Cleveland Cavaliers star Donovan Mitchell and Grammy award-winning singer Coco Jones recently announced their engagement, and the basketball star has since revealed how much effort went into the proposal. Joining a recent broadcast of an NBA summer league game, Mitchell admitted he was pretty nervous in the days leading up to him popping the question.
Proposing to Jones while on vacation, the NBA star said he was especially nervous because it’s hard to keep secrets from the R&B singer. Mitchell explained that he wears all of his feelings on his face, and there were nights when his anxiousness for the moment kept him from falling asleep. Whenever Jones would ask what’s going on, Mitchell would just say he has a lot on his mind.
While he couldn’t tell his now fiancée what exactly was on his mind, he did tell both of their families before asking, and everyone helped the moment happen perfectly. Mitchell also shouted out Russell Wilson and Ciara for helping to set up the proposal.
"There were nights when I was up not falling asleep." 😆@spidadmitchell walks @JaredSGreenberg and @channingfrye through his recent engagement to Coco Jones 💍 pic.twitter.com/he7skRWuVv
— NBA TV (@NBATV) July 12, 2025
Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell thanks Russell Wilson and Ciara for helping him propose to Coco Jones
After the couple announced the news, Wilson took to social media to congratulate them, saying, “Thanks for allowing us to plan this with you.” Wilson and Ciara, another beloved couple consisting of an athlete and a recording artist, are quickly developing a reputation for their behind-the-scenes work in creating similar partnerships. The couple famously played matchmaker for Pittsburgh Steelers receiver D.K. Metcalf and his fiancée Normani, who is also a music star.
It’s unclear if Wilson and Ciara played any role in Mitchell and Jones initially getting together, but they did help with the engagement. Jones and Mitchell first started being linked together in early 2024, but they kept their relationship relatively private. After being spotted together on multiple occasions, the relationship was eventually confirmed in interviews, but they still kept a low profile as a couple.
Their first official posts of each other on social media were their engagement announcement. If you’re going to Instagram official, as the kids say, that’s certainly a way to do it.