Donovan Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
	Mitchell with the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2023
No. 45 – Cleveland Cavaliers
Position	Shooting guard / point guard
League	NBA
Personal information
Born	September 7, 1996 (age 28); Elmsford, New York, U.S.
Listed height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Listed weight	215 lb (98 kg)
Career information
High school	Canterbury School; (New Milford, Connecticut); Brewster Academy; (Wolfeboro, New Hampshire);
College	Louisville (2015–2017)
NBA draft	2017: 1st round, 13th overall pick
	Selected by the Denver Nuggets
Playing career	2017–present
Career history
2017–2022	Utah Jazz
2022–present	Cleveland Cavaliers
Career highlights and awards
	5× NBA All-Star (2020–2024); All-NBA Second Team (2023); NBA All-Rookie First Team (2018); NBA Slam Dunk Contest champion (2018); First-team All-ACC (2017);
	Stats at NBA.com
	Stats at Basketball Reference

Donovan Mitchell Jr. (born September 7, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Spida",^[1] he was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NBA draft and acquired by the Utah Jazz, whom he played for from 2017 to 2022. He is a five-time NBA All-Star.

Mitchell played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals, earning first-team all-conference honors in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in 2017. As a rookie with the Utah Jazz, he was named to the NBA All-Rookie First Team and won the Slam Dunk Contest in 2018. He was traded from the Jazz to the Cavaliers in 2022.

^ Dierberger, Tom (September 2022). "Warriors, Kings among under-the-radar winners in 'Spida' trade". NBC Sports. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.