<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-deaaron-fox-gets-bold-mvp-take-from-davion-mitchell');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings’ De’Aaron Fox gets bold MVP take from Davion Mitchell');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kings-news-deaaron-fox-gets-bold-mvp-take-from-davion-mitchell.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings’ De’Aaron Fox gets bold MVP take from Davion Mitchell</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-10T10:06:54-07:00">August 10th, 10:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-10T10:08:11-07:00">August 10th, 10:08am</time><address><a>Brett Siegel</a>Brett Siegel joined ClutchPoints as a credentialed NBA insider and reporter in May 2023 after previously covering the NBA for Fastbreak on FanNation and NBA Analysis Network, as well as working with Louisville Basketball. From playing to coaching to covering the game as a media member, Brett has been involved with the game of basketball from many different perspectives. Breaking the news of various free agent signings, yearly NBA Draft news and other key stories around the league, Brett is always on the phone, getting the latest news and rumors around the NBA. Be sure to follow him on Twitter @BrettSiegelNBA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Chants of “SAC-RA-MENTO” rained down from the very top row of Golden 1 Center back on April 30 even though the Sacramento Kings fell in Game 7 of their first-round playoff series to the Golden State Warriors. This is because the past year was one of the most successful in team history and Kings fans couldn’t be more proud of their team.</p><p>What the Kings achieved as an organization during the 2022-23 season will forever live in team lore, as they finally snapped what had become a 16-season playoff drought and they have very quickly <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/deaaron-fox-kings-playoffs-exit-vs-warriors-draws-painful-take-from-gm" rel="noopener">put themselves on notice</a> as one of the better teams in the league. In fact, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-deaaron-foxs-sobering-7-word-take-on-crushing-loss-to-steph-curry-warriors" rel="noopener">inexperience</a> may have been the only thing holding them back from taking down the defending NBA champions in this playoff series!</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-mike-brown-wins-coach-of-the-year-award-after-snapping-16-year-playoff-drought" rel="noopener">Mike Brown</a> did a fantastic job in his first season as the head coach of the franchise, Domantas Sabonis has continued to solidify himself as one of the best big men in the entire league and the leap De’Aaron Fox made during his sixth NBA season was vast. Fox has rapidly gone from a young player raising eyebrows to being a household name across the basketball world.</p><p>Now, he may be ready to fully take that next step towards stardom with the Kings, as the All-Star and All-NBA guard could put his name in the running for one of the league’s top awards. Sacramento knows what their star guard is <a href="https://youtu.be/EbT5oQPvmCU" rel="noopener">capable of</a> and having to face him every day in practice, third-year guard Davion Mitchell knows that Fox can take home the league’s Most Valuable Player award.</p><p>“Man, De’Aaron. I seen something like he was a top-five MVP candidate. I think it’s definitely true,” Mitchell said on the Deuce and Mo podcast. “He’s running the team, he’s talking more… He’s being a leader. We already know what he can do on the floor, he’s playing defense more, he’s guarding the best players, he’s doing that type of stuff. And when you got a player like that at that level, playing a lot of minutes, a young player, I think we’re going to be tough to beat.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"></figure><p>This offseason, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-monte-mcnair-no-major-upgrades-offseason" rel="noopener">Kings retained</a> their entire core group, which is made up of a ton of youthful, growing talents. Sacramento is only going to get better and already being a tough team to beat, they could end up with one of the best records in the league this upcoming 2023-24 season.</p><p>As long as Fox is on the floor, the Kings have a chance to beat any other team in this league. This is why the 25-year-old guard is on the MVP radar and why he has a chance to do something special in Sacramento for many years to come.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings’ De’Aaron Fox gets bold MVP take from Davion Mitchell

