CLEVELAND, Ohio — After a demoralizing 126-113 loss to the Toronto Raptors , Donovan Mitchell made a statement that left many scratching their heads.

Instead of expressing frustration, Mitchell embraced the team’s struggles.

“I hate to sound like a sicko, but this is great,” Mitchell said. “Because last year [we] started 15-0. We’re blowing teams out. Never really mentally tested. ... What are we, 8-5? Like, in those 13 games, we’ve had 13 different scenarios.”

This peculiar mindset became the central focus of the latest Wine and Gold Talk podcast, where cleveland.com columnist Jimmy Watkins didn’t hold back in questioning the star guard’s logic.

“On the one hand, Donovan tells us at the end of last year after the playoff exit that one of the ways that you build and demonstrate menta

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