The G League Ignite: A Retrospective
A Look Back At The G League Ignite And The Players It Produced
When Adam Silver announced on 21 March 2024 that the NBA was shutting down the G League Ignite after the 2023-24 NBA G League season, it brought to an end a short lived project of providing draft prospects with an alternative to college basketball. Announced in April 2020, the G League Ignite (or G League Select Team as it was known when it formed) provided elite prospects the chance to earn a professional salary whilst playing alongside veteran players in select exhibition games against other G League Teams, International Teams and NBA Academies.
Many prospects signed up for the program, 23 in total of which 13 were officially drafted by an NBA team with a further 2 going on to sign NBA contracts after going undrafted. 4 of these prospects will need to find new homes after withdrawing from the 2024 NBA Draft and entering the pool for 2025 - Thierry Darlan, Dink Pate, London Johnson and Izan Almansa, although Almansa has already signed with the Perth Wildcats of the Australian NBL and Pate recently signed with the Mexico City Capitanes of the G League for the 2024-25 season. You could look at the these numbers and ask why the G League Ignite was disbanded if the level of success in getting players drafted was so high. After all, 68% of the prospects that played there went on to sign at least one NBA contract. And that would be a very relevant question.
So what happened? Well, a lot of it, if not all of it, it had to do with the NCAA implementing NIL rights (name, image and likeness - essentially allowing players to financially profit from their personal brand). With the introduction of NIL in college basketball, the need for a system like the Ignite significantly lessened as players could now be financially rewarded whilst still playing within the traditionally respected route of college basketball. This, combined with the amount of players choosing to ply their pre-Draft basketball trade overseas professionally in Europe or Australia’s NBL meant that the Ignite’s days were ultimately numbered.
In my opinion, the Ignite had a successful formula for their first 3 seasons but then strayed from that formula in their last season, which ultimately helped bring an end to the team. In the first 3 seasons, the Ignite recruited the following: 1/2 “Star” prospects, 2/3 “Project” prospects, and often 1 other unheralded prospect. Look at the prospects through those first 3 seasons (their draft position is in brackets beside their name):
Each season had the above formula, and for the most part, it worked out that way. Last season though, they went wild and had 8 prospects on their roster (although Pate wouldn’t have been draft eligible until 2025 anyway). That clear prospect structure was gone and it became impossible to shine a light on all these different prospects at the same time.
But, it is what it is, and with 4 seasons of play and many NBA players coming through their ranks, I thought it would be fun to take a look back at the Ignite’s seasons, the prospects they had and where those prospects are now.
Let’s dive in!
2020-21
Overview: The season that started it all. In April 2020 it was announced that the NBA was forming a select team for elite draft prospects to play against other G League teams and international clubs, named rather originally as the NBA G League Select Team (catchy, I know). In tandem with this announcement, ESPN’s highest rated player in the 2020 high school class, Jalen Green, became the first prospect to join the team, closely followed by fellow five-star recruits, Isaiah Todd and Daishen Nix. In July of 2020, the highest ranked player of the 2021 high school class, Jonathan Kuminga, reclassified to the 2020 class and joined the team, soon followed by Indian prospect Princepal Singh, who joined at the end of July. The team name was soon changed (mercifully) to the NBA G League Ignite. The Ignite joined 17 other G League teams in a “bubble” season to be held between 9 February 2021 and 6 March 2021 with each team playing a 15 game schedule.
The Ignite held their own and finished the season with a respectable 8-7 record, good enough to take 8th Place and a place in the G League Playoff. Green, Kuminga, Todd and Nix all played big roles in the teams success, with Singh playing a peripheral role on the team. The prospects averages were:
Green: 15 games | 32 mpg | 17.9 pts | 2.8 ast | 4.1 rbd | 1.5 stl | 0.3 blk | 46.1 FG% | 36.5 3P% | 82.9 FT% |
Kuminga: 13 games | 32.8 mpg | 15.8 pts | 2.7 ast | 7.2 rbd | 1.0 stl | 0.8 blk | 38.7 FG% | 24.6 3P% | 62.5 FT% |
Todd: 15 games | 24.4 mpg | 12.3 pts | 0.8 ast | 4.9 rbd | 0.5 stl | 0.7 blk | 43.7 FG% | 36.2 3P% | 82.4 FT% |
Nix: 15 games | 26.5 mpg | 8.8 pts | 5.3 ast | 5.3 rbd | 1.0 stl | 0.2 blk | 38.4 FG% | 17.6 3P% | 71.4 FT% |
Singh: 4 games | 6.2 mpg | 2.3 pts | 0.0 ast | 1.0 rbd | 0.3 stl | 0.0 blk | 50.0 FG% | 100 3P% (on 0.3 attempts) | 50.0 FT% |
All 5 prospects entered the 2021 NBA Draft, with differing outcomes. Jalen Green went #2 to the Rockets, Kuminga went #7 to the Warriors, Todd went #31 to the Bucks but was subsequently traded to the Pacers then finally to the Wizards, and both Nix and Singh went undrafted.