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-davion-mitchell-stephen-curry-plan-improvement-nearly-taking-down-warriors-2023-nba-playoffs');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings defensive stud Davion Mitchell reveals Stephen Curry plan for improvement after nearly taking down Warriors in NBA Playoffs');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/kings-news-davion-mitchell-reveals-stephen-curry-plan-for-improvement-after-taking-down-warriors-in-nba-playoffs.jpg"></figure><h1>Kings defensive stud Davion Mitchell reveals Stephen Curry plan for improvement after nearly taking down Warriors in NBA Playoffs</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-08-07T15:14:48-07:00">August 7th, 3:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-08-07T15:14:48-07:00">August 7th, 3:14pm</time><address><a>Quenton Albertie</a>Quenton Albertie is an author and sportswriter with a focus on the NBA. A native of Fort Hood, TX, Albertie currently lives in Atlanta, GA.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Sacramento Kings <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-deaaron-fox-praises-big-time-davion-mitchell-for-handling-steph-curry-in-game-2-win-over-warriors" rel="noopener">defensive standout Davion Mitchell</a> knows what his main weakness is, and he’s looking to the best 3-point shooter in NBA history to help him fix it. Well at least his shooting coach, Brandon Payne, as Payne is helping Mitchell become more comfortable with the mental aspects of being a consistent outside threat.</p><p>Revealing that improving his jump shot has been his focus every year, Mitchell tells the Deuce and Mo podcast that the day after the Kings were eliminated from the 2023 NBA Playoffs, he decided he needed to seek out the best 3-point threats in the NBA.</p><p>“If I was a better shooter,” Mitchell says, “I would have been on the floor more, you know what I’m sayin’? Game 6 and Game 7.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Davion Mitchell has spent the offseason working with Steph Curry's shooting coach Brandon Payne.</p><p>He got to work right after the season ended.</p><p>"If I was a better shooter, I would have been on the floor more, you know what I'm sayin? Game 6 and Game 7." <a href="https://t.co/BbhQXsru9K">pic.twitter.com/BbhQXsru9K</a></p><p>— Deuce Mason (@DeuceMason) <a href="https://twitter.com/DeuceMason/status/1688630188991758336?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 7, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“I was never relaxed when I shoot until I started working out with Brandon Payne,” Mitchell reveals.</p><h2>The importance of Davion Mitchell</h2><p>A Cinderella team last season, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/10-greatest-kings-in-franchise-history-ranked" rel="noopener">the Sacramento Kings</a> were young, a roster full of princes. One might even say that descriptive fits 25-year-old team leader De’Aaron Fox, the NBA’s inaugural <a href="https://www.nba.com/news/2022-23-kia-nba-clutch-player-of-the-year" rel="noopener">Clutch Player of the Year</a> in 2022-23 after leading the league with 194 points ‘in the last five minutes of the fourth quarter or overtime when the score is within five points.’</p><p>Even with their youth, the Kings were nearly able to take down the mighty Golden State Warriors in <a href="https://www.basketball-reference.com/playoffs/2023-nba-western-conference-first-round-warriors-vs-kings.html" rel="noopener">the first round</a> of the 2023 NBA Playoffs. Despite the Warriors no longer being as dominant as they were in the late 2010s, when their dynasty was at its peak, they’re still a formidable opponent for anyone. Fox, along with 2022-23 Sixth Man of the Year finalist Malik Monk and 2022-23 third team All-NBA selection Domantas Sabonis, led the charge for Sacramento during their 3-4 loss to the Warriors.</p><p>However, because they were unable to corral a two-time NBA MVP in Curry, their efforts were wasted. Forget about the injuries sustained by Fox and Sabonis, which were significant in their impact, but factors that were out of their control. For all of his greatness, Curry scoring 33.7 points per game on 48.8 percent shooting from the field and 37.8 percent shooting from 3 was in their control.</p><p>To that point, there’s a feeling that if Davion Mitchell becomes a legitimate 3-point threat, a series like that won’t have slipped out of their hands. A high-level athlete with great anticipatory skills on the defensive end, Mitchell is exactly the type of player that can throw Curry off of his game.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings defensive stud Davion Mitchell reveals Stephen Curry plan for improvement after nearly taking down Warriors in NBA Playoffs

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However, it was his defensive job and hounding of Warriors star Steph Curry that was most impactful.</p><p>Curry scored a game-high 28 points but struggled from beyond the arc, scoring just three of his 13 attempts in addition to bagging just 15 points over the first three quarters.</p><p>Mitchell also came up clutch with a corner three to put the score at 112-103 with just over a minute remaining in the game to all but seal the win. And for Fox, Mitchell was <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/sports/nba/sacramento-kings/article274430990.html" rel="noopener">simply ‘big time’</a> for the Kings.</p><p>“He was big time for us,” Fox said of Mitchell. “We all know what he can do defensively. He handled Steph most of the game, and then what he did offensively was huge, like the big 3 in the corner. Honestly, I would say that was the nail in the coffin.”</p><p>Fox praised Mitchell further when talking of their practice meetings, essentially crediting the 24-year-old for making him the player that he is today.</p><p>“I go against (Mitchell) every day and that’s why you’ll see what I do out here because I’m not going against Davion out here,” Fox added. “He’s made me a better player since he’s been here. Obviously, he has the nickname of ‘Off Night’, but I don’t think people realize how he moves laterally and how strong he actually is.</p><p>“He’s made me a much better player.”</p><p>The Kings can take a huge step in progressing to the next round if they can manage a road win against the Warriors. Game 3 takes place Thursday at Chase Center.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

De’Aaron Fox praises ‘big time’ Davion Mitchell for handling Steph Curry in Kings’ Game 2 win over Warriors

