Career Transactions

Selected in the first round (ninth overall) of the 2021 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings…traded to the Toronto Raptors along with Sasha Vezenkov, the draft rights to Jamal Shead and a 2025 second-round draft pick for Jalen McDaniels on June 28, 2024…acquired by the HEAT from Toronto in a five-team trade on Feb. 6, 2025 in which Miami also received Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson and a 2025 protected first-round pick from Golden State in exchange for Jimmy Butler, Josh Richardson, two second-round draft picks and cash considerations that sent Butler to Golden State; Richardson, a 2031 second-round draft pick and cash considerations from Miami to Utah along with Kenyon Martin Jr. and a 2028 second-round draft pick from Detroit to Utah; Dennis Schröder, Lindy Waters III and a 2031 second-round draft pick from Golden State to Detroit and P.J. Tucker from Utah to Toronto along with a 2026 second-round draft pick and cash considerations from Miami…re-signed by the HEAT on July 7, 2025.

Professional Career

Has appeared in 301 NBA regular season games (69 starts) during his four-year career and has averaged 7.6 points, 3.3 assists, 1.8 rebounds and 22.1 minutes while shooting 44.2 percent from the floor, 34.4 percent from three-point range and 69.8 percent from the foul line…has missed 15 games due to injury/illness (six while in health and safety protocols), 13 games as a DNP-CD and one game due to a pending trade…has scored in double figures 92 times, including 13 games with at least 20 points…his longest streak of scoring in double figures in consecutive games is 10 (Mar. 12-Apr. 1, 2022) and his longest stretch of consecutive 20-point outings is five (Mar. 20-30, 2022)…has handed out double-figure assists five times and has recorded four double-doubles…his career high for most consecutive field goals made is 10 (Mar. 4-7, 2024) and his career high for most consecutive three-point field goals made is eight (Feb. 26-Mar. 2, 2025)…his career high for most consecutive games with a three-pointer is 10, twice (Jan. 26-Feb. 14, 2022 and Mar. 7-28, 2022)…has 85 multi-trey games…his career high for consecutive games with a steal is 11 (Mar. 23, 2025-present)…has 37 multi-steal and nine multi-block games…has appeared in 11 NBA Playoff games (three starts) and has averaged 10 points, 3.4 assists, 1.6 rebounds and 25.6 minutes while shooting 50.6 percent from the floor, 34.1 percent from three-point range and 61.5 percent from the line…has yet to sit out an NBA postseason game…has scored in double figures six times in postseason play.

2024-25 SEASON:

Split the season between the Toronto Raptors and Miami HEAT and averaged 7.9 points (.468 FG%, .690 FT%), 4.9 assists, 2.3 rebounds, 0.97 steals and 27.4 minutes in 74 games (37 starts)…missed a total of five games due to injury/illness, four games as a DNP-CD and one game awaiting a pending trade…sat out one game (Dec. 19) with a right shoulder strain, one game (Dec. 29) due to illness, one game (Feb. 2) with a right foot plantar callus fissure, one game (Mar. 3) with a left quadriceps contusion and one game (Mar. 31) due to stomach illness…was ranked among the NBA leaders in total assists (35th), assists per game (39th) and three-point field goal percentage (40th)…set single-season career highs in starts, field goal percentage, three-point field goal percentage, free throws made, offensive rebounds, total rebounds, assists and steals…scored in double figures 30 times, including three games with at least 20 points…handed out double-figure assists twice and posted one double-double…appeared in 44 games (22 starts) with the Raptors and averaged 6.3 points (.434 FG%, .676 FT%), 4.6 assists, 1.9 rebounds and 24.6 minutes…topped the Raptors in assists on 12 occasions…appeared in 30 games (15 starts) for the HEAT and averaged 10.3 points (.504 FG%, .702 FT%), 5.3 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.37 steals and 31.6 minutes…topped the HEAT in assists 14 times, minutes six times, steals five times, plus/minus on four occasions, blocks twice and rebounds once…was Miami’s top scorer off the bench 10 times and led the HEAT reserves in assists 13 times, minutes and steals 12 times each, plus/minus seven times and blocks and rebounds four times each…hit a career-high eight consecutive three-point field goal attempts from Feb. 26-Mar. 2, the most by a HEAT player in 2024-25…ended the season by recording a steal in a career-high 11 consecutive games (Mar. 23-Apr. 13)…averaged 15.5 points and a team-high 7.0 assists while shooting 55.6 percent from the floor and 54.5 percent from three-point range in Miami’s two Play-In Tournament games…had 15 points (5-5 FGs) and a game-high nine assists in Miami’s Play-In Tournament win at Chicago on Apr. 16…came off the bench and tallied 16 points, including a team-high nine in overtime, and added five assists as Miami won at Atlanta on Apr. 18 in the Play-In Tournament to earn a playoff berth…scored his 2,000th career point on Feb. 21 in Toronto vs. the Raptors…played in his 300th career game on Apr. 11 at New Orleans…Season Highs: 20 points (three times), 11 assists (at Charlotte, Oct. 30), nine rebounds (vs. Boston, Mar. 14), five steals (vs. Sacramento, Nov. 2), two blocks (vs. L.A. Lakers, Nov. 1) and 39:23 minutes (vs. Milwaukee, Apr. 5).