Where Are They Now?
Jalen Green
Green was selected #2 by the Houston Rockets in the 2021 NBA Draft, which made him the first player to be drafted from the G League. Green had a mixed season in 2021-22 with some injuries hampering his play, but finished the year strong, participating in both the Slam Dunk Contest and the Rising Stars Challenge at All-Star Weekend, being named Rookie Of The Month for March/April 2022 and being named to the 2022 All-Rookie First Team. His Houston Rockets though finished bottom of the Western Conference with a 20-62 record.
In the 2022-23 NBA Season, he continued to show improvements in his game with increases in his points-per-game, rebound-per-game, assists-per-game and steals-per-game. During the season, he became the 6th player aged 20 or younger to record at least 3 40-point games. His Rockets team again fininshed in a disappointing 14th place in the Western Conference with a 22-60 record.
Green had a fantastic season in 2023-24, playing all 82 games and recording averages of 19.6 points, 3.6 assists, 5.2 rebounds, 0.8 steals and 0.3 blocks on 42.3% from the field, 33.2% from 3 and 80.4% from the free throw line. He again finished the season strong including winning the NBA Player of The Week for 18 March 2024 as the Rockets finished with a record of 41-41, ending up 11th in the Western Conference and missing out on a place in the Play-In Tournament.
He will play the 2024-25 season again for the Houston Rockets.
Jonathan Kuminga
Kuminga was selected with the 7th pick by the Golden State Warriors after being viewed as a top 5 pick all season. In the 2021-22 season he mainly played his minutes from the bench as he played 70 games that season. The Warriors went on to win the NBA Championship in Kuminga’s rookie season, with him putting up averages of 9.3 points, 0.9 assists and 3.3 rebounds.
In the 2022-23 season Kuminga again played a big role off the bench for the Warriors and saw increases across a lot of his counting stats. The Warriors finished the season with a 44-38 record, good enough for 6th place in the Western Conference. After beating the Sacramento Kings 4-3 in the first round, they fell 4-2 to the Los Angeles Lakers in the Conference semifinals.
Kuminga played an even bigger role for the Warriors in the 2023-24 season, starting 46 of his 74 games, playing an average of 26.3 minutes a night and putting up averages of 16.1 points, 2.2 assists and 4.8 rebounds. Despite Kuminga’s great season, the Warriors finished 10th in the West with a record of 46-36 and were knocked out in the Play-In tournament by the Sacramento Kings.
He will again play the 2024-25 season for the Golden State Warriors.
Daishen Nix
Nix went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft, following which he played for the Philadelphia 76ers in the Summer League. He signed with the Houston Rockets in August 2021 which was then turned into a two-way contract, meaning his time was split between the Rockets and the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. In February of 2022, Nix had his two-way deal converted into a standard deal with the Rockets, and later on in April, he went on to win the G League Championship with the Vipers.
Nix was waived by the Rockets at the end of the 2022-23 season, during which he had failed to establish himself in the Rockets rotation. He subsequently signed a two-way contract with the Minnesota Timberwolves for the 2023-24 season and is currently a free agent.
Princepal Singh
After playing sparingly during the 2020-21 G League bubble season, Singh went undrafted in the 2021 NBA Draft. He did however make it onto the Sacramento Kings roster for the 2021 Summer League but ultimately did not make it onto an NBA roster. He was picked by the Stockton Kings in the NBA G League Draft but ultimately did not play for them and made the decision to sign with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL in November 2021, however he left the team in January 2022 without having played a game for them. He played for the Mumbai Stars between 11 to 20 March 2023 in the EPBL in India. He most recently played for India in 2 AsiaCup Qualifiers in February 2024.
