From his years at Connecticut boarding schools to his tenure at Louisville, he heard a consistent refrain from Nicole Mitchell: Go get your driver’s license. At the time, he did not heed her words.
So now the 21-year-old is the only member of the Utah Jazz who can’t drive himself to games. That may seem odd to Utahns, but for the New York-raised and Connecticut-educated Mitchell, it came down to convenience. He could get everywhere he needed to go without driving.
So among learning plays, doing drills and conditioning and adapting to the habits of being a professional athlete, Mitchell is also in the process of re-applying for his learner’s permit that he had in Connecticut.