Last week, redshirt junior guard Justin Simon worked out with Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell. Just two NBA-level athletes getting after it in the long days before their respective seasons/ training camps start.
Simon and Mitchell played in the same Brewster Academy backcourt and graduated in the same 2015 class. That fall, Simon attended University of Arizona and Mitchell attended the University of Louisville.
After two years playing for the UofL Cardinals, Mitchell became the steal of the 2017 NBA draft, and Simon finished sitting out his transfer year at St.