Your privacy is safe with us. Mitchell has scored in double digits in each of her last three games and has also delivered value with her passing, as she has dished out three or more assists in every game so far. Mitchell had eight points (2-5 FG, 0-2 3Pt, 4-4 FT), four rebounds and three assists over 24 minutes in Tuesday's win against the Sun. Mitchell has been slightly inconsistent with her scoring figures this season, but she seems to be trending in the right direction with four double-digit performances in her last five games. After a timeout, Diana Taurasi inbounded it to Skylar Diggins-Smith, who drove the ... Leilani Mitchell went 1 of 2 from the free-throw ... final day of the regular season and needed to play nearly flawless basketball during the final week of the regular season to even qualify ... Add two-time Most Improved Player Leilani Mitchell (35) to this team and in ... is — one of the most athletic big men to ever touch a basketball. News from The Associated Press, the definitive source for independent journalism from every corner of the globe. view 1 Skylar Diggins-Smith (G, PHX) view 2 Sue Bird (G, SEA) view 3 Kia Vaughn (C, PHX) view 4 Candace Parker (F, LA) view 5 Jazmine Jones (G, NY) Trending Pages . She averaged 12.8 points, 4.0 assists and 3.0 rebounds over 30.4 minutes per game last season with Phoenix.

The move will free up space under the $996,100 salary cap for Phoenix to bring back 10-year WNBA veteran Leilani Mitchell. Mitchell registered 14 points (4-9 FG, 2-3 3Pt, 4-6 FT), five assists, two rebounds and one steal in 31 minutes during Sunday's loss against Indiana. Three international players - Stephanie Talbot, Han Xu and Marine Johannès - agreed to stay home in 2020, allowing the Liberty to retain all six of their 2020 rookies.

Mitchell has been a bit inconsistent with her performances, but she is beginning to turn things around and has scored in double digits in four of her last five starts. Managing the Annual Giving team, she also oversaw priority seating and parking for football as well as men's and women's basketball. » 2020-2021 Salary Cap » 2020 Free Agents » Transactions Trending Players . Mitchell went for 17 points (7-10 FG, 1-3 3Pt, 2-2 FT), five assists and three rebounds in 28 minutes during Friday's loss against Phoenix. The Flames, however, have lost Opals point guard Leilani Mitchell to a Turkish club and the obvious ... Washington guard Leilani Mitchell went 1 of 2 from the free-throw line with 5.8 seconds to go for an 84-82 lead. PG: Natasha Cloud/Leilani Mitchell She is trending in the right direction after opening up the season with two straight single-digit scoring performances. Adding Mitchell to the backcourt rotation will allow the Mercury to limit the minutes of their veteran guards and inject some playmaking into bench units that have struggled miserably through two games. In order to fit Mitchell back into the confines of the Mercury’s current salary commitments, Phoenix will have to sign her to a prorated $77,227 contract to match up precisely with the salary cap.

