To understand why he’s known as “Off Night,” just ask any of the typically prolific scorers at his position who couldn't find an inch of room to maneuver after Davion Mitchell practically climbed inside their jerseys and into their heads.
Or forwards towering over his head who soon discovered the 6-foot-2 menace, arguably the league’s toughest pound-for-pound player, has the strength to bump them away from their sweet spots and quick reflexes to slap the ball away from them.
He arrived on the NBA scene with a reputation as a suffocating, hyperactive stopper — the incessant type who applies pressure from the moment the opposing ballhandler crosses halfcourt, drains seconds off the shot clock and refuses to relent until the possession ends — and lived up to his billing as a future All-Defensive Teamer.