Details have emerged on the new contract signed by combo guard Collin Sexton, a key return piece from the Jazz‘s trade of All-Star shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. According to Bobby Marks of ESPN (Twitter link), Sexton agreed to a four-year, $70.95MM guaranteed deal as part of a sign-and-trade with the team that drafted him in the 2018 lottery, the Cavaliers.
Marks reveals that Sexton will earn $16.5MM during the 2022/23 season, with 5% salary bumps in each subsequent season, ending in an $18.975MM cap hit in 2025/26. Marks notes that the deal includes $500K in annual unlikely incentives — if all were reached, the 6’1″ guard would earn a total of $72.95MM over four years.
Sexton, still just 23, missed all but 11 games in 2021/22, after which control of the Cavaliers’ offense landed primarily at the feet of eventual 2022 All-Star point guard Darius Garland. In his 11 healthy games, all starts, Sexton averaged 16.0 PPG, 3.3 RPG, 2.1 APG and 0.9 SPG.
There’s more out of the Northwest Division:
- Harrison Wind of DNVR Sports tweets that he is skeptical of the Nuggets being able to land any Jazz veterans. Utah appears to be open to trading all of the older players on its roster for future draft picks and younger pieces, having already made four such deals thus far this offseason, including of its two 2022 All-Stars, Mitchell and Rudy Gobert. Wind notes that, among Utah’s older players, jump-shooting power forward Bojan Bogdanovic would help Denver the most.
- Nuggets center Nikola Jokic, the reigning two-time NBA MVP, is looking to tear it up overseas in EuroBasket for the Serbian national team, writes Mike Singer of the Denver Post. Jokic, along with fellow All-NBA European stars Giannis Antetokounmpo and Luka Doncic, is set to play five group stage games before even getting to elimination rounds.
- Following the Jazz’s aforementioned decision to enact a roster teardown and accrue future assets to kick off a rebuild, it seems likely that the heavily protected 2024 first-round draft pick included as part of last year’s trade of bench big man Derrick Favors from Utah to the Thunder will remain with Utah, writes Joe Mussatto of the Oklahoman. The selection is top-1o protected from 2024-25, and then top-eight protected through 2026. If it lands in its protected range for all three years, it would stay with the Jazz and the Thunder wouldn’t get anything.
Sexton is a baller, he’s going to do very well in Utah.
I hope so. I wish the Cavs hadn’t gave up on him. Too much given away for what I think is a marginal upgrade.
Donovan right now is more than a marginal upgrade. All the professionals who tried to acquire him agree. He’s also a huge locker room and community presence. Someone that can take center stage on a national scale. Can anyone else on that roster say that? How about before the trade?
@Benboy
Just because no one on the team has HAD a chance to shine on a big stage doesn’t mean they can’t. But for the record, Sexton did score 40 points while playing shorthanded (3-on-5) during most of the second half in a loss to the University of Minnesota. His team was down by 10 with 10 minutes to go and he scored almost every point for his team and lost by 1. He also dropped 42 vs the Nets with their big 3 and won in double overtime. But my point was, what’s Mitchell going to do above his 26 average that Sexton already did (24 points per game) and is that difference worth Markannen, Agbaji, three 1st round picks and 2 pick swaps??
@knicksfancavsfan be a playoff performer and not be a diva. scores in certain games aren’t everything.
@Jaden
Not sure why you call him a diva. There’s been a lot placed on this kid not supported by anything he’s ever, said, did or exemplified.
Ask Kevin Love why the Cavs traded Sexton for Mitchell
link to m.youtube.com
That’s why I said “right now”. He’s already a proven playoff scorer and leader. He doesn’t back down from a challenge.
Scoring 40 points in a game is good, but there’s plenty of guys that can do that. THT did that last year, but you don’t hear people saying he’s as good as others that can.
Donovan is one of three men in NBA history to score 50+ points multiple times in the same playoff series.
Why is that impressive? Because the playoffs are where defenses have a lot more time to figure you out and counter your moves, double team, triple team, zones, etc. Plus, defenders on playoff teams are better than lottery teams.
He outscored Jamal Murray in those duels. This was without Bojan taking heat off him because he was injured. Nobody else was really scoring regularly, so it should’ve been easier for the Nuggets to focus on Donovan. That wasn’t the case.
