NEW YORK — Wherever Leon Rose, the mystery man running the Knicks front office, is sitting atop his mountain of protected draft picks, you have to wonder what he’s thinking these days about Donovan Mitchell.
Mitchell, if you recall from the summer, was supposed to be a Knick. The Westchester standout was so presumptuous of a homecoming that he told friends and family, “All right, keep this quiet, but it’s probably going to happen.”
Then the Cavs swooped in and Mitchell has played like a superstar in Cleveland. Thirty points or more in eight of the 10 games this season for the 26-year-old, the third leading scorer in the NBA. Even the most optimistic viewpoint didn’t predict Mitchell’s production as so robust.