Isaiah Todd
Todd was drafted with the first pick of the second round, 31st overall, by the Milwaukee Bucks but was subsequently traded, first to the Indiana Pacers then to the Washington Wizards, where he would play his rookie season. He played for the Wizards for two seasons but saw minimal action for them. He instead played most of his basketball in the G League with the Wizards’ affiliate, the Capital City Go-Go. He performed well for them, putting up averages across his two seasons of 9.1 pts, 0.6 ast, 3.8 rbd, 0.4 stl and 0.9 blk, shooting 30.5% from 3 on 5.4 attempts a game.
During the 2023 off season, he was traded to the Phoenix Suns as part of the trade between Bradley Beal and Chris Paul, before being traded again in July 2023 to the Memphis Grizzlies. The Grizzlies subsequently waived him before the start of the 2023-24 season and in October 2023 he signed on to again play for the G League Ignite as a veteran player in their final season.
2021-22
The 2021-22 season was perhaps less heralded as their inaugral which was perhaps in part owing to the fact that the Ignite were only allowed to play in the G League Winter Showcase. Despite this, the Ignite still managed to attract a quality field of prospect to play for them: forward Michael Foster Jr. was the first prospect to sign in April 2021 followed shortly after in June by guard Jaden Hardy and Australian guard Dyson Daniels. In September 2021 wing MarJon Beauchamp signed for the Ignite after turning down various Division 1 offers. The prospects were rounded off when Fanbo Zeng decommitted from Gonzaga and subsequently signed with the Ignite in October 2021.
The Ignite finished with a 6-6 record in the Showcase and subsequently played a series of exhibition games against the Mexico City Capitanes in the second half of the season to allow the young players more game time. The prospects finished the season with the following averages:
Beauchamp: 24 games | 34.6 mpg | 15.1 pts | 2.0 ast | 6.5 rbd | 1.5 stl | 0.8 blk | 51.2 FG% | 27.3 3P% | 71.8 FT% |
Daniels: 29 games | 31.6 mpg | 11.6 pts | 4.7 ast | 6.8 rbd | 2.0 stl | 0.7 blk | 45.3 FG% | 30.0 3P% | 53.3 FT% |
Hardy: 25 games | 32.6 mpg | 19.5 pts | 3.6 ast | 4.3 rbd | 1.2 stl | 0.2 blk | 37.6 FG% | 30.9 3P% | 79.4 FT% |
Foster: 28 games | 30.5 mpg | 15.6 pts | 2.3 ast | 9.6 rbd | 0.8 stl | 1.9 blk | 46.3 FG% | 22.5 3P% | 76.9 FT% |
Zeng: 22 games | 18.3 mpg | 5.0 pts | 0.8 ast | 2.3 rbd | 0.3 stl | 0.7 blk | 38.5 FG% | 31.0 3P% | 38.5 FT% |
All 5 prospects entered the 2022 NBA Draft. Dyson Daniels went #8 to the Pelicans, Beauchamp went #24 to the Bucks, Hardy went #37 to the Kings but was subsequently traded to the Mavericks, and both Foster and Zeng went undrafted.
Where Are They Now?
MarJon Beauchamp
Beauchamp was selected with the 24th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Milwaukee Bucks. In the 2022-23 season, he played a decent role for a Bucks team that failed in their pursuit of repeating as champions, playing 13.5 minutes a night and putting up averages of 5.1 points, 2.2 rebounds, 0.7 assists while shooting 33.1% from 3. The Bucks finished the season with a 58-24 record and claiming the Number 1 seed in the NBA. They were however upset in the first round by the 8th seeded Miami Heat 4-1.
2023-24 saw Beauchamp’s role reduce on the Bucks roster as he played in less games, and most of his counting stats took a downturn, although his 3 point shooting percentage increased as he took strides as an improved shooter. The Bucks finished with a 49-33 record, good for 3rd seed in the East, however they were again knocked out in the first round, this time 4-2 by the Indiana Pacers.
He will again play for the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2024-25 season.