Where the two differ is Donovan is a lot more crafty. He knows how to use screens better. His moves are more precise and calculated.
Sexton reminds me of a smaller version of Dante Exum. Why do you think the Cavs traded for him? He only has one speed, sprinting. That’s why guys like that always tend to get injured.
DRose has the same problem. They go so hard all the time that they put themselves in dangerous situations.
The only reason Westbrook doesn’t get injured is he’s a more powerful dunker, like Vince Carter. He also has a lot more muscle to protect his body. Falling correctly can also save you from landing awkwardly. Karl Malone would always maneuver in the air so he would land on his bum. Much more padding and muscle in that area.
The other area where they differ is mentally. Donovan is a pretty smart guy. That helps him figure out defenses, especially by the second half. I don’t get that same vibe from Sexton, but I could be wrong.
P.S. Reading and solving mysteries are the best way to improve intelligence, according to the person with the highest IQ in the world.
Cavs were much better without Sexton
Mitchell is a winner. He was the best player on a contending team. Sexton isn’t even close to that. He will be relegated to a 6th man role on a non ranking team at best
@Lionel
That’s a really dumb thing to say. He was drafted by a team with one of the worst records in the nba. That’s beyond his control. Is Cade Cunningham going to be that too? Wins/loss are team efforts. He’s had 4 or 5 different coaches in his first 4 years. He’s never not been a starter. What you say means nothing. Im not emotional about HIM but Sexton scored 24 two years ago. Mitchell scored 26. Offense was a problem last year. We traded a similar scorer AND gave up Markannen who thrived in his role plus a highly rated player in Agbaji. What is Mitchell going to do, become a 50 point per game player? Of course not. But the team now has top fund a solution at SG.
Says a Knicks fan…. grain of salt
Exactly. Although, because he says he’s a Cavs fans as well, I’m willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. ;-)
@Randy
So what im a Knicks fan. im not spouting out stupid suggestions. In terms of. points on the board, Mitchell isn’t worth losing Sexton, Markkanen and Agbaji. The net point difference is huge.
He’s gonna get a lot of shots probably. That is unless they keep Clarkson and Beasley. Three chuckers on one gram is a problem.
@Lionel
Sexton is an efficient scorer who was told to shoot more shots. Ppl need to stop acting stupid. He wasn’t the point guard, still managed a career high 4.4 assists as the SG and was told he should be shooting 18-20 shots a game. The fact he’s told to do doo by his coaches and then condemned for doing it well is hilarious. His shooting numbers are better than Mitchell and a lot of other highly regarded guards. Clarkson is a volume shooter. Beasley shoots the 3 well but his overall FG% is still under 40%
Weird they wouldn’t front load his contact considering they aren’t contending now
@Dynamite The Jazz are within $1.7M of the Luxury Tax right now. Even if they trade their vets they won’t likely lower salary because they have to bring equal value back. The only way to lower salary is to trade to a team with capspace and expiring contracts. Buyouts have their limitations.
Keep in mind, I am excited the Jazz got Sexton. His recent interviews from his summer training videos tells me he’s got a really positive, healthy outlook. It’s pretty much the perfect time for him to have a resurgence.
The only roadblock will be trusting his knee.
Although, the workouts he’s doing are impossible on a bad knee.
He also looks like he noticeably bulked up, but it’s still lean. He’ll be faster than Donovan, for sure. His muscle should allow him to take more body contact.
Although, if I were in the NBA, I’d rely more on fadeaways and the midrange shots if you want to be less injury prone.
The hurry up and give us your young guys and picks for the rest of our old guys… Ain’t Happening. The camel has grunted. Ainge the Great is going to have a winnish enough team till at least Jan 15th whether all of you like it or not.
Connelly can only go to a veteran team. His contract makes him dead weight this year.
Of course everyone wants Bogdan to go to Denver. The Pelicans are a better idea.
Beasley is the most valuable trade option behind Gordon. Which ever team(s) hang on to the fantasy of making the third round plus will sell short to get him.
It reads here that I would not be surprised to see him back on the Wolves.
Rudy Gay has an eastern conference skill set all the way. Whom do you place him with?
1. Cleveland 2. Philly 3. Boston.
I could see him going back to the Kings with Brown there.