(Photo by William Howard/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images). Sister to Travis, Reggie, Tyler, Troy and Robbie. Cousins was quite the opposite. She has been in one celebrity relationship averaging less than one year. Leilani Mitchell has a net worth of $1.5 million.Her annual salary is $220,000.. Leilani Mitchell Stats. Completed her 11th WNBA season and fourth with the Mercury in 2019…played the first six seasons of her career with the Liberty (2008-2013)…did not play in the WNBA in 2014 and only appeared in 10 games in 2016 with Washington after missing majority of season due to Olympics, Two-time WNBA Most Improved Player award winner (2019, 2010)…only player in WNBA and NBA history to ever win the award in more than one season, Owns career averages of 6.4 points, 2.9 assists and 2.1 rebounds in 345 career games and 165 career starts, Career 39.6-percent three-point shooter, which is the fifth-best three-point percentage among active players and 16th-best all-time…led league in three-point shooting percentage in 2010 (.486), Ranked second in the league in three-point makes (72) in 2010, trailing only Diana Taurasi who hit 80, Ranks sixth among active players for most three-point field goals in WNBA history with 429…ranks 17th overall all-time, Scored a career-high 29 points at New York on August 27, 2019…finished five-of-six from three-point range in the game, Teamed with DeWanna Bonner (25 pts) and Brittney Griner (30 pts) as the only trip of teammates to each score 25+ points in a single game on July 30, 2019 at Washington…Mitchell scored a career-high 28 points in the game, Scored 2,000th career points on July 30, 2019 against Washington, Played in her 300th-career game on July 5, 2018 against Connecticut, Has appeared in all 34 games in eight of the 11 years she has been in the league  (2008-2015, 2017)…played in 10 games for Washington in 2016 after missing majority of the season due to the Olympics, Led the league in assists to turnover ratio (2.92) in 2009, Recorded her 1,000th career assist on September 8, 2019 against Las Vegas, Ranks seventh on the Mercury’s all-time assists chart with 410 assists in a Mercury jersey, Has eight playoff appearances in her career (2019, 2018, 2017, 2015, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2008)…career playoff averages of 5.3 points, 2.2 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 33 games, Selected in the second round (25th overall) of the 2008 WNBA Draft by the Phoenix Mercury…Acquired by New York via trade with Phoenix in exchange for the Liberty’s 2009 third round draft pick on May 7, 2008…later signed as a free agent by the Mercury as a free agent on February 4, 2015, Appeared in 32 games in 2019…re-signed with the Mercury after the team’s first two games of the season, Averaged career highs in scoring (12.8 ppg), rebounding (3.0 rpg) and assists (4.0 apg), and matched her 2010 field goal percentage mark of 44.1 percent, a career mark, Named the WNBA’s 2019 Most Improved Player, the second time she’s won the award in her career (2010)…became the only NBA and WNBA player to ever win the award more than once in a career, Scored a career-high 29 points on August 27 at New York, Scored 20+ points six times in 2019 after entering the season having done so only four times in her career…scored 10+ points a career-best 21 times, Scored 10 or more points in a career-best 11 consecutive games from July 20-August 20, Matched the WNBA record for three-pointer field goals on July 30 at Washington with eight…also tied the WNBA record for most three-point field goals in a half after making seven in the second half of the game, Knocked down a career-best 74 three-pointers on the season, which ranked her fourth in the WNBA this season, Ranked third in the WNBA in three-point percentage, shooting 43.0 percent (74-of-172) from behind the arc, Dished a career-high 11 assists in the Mercury’s game on June 28 against Indiana…with her 18 points in the game, she recorded her first career double-double, Recorded at least one assist in all 32 games she played in this season…dished five or more assists in 12 games, Recorded her 1,000th career assist on September 8 against Las Vegas in the team’s final game of the season, Moved into seventh place on the Mercury’s all-time assists list with 410 assists in a Mercury jersey, Led the Mercury in total assists on the season with 128, two shy from her career mark of 130 in 2010, Was the only player in the WNBA in 2019 to shoot 40 percent from three-point range, make at least 70 three-pointers and average at least 3.0 assists per game…became just the 17th player in WNBA history to do so, Registered five points, two rebounds and three assists in the Mercury’s only playoff game on September 11 in Chicago, Appeared in 31 games in 2018, missing two games in July following the birth of her son in Australia…missed third game on August 7 (coach’s decision), Scored a season-high 10 points twice (May 18 vs. Dallas and July 8 at Atlanta), Dished a season-high eight assists on July 10 at Dallas…recorded five or more assists in five games on the season, Led all Mercury players off the bench in scoring (4.4 ppg) and assists (2.3 apg) on the season, Passed Anna DeForge this season for 10th place on the Mercury’s all-time assists chart this season and now has 282 in her Mercury career, Shot 85.1 percent from the free throw line, her highest shooting percentage from the charity strip since 2015 when she shot 88.9 percent, Ranked fourth on the team in assists (70)…has recorded 70 or