Dyson Daniels
Daniels was selected with the 8th pick of the 2022 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans. He immediately played an important role for them in the 2022-23 season off the bench, averaging 3.9 points, 2.3 assists and 3.2 rebounds in 17.7 minutes a night. The Pelicans finished the season with a record of 42-40 and ended in 9th in the West, good for a play-in spot, but they lost their play-in game to the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Daniels’ role increased during the 2023-24 season, although he still was predominantly used off the bench. His averages increased across the board and he was named as a participant in the Rising Stars Challenge as part of All-Star Weekend in February 2024. The Pelicans improved their record this season to 49-33 and finished in 7th in the West, again in the Play-in spots. They lost their frist game to the Los Angeles Lakers but rebounded to win their second game against the Sacramento Kings, claiming the 8th seed in the West. Their victory would be short lived though as they were swept 4-0 in the first round by the Oklahoma City Thunder.
Daniels will play the 2024-25 season for the Atlanta Hawks after being included in the trade that brought Dejounte Murray to New Orleans.
Fanbo Zeng
Zeng went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft but aside from an Exhibit-10 contract signed with the Indiana Pacers in June 2022, he hasn’t been picked up by an NBA team and has instead been playing his basketball since 2022 with the Beijing Ducks of the Chinese CBA.
Michael Foster Jr.
Foster went undrafted in the 2022 NBA Draft but soon after signed an Exhibit-10 contract with the Philadelphia 76ers and played in the Summer League for them. His contract was converted to a two-way deal ahead of the 2022-23 season, although he was released in November 2022. In December he signed for the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League, whom he had played for as part of his two-way deal with Philadelphia. He would go on to win the G League championship in the 2022-23 season with Delaware.
Ahead of the 2023-24 season Foster signed with the Washington Wizards but was waived 9 days later. He subsequently played for the Capital City Go-Go for the 2023-24 G League season. Following the conclusion of the G League season, he then signed for Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican BSN.
Jaden Hardy
Hardy was selected with the 37th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft by the Sacramento Kings but was traded on Draft Night to the Dallas Mavericks. Hardy’s role in his rookie season was primarily off the bench and he put up solid numbers in the minutes he played: 8.8 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 14.8 minutes while shooting 40.4% from 3 on 3.3 attempts per game. The Mavericks finished with a disappointing 38-44 record and ended in 11th place, sealing a place in the lottery.
Hardy continued his bench role in the 2023-24 season and saw him put up similar averages to his rookie season. The Mavericks had a bounce back season as they finished with a 50-32 record and sealed 5th place in the West. The then proceeded to march through the Western Conference playoffs, first beating the L.A. Clippers in the first round 4-2, followed by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the semi finals by the same score, before finally beating the Minnesota Timberwolves 4-1 in the Western Conference Finals. They then faced the dominant Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals and were promptly beaten 4-1.
Hardy will again play for the Mavericks for the 2024-25 season.
2022-23
Ahead of the 2022-23 G League season, the Ignite moved so they would be playing their home games in Henderson, Nevada rather than Walnut Creek, California. Joining the returning Scoot Henderson on the Ignite would be big man Efe Abogidi who signed in June 2022, wing Sidy Cissoko who joined in July 2022 and finally guard Mojave King, who had played professionally in Australia, and forward Leonard Miller in September 2022.
The Ignite finished the regular G League season with a record of 11-21 and missing the playoffs, but the main talking point for most of the year was the exhibition series the Ignite played against Metropolitans 92 of France, which pitted the consensus #1 prospect Victor Wembanyama against the #2 prospect Scoot Henderson.
The prospects finished the season with the following averages:
Abogidi: 22 games | 18.6 mpg | 8.3 pts | 1.0 ast | 5.5 rbd | 0.6 stl | 1.0 blk | 57.0 FG% | 23.1 3P% | 76.9 FT% |
Cissoko: 43 games | 29.0 mpg | 11.6 pts | 3.1 ast | 2.8 rbd | 1.1 stl | 1.0 blk | 43.6 FG% | 31.4 3P% | 64.3 FT% |
Henderson: 25 games | 30.2 mpg | 17.6 pts | 6.4 ast | 5.1 rbd | 1.2 stl | 0.4 blk | 44.3 FG% | 32.4 3P% | 75.0 FT% |
King: 48 games | 26.6 mpg | 9.4 pts | 1.4 ast | 4.4 rbd | 0.5 stl | 0.4 blk | 40.4 FG% | 32.0 3P% | 76.9 FT% |
Miller: 38 games | 29.7 mpg | 16.9 pts | 1.6 ast | 10.1 rbd | 1.0 stl | 0.8 blk | 53.7 FG% | 30.4 3P% | 79.2 FT% |
All 5 prospects entered the 2023 NBA Draft. Scoot Henderson went #3 to the Trail Blazers, Miller went #33 to the Spurs but was traded to the Timberwolves, Cissoko went #44 to the Spurs, King went #47 to the Lakers but was then traded to the Pacers, and Abogidi went undrafted.
