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Ajay Mitchell and the Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to a three-year, $9 million contract after declining their team option for the 2025-26 season. Mitchell was the 38th overall pick by the Thunder in the 2024 draft and converted from a Two-Way to a standard NBA deal in February.

In 36 regular season games, Mitchell averaged 6.5 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 16.6 minutes. 

Via Shams Charania/ESPN

Yep, had to lock in that three year deal to try to hold onto a position on the team. SO many draft picks incomming to try to bump him out. But realistically, he probably gets packaged with another player and picks to upgrade the top 8 in some way in February.