJ Barrett, which led to a collapse to the talks.

“A wrecking ball hit when the Knicks and Jazz wouldn’t come to terms,” said Brian Windhorst. “I don’t know who said no. I don’t know if it was the Knicks who said no, or the Jazz who said no. The Knicks went ahead and signed RJ Barrett to a contract extension on Monday.

“That created an incredible amount of animus between the two organizations. I definitely felt it in talking to people over the last 24 hours. I will tell you that even though I felt that there was some scar tissue there, I was saying ‘It is only August 31st, September 1st. That doesn’t mean they’re not going to do a deal.'”

The Cleveland Cavaliers went on to engage the Jazz on a trade for Mitchell and a deal was reached on Thursday without the Knicks being brought back to the table to improve their offer.

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