Donovan Mitchell & Caris LeVert | Cavs vs Nets Post Game | 1.11.2024

Donovan Mitchell & Caris LeVert | Cavs vs Nets Post Game | 1.11.2024

Hi Donovan hi Caris uh Donovan uh hello what did you like the most about your experience in Paris except scoring 45 points in an NBA game and would you like to come back for the Olympics um I answer the second question first definitely I love to come

Back and and play the Olympics this city is um you know a very electric Basketball City I realized that when I first came out here on my shoe tour and you know I didn’t real it you know I think so now like just seeing it you

Know having a you know being here it’s my third or fourth time out here so um just being able to see this experience you know to be a part of this and be do it with the NBA do it with my teammates you know it’s incredible we’ve had a lot

Of fun um and I’m glad we got the win as well stay in the front here Center please Donovan two questions another Olympics one I mean this this is the the arena where the gold medal game will be did did you have it I guess like maybe

Even in the back of your mind to to kind of show out here just knowing that and then you were waiting to come in back into the game when the the Thompson claxon thing happened and the Nets had the momentum um so I’d like you to talk

About the Olympics issue and also um the where you were where the Cavs were at at that point in the game and and how you kind of had to to help turn the tide there um um sorry the first question was well oh yeah I mean um not so much the Olympics

But more so just like you know put on a show for for Paris you know what I mean I think that’s kind of the the biggest thing you always want to be able to do it in on a big stage like this and just

Have a lot of fun with like I said the experience has been great we’ve had you know a phenomenal time visiting helping kids you know practicing eating dinners with each other so um it’s been great you know I think it was definitely a great Vibe um but then as far as the

That momentum you know I think honestly I give I give ver a lot of credit you know you know we came over we had the same mindset but you know he said it out loud it’s kind of like all right like you know this is how they get back in

The game right here this is how that momentum changes and we you know made it a point you know as a team to come out and like you know what kind of quiet it down and and and go from there but you got to give them credit they don’t stop

Fighting you know to be down 20 25 whatever it was the whole game to come back and fight that’s impressive but at the end of the day we we did we held our own and that’s what we’re supposed to do okay now fifth row on the left hand

Side hey jonovan hey Carris uh Caris is having a great season he’s a legitimate candidate for the award of six man of the year should be and he has in the bag you ask how do you feel about being a Sixth Man of the Year how do I feel

About it um I feel like I should be um I feel like honestly it’s a uh a team award more than it is an individual I feel like we’ve been doing a great job especially on this run um of taking care of business um and I just try to give

Energy where it’s needed uh when I check in the game um but like I said it’s a you know a product of uh great teammates staying on the left hand side on the fourth row Sammy three-point shots were not falling in those three quarters what what did it

Feel like to to finally connect on on this fourth quarter and and and extend the game for for you and Carries just your your in-game experience with all the fans the celebrities like what did you think of this of this game go first it was an amazing environment um it felt

Like an All-Star game um honestly and uh you know I feel like Donovan kind of uh he set the tone like he he put on the show especially in that second half it was uh I know it was great for you all to watch but it was great you know on

The court to see it as well we kind of felt that energy um and we needed it honestly uh they came you know on a run um and Don was matching him shot for shot you know kind of by himself so um he’s been doing that since he got to

Cleveland um and hats off to him for sure uh um and then as far as the three ball goes you you know I felt like you know they were getting good looks you know I felt felt pretty good and you know the biggest thing is keep shooting you know

I doesn’t matter you know you work on it you rrap it out you know the biggest thing is not once you stop shooting essentially you’re quitting on yourself you know you’re quitting on your teammates so those are the shots that I I liked I took and you know when it

Mattered most you know they went in front row here on the left uh hi and Donovan what would you think about potentially playing in Germany because uh our network broadcasts NBA games in in Germany and we are trying to to get a game in the future you spoke very

Positively about Paris um so what what do you think about potentially going to Berlin or Munich I mean honestly if we could play one game over overseas every year I wouldn’t mind that at all but definitely I’ve been to Germany obviously the did his headquarters are

There um it’ be dope you know I’ve been I’ve been to a few cities out there I think it’d be a lot of fun um the NBA has become so Global done a phenomenal job of going to different different countries even though I think if we had

A game out there in Germany I would love to be a part of I think we all would love to be a part of that but um we’ll see do a lot of gummy bears oh definitely we get some gummy bears for sure for sure take a question on the sort of

Right hand side of the middle how you do night K question for both of you how different how special is it for you to to play in front of an inter International crowd I didn’t hear it I didn’t hear it I’m sorry can you repeat the question oh

Special a different is it to play in front of an international crowd yeah it was uh it was very special um you know we felt the energy as soon as we kind of started the game started warm-ups um you know this is the first time that I’ve played a regular season

Game overseas so um it was definitely you know a special event especially for my family to see um I think everyone had a great time out here um and obviously the win was the most important thing for us and we got that done yeah it’s it’s

Incredible you know like I said the the game game has become Global you know to see the love that we’ve gotten from leaving the hotel to going to these clinics to doing different things events to then ultimately playing the game you know it means a lot you know we don’t we

Understand that especially being out here we realize how early you guys have to wake up to watch these games um and you know that we for for you guys showing love to us you know we actually love that we can come out here and show love just by being out here and the

Support has been phenomenal next question second row far right yeah guys congratulations for the uh win uh Donovan I’m from Athens Greece in some days you play with the bus how do you see the game and what’s your opinion about our guy Jano um jannis is a incredible player so he’s MVP two-time

MVP Champion um he does a lot of really really good things and you know they’re always a tough matchup you know I think at the end of the day we he he does he puts in the work he puts in the time um and he definitely puts on for for Greece

And you know he’s he’s one of the best players play in our game fourth row towards the middle uh vert don’t want to be a hater but uh you miss four free throws in a home game uh did the booze you know that were kind of like odd for for being in a

Home game you know because of Nets fans being as more present than they would have been in in Cleveland did that play a role or was it just like you know one of these days it’s not like you it’s not like you yeah I know it’s not like you I

Don’t know I was mad myself for sure I didn’t hear any booze though to be honest the only thing I heard was the MVPs uh for Don um but yeah I I was I was pissed off of myself too okay last question towards the back on the right hand side I Donovan right

Sorry Hi Donovan you probably heard some of the CH from the crowd about MVP there weren’t obviously many people better than the League last year is there something that motivates you I know you’re very complimentary towards your teammate for the Sixth Man Award but what about that one for yourself um I

Mean yeah obviously you know you worked you know as much as the team Awards you work for individual Awards but my biggest thing has always been you know with the team success comes the individual Awards you know so I I don’t worry too much about it you know I let

The you know the kind of the game talk for itself and you know like I said once with our team success and when we start winning games as a group ultimately those things kind of you know come together so um yes I would love to to

Win MVP I love to be you know all MBA again an Allstar and all these different things but my biggest priority right now is helping the team win and everything else will kind of take care of itself right okay

Cleveland Cavaliers guards Donovan Mitchell and Caris LeVert spoke with the media following a 111-102 victory over the Brooklyn Nets at Accor Arena on January 11, 2024.