{"id":733418,"date":"2026-06-29T19:24:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733418\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T19:24:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:24:12","slug":"fever-guard-kelsey-mitchell-joins-tyrese-haliburton-as-puma-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/733418\/","title":{"rendered":"Fever Guard Kelsey Mitchell Joins Tyrese Haliburton as Puma At&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"761\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/17827558397154.jpg\" alt=\"Golden State Valkyries v Indiana Fever\" class=\"wp-image-729256\"  \/>Source: Michael Hickey \/ GettyFever Guard Kelsey Mitchell Joins Tyrese Haliburton as Puma Athlete<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PUMA Basketball made it official on June 29, 2026: Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell is now part of the family. The announcement confirmed what fans had suspected for weeks. All season, Mitchell laced up <a href=\"https:\/\/1075thefan.com\/609986\/first-317-pairs-of-haliburtons-new-shoe-to-be-sold-here\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"609986\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyrese Haliburton\u2019s signature Puma<\/a> Hali 1s on the court, hinting that a deal was on the way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haliburton broke the news himself with a simple message on X: \u201cYou family now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He didn\u2019t hold back his praise either. \u201cKelsey is one of the toughest competitors I know,\u201d he said, calling her someone who has stayed true to herself through hard work and consistency.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitchell echoed that genuine connection. \u201cThis partnership felt authentic from the start,\u201d she shared, adding that being tied to a brand built on self-expression and community means a lot to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.puma.com\/en\/newsroom\/corporate-news\/2025\/04-08-2025-puma-appoints-archie-mceachern-vice-president-basketball\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PUMA Hoops vice president Archie McEachern<\/a> welcomed her warmly:<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cKelsey represents everything we value at PUMA Hoops \u2014 confidence, competitiveness, individuality and a genuine connection to the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The r\u00e9sum\u00e9 speaks for itself. Mitchell is a three-time WNBA All-Star and the Fever\u2019s career three-point leader with 669 made threes. She holds the franchise record for points in a single season and owns 11 career 30-point games. The No. 2 overall pick in 2018, she left Nike for this new chapter and recently <a href=\"https:\/\/1075thefan.com\/498031\/indiana-fever-re-sign-kelsey-mitchell-for-another-season\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"498031\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed a $1.4 million deal to stay in Indiana<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tLove 93.5 \/ 107.5 The Fan? Get more! Join the 93.5 \/ 107.5 The Fan Newsletter\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-ione-newsletter-sign-up__privacy\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWe care about your data. See our <a href=\"https:\/\/urban1.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">privacy policy<\/a>.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mitchell joins a growing PUMA women\u2019s roster that already features stars like Breanna Stewart and Skylar Diggins-Smith.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Source: Michael Hickey \/ GettyFever Guard Kelsey Mitchell Joins Tyrese Haliburton as Puma Athlete PUMA Basketball made it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":733419,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[99,434],"class_list":["post-733418","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wnba","tag-sports","tag-wnba"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733418","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=733418"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/733418\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/733419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=733418"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=733418"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=733418"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}