more assists in all but one season (19 in 2016 after playing in only 10 games), Knocked down a season-high three three-pointers twice (June 26 at New York and August 20 against Indiana), Played in her 300th-career game on July 5 against Connecticut, Appeared in all seven playoff games, averaging 1.7 points and 0.9 assists, One-of-five Mercury players to appear in all 34 games…started in seven games, including the final three of the regular season, Scored in double-figures in 14 games this season, including eight of the first 10 games to begin the year…finished in double-figures in a career-best seven-straight games from May 17-June 7, Scored a season-high 19 points off the bench on May 27 against Dallas…finished four-of-six (66.7-percent) from three-point range…added four assists, three rebounds and three steals in the game, Finished the season with averages of 8.0 ppg and 3.6 apg…both were her highest averages since 2017 when she averaged 9.3 points and 3.8 assists per game, Finished 14th in the WNBA in assists per game (3.6) and 12th in total assists (121), Dished five or more assists in 14 games on the season…recorded four or more assists in 19 games, Recorded a season-high eight assists on August 4 at Connecticut…also scored 17 points in the game, Finished with 80 rebounds in 2017, the third-most rebounds she’s collected in a season (88 in 2010, 84 in 2012), Grabbed a career-high five offensive rebounds on June 18 at Los Angeles…finished with a season-high seven boards in the game, Recorded a career-best 10 blocks on the season…previous high was six in 2010, Averaged playoff career highs in points per game (15.0) and assists per game (3.8) in five Playoff games, Scored a playoff career-high 19 points at Los Angeles on September 12 in Game 1 of the WNBA Semifinals…previous high was 14 on September 29, 2008, Also set playoff career highs in field goals (5 – twice), field goal attempts (10), three-point field goals (5), three-point field goal attempts (7), free throws (6), free throw attempts (6) and defensive rebounds (6) in 2017, Missed the first 24 games of the WNBA season to train with the Australian national team and to compete for the Opals in the 2016 Rio Olympics, Signed with the Washington Mystics following the Olympics and appeared in 10 games, Scored in all but two of the 10 games she appeared in, Scored a season-high 20 points on Sept. 7 vs. Chicago…Shot 70-percent from the field, including converting on five of her seven three-point attempts…also dished a season-high four assists in the game, Finished the season with averages of 5.9 ppg and 1.9 apg in 10 games, Recorded three or more assists in five of the 10 games played in, Averaged 16.8 points, 7.5 assists and 4.1 rebounds at Utah in senior season en route to a 2008 NCAA Tournament bid, Sat out 2006-07 season after transferring from Idaho to Utah, While at Idaho, named honorable mention All-American by the Associated Press and the WBCA, and was one of 11 finalists for the Nancy Lieberman Award, given to the nation’s top point guard, Left Idaho with the school’s career record for steals (323) and also a single-game record for three-pointers (seven), Played for the UC Capitals of the WNBL in Australia during the 2018-19 WNBA offseason…averaged 12.4 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.5 assists in 24 games…shot 41.7 percent (60-of-144) from three-point range on the season, Played for Hatay BSB in Turkey during the 2017-18 WNBA offseason…averaged 11.8 points and 4.1 assists in 22 Turkish Legaue games…averaged 12.1 points and 5.6 assists in EuroCup action, Spent the 2016-17 WNBA offseason with Sydney of the WNBL in Australia…Led Sydney to the WNBL title after leading the league in assists per game (6.0) and ranked seventh in scoring (16.0 ppg), Member of the 2016 Australian national team that competed in the Rio Olympics, Spent the 2015-16 with the Adelaide Lightning of the WNBL in Australia…averaged team highs in points per game (17.4) and assists per game (5.2), Spent the 2014-15 season with Sydney of the WNBL in Australia…led the league in assists per game with 5.6…averaged a team-high 12.5 points and 4.1 rebounds, Played with Australia in the 2014 FIBA World Championships for women…was her first stint on the national team and won a bronze medal, Played the 2013-14 season with Dandenong of the WNBL in Australia…averaged 11.9 points and a team-high 5.4 assists while shooting 45.3-percent from the field and 41.1-percent from three-point range, Also has played professionally in Croatia and France, Leilani Stamah Mitchell was born in Richland, Wash. to Dennis Mitchell and the late Ellie Majid, Sister to Travis, Reggie, Tyler, Troy and Robbie, Born in the United States, but holds dual citizenship with Australia, which is the native country of her mother, Following her playing days, hopes to coach or teach, Favorite sports movie is Remember the Titans, Copyright 2020 NBA Media Ventures, LLC | Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. All rights reserved.

Mitchell had 25 points (8-15 FG, 5-7 3Pt, 4-5 FT), four assists and two rebounds over 36 minutes in Tuesday's loss to the Mercury. {{ player.hanaInfo.TEAM_ABBREVIATION }} • GREENSBORO, NC - MARCH 03: Louisville Cardinals guard Arica Carter (11) drives to the basket on North Carolina State Wolfpack guard Kaila Ealey (2) during the ACC women's tournament game between the NC State Wolfpack and the Louisville Cardinals on March 3, 2018, at Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, NC.

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