2023-24 SEASON:

Appeared in 72 games (four starts) with Sacramento and averaged 5.3 points (.452 FG%, .714 FT%), 1.9 assists, 1.3 rebounds and 15.3 minutes…missed one game (Dec. 2) due to illness and was a DNP-CD on nine occasions…topped the Kings in assists once…scored in double figures 12 times…appeared in his 200th career game on Feb. 22 vs. San Antonio…Season Highs: 18 points (vs. Philadelphia, Mar. 25), eight assists (at New Orleans, Nov. 20), six rebounds (at Boston, Apr. 5), three steals (at Golden State, Nov. 1), one block (three times) and 29:32 minutes (at Golden State, Nov. 1).

2022-23 SEASON:

Appeared in 80 games (nine starts) for the Kings and averaged 5.6 points (.454 FG%, .806 FT%), 2.3 assists, 1.3 rebounds and 18.1 minutes…missed two games due to injury/illness…sat out one game (Dec. 16) with a non-COVID illness and one game (Apr. 9) with left knee soreness…was tied for second on the team in games played…set a single-season career high in games played…topped the team in assists three times…scored in double figures 10 times, including one 20-point performance…scored his 1,000th career point on Dec. 4 vs. Chicago…appeared in his 100th career game on Dec. 11 at New York…Season Highs: 23 points (at Charlotte, Oct. 31), nine assists (vs. Denver, Dec. 27), four rebounds (five times), four steals (vs. Utah, Mar. 25), two blocks (four times) and 32:37 minutes (at Cleveland, Dec. 9).

2021-22 SEASON:

Appeared in 75 games (19 starts) for the Kings and averaged 11.5 points (.418 FG%, .659 FT%), 4.2 assists, 2.2 rebounds and 27.7 minutes…missed a total of seven games due to injury/illness…sat out six games (Dec. 17-28) while in health and safety protocols and one game (Feb. 16) due to right hand soreness…set single-season career highs in points, scoring average, field goals made and attempted, three-point field goals made and attempted, free throws attempted, defensive rebounds, blocks and minutes played…finished second on the team in games played, minutes and field goal attempts and third in points, field goals made, assists and steals…led the team in scoring seven times and assists on 17 occasions…scored in double figures a career-high 40 times, including a career-high 10 games with at least 20 points…handed out double-figure assists on three occasions and recorded three double-doubles…scored a career-high 28 points on Mar. 20 vs. Phoenix…handed out a career-high 17 assists on Apr. 5 vs. New Orleans…made his NBA debut on Oct. 20 at Portland and made his first NBA start on Dec. 15 vs. Washington…Season Highs: 28 points (vs. Phoenix, Mar. 20), 17 assists (vs. New Orleans, Apr. 5), seven rebounds (twice), four steals (twice), two blocks (four times) and 46:12 minutes (vs. Phoenix, Mar. 20).

