Cavaliers are realizing they may never win a championship with Donovan Mitchell as the No.1 guy

King James Gospel's Creshonda Smith argues the Cleveland Cavaliers must question whether Donovan Mitchell can truly serve as a championship-caliber primary option. Despite building around Mitchell and adding veteran James Harden as a secondary star, Cleveland has started the season 4-4. The article contends that Mitchell's recurring playoff eliminations in both Utah and Cleveland indicate a troubling pattern.

While acknowledging Mitchell's elite scoring ability and past Eastern Conference Finals run, Smith suggests that leading a title team requires overcoming adversity rather than just compiling stats. With Harden brought in specifically as a complementary piece, Smith asserts the Cavaliers need Mitchell to prove he is genuinely an elite number-one option.