According to Jonathan Givony, Kentucky’s Tre Mitchell was one of just nine players in the ESPN Top 100 NBA prospect list to not receive an invite to the G League’s Elite Camp. He joined Armel Traore, Zaccharie Perrin, Andrija Jelavic, Yannick Kraag, Ilias Kamardine, Dylan Disu, Riley Minix, and Tennessee Volunteer-turned-Arkansas Razorback, Jonas Aidoo on this list of disappointment.
Mitchell was a godsend for the Wildcats last season, coming over from West Virginia thanks to Bob Huggins’ not-so-subtle firing. He was averaging 13 points per game through the first 20 games of the season, before, unfortunately, a shoulder injury derailed him and he was never the same once he came back.
Mitchell’s last seven games in a Wildcat jersey saw him average just 4.3 points per game and missing all 11 of his 3-point shots. Kentucky had plenty of issues in the final stretch of the season, but you can’t help but think Tre Mitchell’s shoulder injury played a huge factor in Kentucky’s disappointing March.
It seems the injury and subsequent plummet in production also cost him a shot at the G League Elite Camp, a sort of feeder session into the NBA Combine. The only Kentucky player to receive an invite was Ugo Onyenso, although, the most likely scenario is a return to college. Where, exactly, is still up in the air, but it most certainly will not be back in Lexington.
The good news is that, while Mitchell won’t get a chance to showcase his stills at a combine, ESPN still ranks him as a top 100 NBA prospect. 86th, to be exact. Even though the big man likely won’t hear his name called on draft night, he’ll get a shot in the Summer League with a team and vie for a two-way contract.
Best of luck to a player who was Kentucky’s x-factor for most of the year.
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