PLAYOFFS:

2025: Appeared in all four games (three starts) in Miami’s Opening Round series vs. Cleveland and averaged 15.0 points (.610 FG%, .429 FT%), 6.3 assists, 2.3 rebounds and 35.5 minutes…led the HEAT in field goal percentage and assists, was tied for second in three-point field goals made and steals and ranked third in points and field goals made…topped the HEAT in assists three times and minutes and steals once each…scored in double figures three times…made his first postseason career start in Game 2 at Cleveland on Apr. 23 and matched his postseason career high with 18 points…recorded postseason career highs in points (18), assists (9) and rebounds (4) in Game 1 at Cleveland on Apr. 20…2023: Came off the bench in all seven games of Sacramento’s Opening Round series vs. Golden State and averaged 7.1 points (.413 FG%, .833 FT%), 1.7 assists, 1.3 rebounds and 20.0 minutes…scored in double figures three times…led the Kings in blocks once…made his postseason debut on Apr. 15 in Game 1 vs. Golden State and handed out four assists in 21:47 of action.

HONORS:

2021-22: Named to the Rising Stars Game during NBA All-Star Weekend in Cleveland…was named 2021 NBA Summer League Co-MVP with Cam Thomas and First Team All-NBA Summer League while leading the Kings to the 2021 NBA Las Vegas Summer League Championship.

Played two seasons at Baylor after playing one year at Auburn…appeared in 94 collegiate games (60 starts) and averaged 9.0 points, 3.6 assists, 2.1 rebounds, 1.27 steals and 27.1 minutes while shooting 45.9 percent from the floor, 37.6 percent from three-point range and 65.7 percent from the foul line…in his two seasons at Baylor he started all 60 games in which he appeared and averaged 12.0 points, 4.7 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.68 steals and 32.7 minutes while shooting 46.5 percent from the floor, 39.4 percent from three-point range and 65.3 percent from the foul line…in 30 games as a junior (2020-21), helped lead Baylor to its first NCAA Championship in program history and swept the National Defensive Player of the Year awards (Naismith, NABC and Lefty Driesell)…was named the NCAA Tournament South Regional MVP and earned a spot on the NCAA All-Tournament Team after leading Baylor to its first Final Four since 1950…tallied 15 points, six rebounds and five assists in the victory over No. 1-ranked and undefeated Gonzaga in the National Championship game…averaged 14.0 points, 5.5 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.90 steals and 33.0 minutes while setting career highs in both field goal percentage (.511) and three-point field goal percentage (.447)…was named Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and earned All-Big 12 First Team and All-Defensive Team honors…led the Big 12 in steals and ranked third in assists…in 30 games as a redshirt sophomore (2019-20), averaged 9.9 points (.409 FG%, .663 FT%), 3.8 assists, 2.7 rebounds, 1.47 steals and 32.4 minutes…was named the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year and also earned All-Big 12 Third Team and All-Defensive Team honors…sat out the 2018-19 season due to NCAA transfer rules…in his lone season at Auburn (2017-18), came off the bench in all 34 games in which he appeared and averaged 3.7 points (.429 FG%, .677 FT%), 1.9 assists, 1.1 rebounds and 17.1 minutes.

Full name is Davion De’Monte Earl Mitchell…got the nickname “Off Night” because the players he guards have off nights…parents are Lakisha and Earl Legette…in his free time he enjoys bowling and gaming…when his playing career is over he would like to become a pilot and fly planes…says his most prized possession is his basketball…created and runs the “Off Night” Elite AAU Basketball program in coastal Georgia…the objective of his AAU program is to provide the players with a platform to develop and display their basketball skills and talents and instill the importance of hard work, commitment and dedication both on and off the court…has an endorsement deal with Under Armor…as a junior at Liberty County High School he was named the Savannah Morning News Player of the Year after averaging 24.2 points, 7.1 assists and 2.9 steals while leading his team to its first Class 4A state title…wears size 12.5 sneakers.