Tiffany Mitchell has discovered a brand new house in Seattle. The 30-year-old WNBA veteran, who spent most of her profession with the Indiana Fever — earlier than stints with the Minnesota Lynx, Connecticut Solar, and Las Vegas Aces — has signed a rest-of-season contract with the Storm.
Mitchell started the yr with the Aces, showing in 16 video games, however was waived late final month when the Aces traded for NaLyssa Smith from the Dallas Wings. Now, lower than two weeks after she was launched by Las Vegas, the previous Gamecock star joins one other veteran group with championship aspirations.
In her 10-year WNBA profession, Mitchell has averaged 8.6 factors, 2.4 rebounds, and 1.7 assists per sport. She spent final season with the Solar, however her season was reduce quick when she was identified with a life-threatening an infection.
The Storm (12-8) at present have the league’s fifth-best file, however have closely relied on their beginning lineup. Seattle is one in all simply two WNBA groups with three All-Stars; Skylar Diggins, Gabby Williams, and Nneka Ogwumike will all be represented at subsequent yr’s sport.
Diggins has led the Storm in factors and assists, tallying 18.5 factors and 6 assists per sport, whereas Ogwumike has tallied 17 factors and eight rebounds per sport this season. Williams is within the midst of one of the best season of her profession, averaging 13.8 factors, 4.8 rebounds, 4.5 assists, and a pair of.6 steals per sport. Veteran guard Erica Wheeler and defensive heart Ezi Magbegor spherical out the beginning lineup.
Off the bench, Alysha Clark, Zia Cooke, and Dominique Malonga have gotten many of the minutes. Mitchell will bolster that rotation and supply one other guard who can alleviate a few of the burden on Diggins and Wheeler. Mitchell has appeared in 282 profession video games, the vast majority of which have come off the bench, and will slot in properly on such a veteran squad.
