Tony Mitchell now with Hebei Springs
Tony Mitchell (198 cm, Alabama’12) has decided to take his game to China this 2016 and has signed on with Hebei Springs (China-NBL). The American forward has already made his debut for Hebei Springs and Mitchell scored a whopping 38 points to go along with 11 boards and seven assists. Tony had a busy 2015-16 season. He started off playing five games for Krasny Oktyabr Volgograd (Russia-VTB), where he averaged 21.4 ppg and 3.8 rpg. He played two Eurocup games for them and averaged 27.5 ppg and 6.0 rpg. Mitchell was released by the club in November. He then saw a brief stint with Movil Estudiantes (Spain-Liga Endesa). In six games he averaged 9.2 ppg and 3.7 rpg. In January 2016 Mitchell landed with Banco di Sardegna Sassari (Italy-Serie A). He played three Eurocup for the Italian club and averaged 10.7 ppg and 3.7 rpg. In eight games in the Italian league Tony was able to average 8.9 ppg and 6.5 rpg.