By Marquis Cooley | Sports Editor
Baylor basketball fans had something to celebrate this summer as both Davion Mitchell and Jared Butler, members of the 2021 National Championship team, were drafted in the 2021 NBA Draft.
Mitchell attended the draft on July 29 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., with his family as well as Baylor men’s basketball head coach Scott Drew. He was first off for the Bears being selected with the No. 9 overall pick by the Sacramento Kings.
With the selection, Mitchell became the first Baylor player to be drafted in the top 10 since Ekpe Udoh in 2010 and just the third in program history.