Where Are They Now?
Efe Abogidi
Abogidi entered the 2023 NBA Draft where he eventually went undrafted. Immediately after going undrafted, he re-signed with the G League Ignite as a veteran player on their 2023-24 roster, which was also their final season.
Sidy Cissoko
Cissoko was selected with the 44th pick by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2023 NBA Draft. He officially signed with the Spurs on 27 June 2023 and played on their Summer League roster. During the 2023-24 NBA season, he played a very minimal role for the Spurs and only played in 12 games for them, averaging 3.8 points, 0.8 assists and 1.8 rebounds in 11.7 minutes. He featured heavily for the Austin Spurs, the Spurs G League affiliate, playing 23 games and putting up 15.7 points, 3.0 assists and 5.0 rebounds in 29.7 minutes a night.
He will again be on the Spurs roster for the 2024-25 NBA season.
Scoot Henderson
Henderson was picked with the 3rd pick of the 2023 NBA Draft by the Portland Trail Bl;azers after looking like a top 2 pick all year. He played one game in the Summer League for the Blazers but left the game with an injury. His 2023-24 season with the Blazers was very up and down as he struggled with injuries for a good portion of the year and had some very inconsistent performances. He was named as a participant for the Rising Stars Challenge as part of All-Star Weekend in February 2024. He finished the season putting up averages of 14.0 points, 5.4 assists and 3.1 rebounds in 28.5 minutes a game, while shooting 32.5% from 3 for the year.
He will again be on the Trail Blazers roster for the 2024-25 NBA season.
Mojave King
King was drafted #47 to the Lakers but he was subsequently traded to the Indiana Pacers on draft night. He played for the Pacers during the 2023 Summer League and in October 2023 he signed on to play with the Indiana Mad Ants, the G League affiliate of the Pacers. King played 15 games for the Mad Ants and put up averages of 3.9 points, 0.5 assists and 0.6 rebounds.
Following the conclusion of the 2023-24 G League season, King signed with the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL and will play for them in the upcoming 2024-24 NBL season.
Leonard Miller
Miller was selected with the 33rd pick by the Spurs but was traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves on draft night. After playing for the Timberwolves during the 2023 Summer League, he then split his time between the Timberwolves and the Iowa Wolves of the G League. His G League stats far outstripped his NBA stats as he played heavy minutes in the G League compared to with the Timberwolves.
Miller will again be on the Timberwolves roster for the 2024-25 NBA Season.
2023-24
The final season of the Ignite. The Last Dance, if you will. To call the 2023-24 G League season for the Ignite a season of ups and downs would be putting it mildly. The Ignite had 2 prospects already on the roster returning for the second year of their 2-year deals: Babacar Sane and London Johnson, both of whom had signed in October 2022. The first further prospect to sign up was Thierry Darlan from the BAL in March 2023, followed by Dink Pate, a 2025-eligible guard who signed a 2-year deal. Two major signings soon came, first at the end of May with Matas Buzelis and then later in June with Ron Holland II. The Ignite closed out their recruitment drive by announcing the signing of 2 former OTE prospects - Tyler Smith and Izan Almansa.
