Overloaded and undersupported: Is Donovan Mitchell being asked to do too much?

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Cavs have a Donovan Mitchell problem. Not with his performance, but with their dangerous overdependence on him.

The latest episode of the Wine and Gold Talk podcast exposes the contradictory messaging and unsustainable strategy that could burn out their star before the games that truly matter.

Following Cleveland’s disappointing loss to Portland, podcast host Ethan Sands highlighted the troubling mixed messages coming from the coaching staff about Mitchell’s workload.

“Pregame, he said and admitted he does not want Donovan Mitchell to sustain this level of play for the entire 82-game season,” podcast host Ethan Sands recalled. “But then Kenny Atkinson comes into the post-game press conference and goes, ‘We need him to be Superman every night, quite honestly.’”

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