For the second consecutive season, the NBA G League Ignite have placed three of their players in the draft
The team was created in 2020 as a new way to make the leap to the NBA
The 2022 NB DraftA has had as protagonist Paolo Banchero, who has been elected in the first position by the Orlando Magic. The Italian-American power forward, who played last season at the University of Duke, He has been one of the great surprises of the draft, and after his good college year, he has taken the honor of being chosen first.
the university path It is usually the most used in the draft to gain access to the best basketball league on the planet. Gone are those direct jumps from high school to the NBA who starred in their day LeBron James, Kobe Bryant o Kevin Garnett. Now, the player must play at least one year at the university or abroad, although for two seasons, there has been a new formula: through the NBA development league and team Ignite.
A franchise in the ‘G League’ to avoid college basketball
The competition listened to the different voices that asked to create a team in the ‘G League’ so that young people could ‘avoid’ going through university and enter the dynamics of a professional team. A very interesting option in terms of economic terms, highly persecuted in the university scene.
After two seasons, six players have been selected in the draft
And the truth is that, after its creation, the results are frankly satisfying. If the goal was to lead young basketball talents to the NBA, it was already achieved in the 2021 draft with three players who were selected by French NBA, and again this year the figure has been repeated.
Dyson Daniels, selected by the Pelicans in the eighth position
the australian Dyson Daniels and the Americans MarJon Beauchamp y Jaden Hardy, have been selected respectively by Pelicans, Bucks y Kings. In addition, the first two were selected in first round, being Daniels chosen in the eighth position.
Former ACB Pooh Jetter, veteran for Ignite
But in this franchise called to project young talents to the NBA, there are also players with a more veteran profile, in order to balance the template. Without going any further, last year, they were part of the team Amir Johnson, Drafted in 2005 by the Detroit Pistons, the Pooh Jetter, a classic ACB that played at Penya in 2011.
