James Mitchell (born 15 January 1991) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Cairns Marlins of the NBL1 North.
Despite an offer to move in with their grandparents in Sydney, James and Kate remained in Cairns and were cared for by older sister Sam.
By December 2010, he was studying physical education at James Cook University in tandem with his Taipans duties, having made his NBL debut on 13 November 2010 against the Gold Coast Blaze.
[6][7] Mitchell, who was in the final stages of finishing his teaching degree at the time of signing with the Rockets, flew in and out to Rockhampton in the first part of the season before moving south.
[6] After a slow start to the 2017 season, the Rockets charged into the finals with an end-of-season run that saw them eliminate the top seed Brisbane Capitals in the quarter-finals before eventually succumbing to the Mackay Meteors in the semi-finals.
[12] On 22 November 2017, Mitchell signed with the Sheffield Sharks of the British Basketball League for the rest of the 2017–18 season.