The Stockton Kings Aqcuire Returning Rights To Trhae Mitchell

STOCKTON, Calif. — The Stockton Kings, the NBA G League affiliate of the Sacramento Kings, announced today that they completed a trade to acquire the returning player rights to guard Trhae Mitchell from the Lakeside Squadron in exchange for Stockton’s first-round pick in the 2026 NBA G League Draft.

Mitchell (6-6) has appeared in 243 NBA G League Tip-Off Tournament and regular-season games, including 137 starts, over six seasons with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers and the Lakeside Squadron. He won the 2021-22 NBA G League championship with Rio Grande Valley and was named to the 2023-24 NBA G League All-Defensive Team. In 168 regular-season games, Mitchell has averaged 7.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.2 steals in 27.5 minutes per game while shooting 47.8% from the field and 35.7% from beyond the 3-point line. In 75 Tip-Off Tournament games, he has averaged 6.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 steals in 27.2 minutes per game while shooting 44.2% from the field.

Mitchell played collegiately at South Alabama, where he earned third-team All-Sun Belt honors as a redshirt junior in 2018-19 after leading the Jaguars in rebounds, assists, steals and blocks and averaging 13.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game. The Austell, Ga., native appeared in 94 games over three seasons with South Alabama after redshirting in 2015-16.