SALT LAKE CITY — Deng Adel and Donovan Mitchell both arrived on the University of Louisville’s campus together as top-100 players for the Class of 2015.
The college teammates would eventually develop an extremely tight bond in their two seasons together for Cardinals coach Rick Pitino, even reaching the second round of the NCAA Tournament as sophomores in 2017.
Although Mitchell would declare for the NBA draft after that run, Adel stayed an additional year to average nearly 15 points as the program pushed through recruiting and sex scandal controversy.
Mitchell is now a rising star in the league for the Utah Jazz while Adel is a promising prospect coming up.