The story has been etched into Donovan Mitchell’s mythos: After a workout with then-Clippers guard Chris Paul, the nine-time All-Star told the young Louisville star that he should declare for the NBA Draft — he didn’t need to go back to school.
Even though she’s watched her son play in hundreds, if not thousands, of basketball games by now, she doesn’t claim to be an expert on the NBA Draft. But she is an expert on education, and she did painstaking research as Donovan weighed his decision. Even when she came to agree that going pro was the right move, she added conditions.