Former Auburn guard signs $24 million contract

Guard Davion Mitchell re-signed with the Miami Heat on Monday, the NBA team announced.

A restricted free agent this offseason, Mitchell stayed with the Heat for a fully guaranteed, two-year, $24 million contract.

Mitchell joins 20-points-plus-per-game guards Tyler Herro and Norman Powell as options in the Miami backcourt for the 2025-26 season. Powell headed for the Heat on Monday from the Los Angeles Clippers in a three-team trade that also involved the Utah Jazz.

“We’re going to the championship,” Mitchell said after signing the contract.

Mitchell joined Miami in a trade with the Toronto Raptors on Feb. 6. With the Raptors, Mitchell started half of his 44 games and averaged 6.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 4.6 assists in 24.5 minutes per game. With the Heat, Mitchell started half of his 30 regular-season games and averaged 10.3 points, 2.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.4 steals in 31.6 minutes per game.

Mitchell made 35.9 percent of his 3-point shots with Toronto and 44.7 percent with Miami.

Mitchell scored 16 points, including nine in overtime, as the Heat defeated the Atlanta Hawks 123-114 in a play-in game to advance to the NBA playoffs as the No. 8 seed in the East. The Cleveland Cavaliers swept Miami in four games, with Mitchell averaging 15.0 points and 6.3 assists in the first-round series.

“I’m excited, a little bit nervous, obviously, but excited just to be back, just to play for the next two years,” Mitchell said. “I love the fan base, love the coaching staff, love everything that they do here in Miami. Feel good, real good. Glad to be back.

“After the trade deadline, we didn’t really have that much time to practice, but now that we have a training camp together and just do activities together, I feel like we’ll be more comfortable playing with one another. Just being there for one another, we kind of know each other more. We’ll just be a much better team, for sure.”

Mitchell played in 34 games at Auburn as a freshman in the 2017-18 season. He left the Tigers for Baylor. The Sacramento Kings selected Mitchell from the Bears with the ninth pick in the 2021 NBA Draft.

Mitchell played his first three NBA seasons with the Kings before a trade sent him to Toronto last offseason.

In 301 NBA regular-season games, including 69 starts, Mitchell has averaged 7.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists in 22.1 minutes per game. Mitchell has earned the nickname of “Off-Night” because of his defensive ability to neutralize top scorers.

“I’m super happy that the fans love me,” Mitchell said. “I just try to go out there and just play as hard as I can. I don’t do nothing exciting, honestly. I just go out there and play hard and play hard for my team, so it’s just exciting that they’re actually paying attention and they actually know that he’s playing really hard for our team.”

In his first four seasons, Mitchell’s career earnings came to $21,001,517.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.

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