Donovan Mitchell trade rumors: Knicks, Heat, Nets among potential destinations for Jazz All-Star guard

The Jazz are no longer turning away trade offers for their All-Star

Danny Ainge is a man of extremes. He's either all-in on winning a championship -- as he was when he swapped all of the Boston Celtics' youth for Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in the summer of 2007 -- or he's all the way out. When it became clear the Celtics were no longer a viable championship contender, he traded Garnett and Paul Pierce for an entire future in one fell swoop.

That always made the notion that the Utah Jazz might keep Donovan Mitchell after dealing Rudy Gobert somewhat laughable. Nothing about Ainge suggests he would be interested in chasing the play-in tournament for a year or two before Mitchell himself eventually forced his way to a contender of his own choosing. Ainge is many things. Delusional isn't one of them. Once it became clear the Jazz in their previous construction were never going to win a championship, a full-scale reboot involving trades of both Mitchell and Gobert has felt inevitable.

So as we construct possible Mitchell deals in light of Adrian Wojnarowski's reporting on the All-Star guard's availability, we must do so through the lens of Ainge's ambitions. This is not a man known for half measures. He isn't going to want to make a deal that keeps the Jazz somewhat competitive. The name of the game here is picks and upside. In a perfect world, Utah will land assets that will pay off down the line without threatening its immediate efforts to tank. Here are the five teams best positioned to give the Jazz such a package.