The Ignite’s season was plagued with injuries to many of their prospects and they limped home to a ghastly 2-32 record in the G League regular season, finishing rock bottom of the G League Western Conference. The prospects finished with the following averages:
Almansa: 48 games | 27.3 mpg | 10.5 pts | 1.4 ast | 7.1 rbd | 0.8 stl | 0.7 blk | 54.9 FG% | 20.6 3P% | 54.5 FT% |
Buzelis: 34 games | 31.0 mpg | 14.1 pts | 1.9 ast | 6.6 rbd | 0.9 stl | 1.9 blk | 45.5 FG% | 26.1 3P% | 69.6 FT% |
Darlan: 45 games | 19.1 mpg | 5.4 pts | 0.8 ast | 3.7 rbd | 0.6 stl | 0.3 blk | 37.2 FG% | 26.3 3P% | 75.4 FT% |
Holland: 29 games | 31.9 mpg | 19.5 pts | 2.9 ast | 5.1 rbd | 2.9 stl | 0.9 blk | 46.0 FG% | 24.0 3P% | 72.8 FT% |
Johnson: 36 games | 26.4 mpg | 10.6 pts | 5.1 ast | 2.3 rbd | 0.6 stl | 0.4 blk | 41.1 FG% | 32.8 3P% | 81.4 FT% |
Pate: 31 games | 23.6 mpg | 8.0 pts | 3.6 ast | 2.9 rbd | 0.6 stl | 0.1 blk | 34.8 FG% | 21.4 3P% | 72.7 FT% |
Sane: 31 games | 22.7 mpg | 10.5 pts | 0.7 ast | 5.6 rbd | 0.5 stl | 0.5 blk | 44.1 FG% | 26.3 3P% | 69.9 FT% |
Smith: 43 games | 22.2 mpg | 13.7 pts | 1.3 ast | rbd | 0.8 stl | 1.9 blk | 46.3 FG% | 22.5 3P% | 76.9 FT% |
Four of the above prospects entered the 2024 NBA Draft. Ron Holland went #5 to the Pistons, Buzelis went #11 to the Bulls, Smith went #33 to the Bucks and Sane went undrafted. Almansa, Darlan and Johnson withdrew their names from the draft and Pate wasn’t 2024 eligible.
Where Are They Now?
Izan Almansa
Almansa had initially kept his name in the draft pool but then withdrew his name at the withdrawal deadline in June. He will be looking to boost his draft stock for the 2025 NBA Draft after signing with the Perth Wildcats of the Australian NBL, the former team of 2024 NBA draftee Alex Sarr.
Matas Buzelis
Buzelis was selected with the 11th pick by the Chicago Bulls after a solid season for the Ignite. He officially signed a contract with them on 2 July and will likely play for the Bulls in the upcoming NBA Summer League.
Thierry Darlan
Darlan had initially remained in the draft pool after playing for the Ignite and also playing some games for Bangui Sporting Club of Africa’s BAL, however he withdrew his name at the withdrawal deadline. There hasn’t been much news on what Darlan’s next steps will be so it will be interesting to see what happens this upcoming season for him.
Ron Holland
Holland was selected with the 5th pick by the Detroit Pistons, shocking many who had predicted his name to be called late lottery. Like Buzelis, he will likely play for the Pistons in the upcoming Summer League.
London Johnson
Johnson signed a two-year deal with the Ignite covering the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Like Almansa and Darlan above, Johnson also didn’t keep his name in the draft pool for 2024, and there also has been very little in the way of news for where he will play next season.
Dink Pate
Pate wasn’t eligible for the 2024 Draft anyway as he was born in 2006, but he had signed a 2-year deal to play with the Ignite, similar to Scoot Henderson. With the Ignite folding, he has been forced to find a new team for next season and just recently announced he will play for the Mexico City Capitanes in the G League next season.
Babacar Sane
Similar to Scoot and Dink, Sane had signed a 2-year deal with the Ignite covering the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. Sane entered the 2024 NBA Draft but went undrafted. He was soon picked up by the Utah Jazz who signed him to an Exhibit-10 contract, and he will likely feature on the Jazz’s Summer League Team.
Tyler Smith
Smith was selected with the 3rd pick in the second round, 33rd overall, by the Milwaukee Bucks. Like Buzelis, Holland and Sane, he will likely play in the NBA Summer League for the Bucks.
Legacy
The G League Ignite is one of those experiments the NBA has from time to time, with some working out and some being resigned to the reject bin. Although the Ignite’s time in the sun was short lived, it more than lived up to it’s objective of developing and preparing proscpects to play professionally in the NBA. Success stories like Jalen Green, Jonathan Kuminga, Dyson Daniels and Scoot Henderson will see the legacy of the Ignite live on as these players ultimately go on to have long NBA careers.
Will we see another project like this at some point from the NBA? Probably not, but as long as the prospects that were part of it’s history are playing in the NBA, and even after they retire, the memory will live on.
Long live the Ignite. The Ignite is dead.