CLEVELAND — Even when Donovan Mitchell was thinking about planting roots in South Florida, even when Bam Adebayo was playing as Mitchell’s summer teammate at the Miami Pro League, and even when the “Let’s Go Heat!” chants filled that gym during Mitchell’s appearances, Adebayo took it all for what it was (and mostly wasn’t) worth.
“The media saw that and magnified that,” Adebayo said of the summer simmer that tried to connect Mitchell to a potential trade to the Heat. “To me, it was just playing with one of my best friends.”
Ultimately, Mitchell was traded by the Utah Jazz to the Cleveland Cavaliers, the Heat’s opponent on Tuesday night at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.
