Ignite, a recently launched team of elite NBA Draft-eligible players, coached by former NBA player and head coach Brian Shaw, will play in its inaugural season.
What is the 2021 G League season schedule?
The complete 135-game schedule of the 2021 G League season will tip-off on Feb. 10. Each team will play 15 regular-season games between Feb. 10 and Mar. 6.
The new season will tip-off on Feb. 10 with the young Ignite squad taking on veteran Jeremy Lin and the Santa Cruz Warriors on Feb. 10 at 11 a.m. ET on ESPN2. Opening night also includes an additional five games including the most recent G League Champion (2019) - the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.
Verbatim: Mad Ants announce 2021 basketball operations, front-office personnel
The Journal Gazette
The Fort Wayne Mad Ants issued this news release today:
JANUARY 29, 2021 The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced Friday additions to the basketball operations staff for the single site season to begin in February at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort near Orlando, Fla.
Michael Ruffin joins the Mad Ants as an Assistant Coach. Ruffin was last a Player Development Coach for the New Orleans Pelicans since 2014. Ruffin spent nine seasons playing in the NBA between 1999 and 2009, playing in 414 games. Ruffin finished his playing career in the 2010-2011 season with Obradoiro CAB in Spain after a brief stint coaching the Colorado Kings of the ABA. The Denver, Colorado native was First Team All-WAC in college while playing for Tulsa.
Then, it all came crashing down. I knew something wasn t right for sure just because I couldn t really put too much pressure on (my left knee), Glass said. But for the first week, I didn t even know that (my left ACL) was torn, and our trainers were telling me that it might have been something with my hamstring. I didn t find out until about a week later when I took an MRI. That s when they told me.
Glass said he sustained his season-ending knee injury after catching a pass and planting awkwardly in a Week 6 win at LaPorte on Sept. 25. He walked off the field under his own power thinking he would return, but when it was confirmed that Glass high school football career was over, he was heartbroken.
Published January 9, 2021, 2:47 PM
Kai Sotto (Photo from Chooks to Go)
The NBA G League announced Friday the staging of a bubble tournament which starts next month in Orlando, Florida, apparently dimming Kai Sotto’s chances of suiting up for Gilas Pilipinas in the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers.
Eighteen teams, including Sotto, Fil-American Jalen Green and the rest of the G-League Ignite, will participate in the tourney inside the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Walt Disney World Resort.
It’s the same venue where the NBA was able to complete its 2019-20 season under the same bubble concept.