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/kings-news-makes-huge-decision-on-future-of-rookie-sensation-davion-mitchell/');   ga('set', 'title', 'Kings make huge decision on future of rookie sensation Davion Mitchell');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/CF101B2F-B612-49BC-9A6C-54CC5F98BA89.jpeg"></figure><h1>Kings make huge decision on future of rookie sensation Davion Mitchell</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2022-10-05T17:58:26-07:00">October 5th, 5:58pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2022-10-05T18:02:59-07:00">October 5th, 6:02pm</time><address><a>David Yapkowitz</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Sacramento Kings made a big move on Wednesday towards keeping Davion Mitchell in the fold for the foreseeable future.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee/status/1577790634017968130?s=20&amp;t=MGOgiUa-ZwVkWbBolUS1Gg">According to Jason Anderson</a> of the Sacramento Bee, the Kings exercised their team option on Mitchell’s contract ensuring that he will be under contract at least through the 2023-2024 season. Sacramento had until Oct. 31 to decide whether or not they would pick up the option.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">The Sacramento Kings have excercised their team option on guard Davion Mitchell for the 2023-24 season.</p><p>— Jason Anderson (@JandersonSacBee) <a href="https://twitter.com/JandersonSacBee/status/1577790634017968130?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2022</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The No. 9 overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft out of Baylor University, Mitchell<a href="https://clutchpoints.com/kings-news-davion-mitchell-reacts-epic-record-setting-performance-rookie/"> turned in</a> a solid rookie campaign. He suited up in 75 games for the Kings, including 19 starts, in a little over 27 minutes per game. He averaged 11.5 points per game, 4.2 assists and 2.2 rebounds while shooting just over 41 percent from the field.</p><p>Mitchell’s numbers weren’t enough to place him in the Rookie of the Year race, but they were good enough to place top-10 among all rookies. His major impact came on the defensive end. As a rookie, Davion Mitchell earned the nickname, ‘Off Night’ due to his impact when guarding opposing players.</p><p>According to NBA.com’s advanced stats, Mitchell finished second on the Sacramento Kings in defensive win shares with 0.073.</p><p>The young point guard still has a lot of room to grow and the Kings cleared space for more playing time for Mitchell when the dealt Tyrese Haliburton to the Indiana Pacers. The Kings clearly see him as an integral part of their future and picking up his team option was pretty much a no-brainer.</p><p>Davion Mitchell will now try and build on his solid rookie season and become one of the top young guards in the NBA.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Kings make huge decision on future of rookie sensation Davion Mitchell

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He also hosts a YouTube series, Year 1 by ClutchPoints, where he interviews professional athletes about their rookie season.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">NBA</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Davion Mitchell and the Sacramento Kings went to battle against the New Orleans Pelicans inside the Golden 1 Center on Tuesday night. The visiting team walked away with a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/scores/nba/boxscore/new-orleans-pelicans-sacramento-kings-4-5-2022/0640f566-22b4-4625-a570-7ef03e723a88" rel="noopener">123-109 victory</a> that eliminated the Kings from playoff contention. It’s Sacramento’s 16th straight time missing the postseason.</p><p>However, the loss did have a silver lining, with Mitchell putting forth the best overall game of his rookie campaign. He scored 15 points and a Sacramento-era rookie record of 17 assists.</p><p>“My teammates were just making shots every time I was passing the ball,” Mitchell told ClutchPoints. “I didn’t really realize it, but I felt like every time I passed the ball, my teammates were hitting shots, so credit to my teammates.”</p><p><i><b>*Watch NBA games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/nba/?irad=356361&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener noreferrer">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>This season, the rookie is averaging 11.2 points and 4.0 assists per game. From the beginning and now approaching the end, Mitchell has done nothing but improve as he looks to be a legitimate franchise cornerstone alongside De’Aaron Fox. His hard work and dedication led him to this big night individually in the Kings’ final home game of the season.</p><p>“It makes you feel good, just to make history,” Mitchell said about his 17 assists. “But at the end of the day, we lost the game, so it really doesn’t mean too much to me.”</p><p>Mitchell is as focused as rookies get. Individual accolades are cool to him, but his main goal is to make Sacramento proud and win games. That means helping his team get better and making it to the playoffs to break the NBA’s longest postseason drought.</p><p>Mitchell is a 6-foot guard with a 7-footer’s heart and toughness. He’s a young player who only cares about winning, and that’s exactly what the Kings needed out of the 2021 draft. Next season he’s going to be fun to watch.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
9.0	3.5	9.5	0.5	1.0

2025-26 SEASON STATS
PTS	REB	AST	BLK	STL
9.0	3.5	9.5	0.5	1.0

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