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South Bay Lakers guard Reggie Hearn will reportedly join the NBA G League Ignite team ahead of the 2020-21 season, according to Adam Zagoria of ZagsBlog.com.
Hearn, who went undrafted out of Northwestern in 2013, averaged 12.8 points, 3.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists in 44 games played last season with the Lakers. He shot 42.4% from 3-point range, which ranked 12th among all players in the G League.
The NBA G League Ignite, which was informally dubbed the Select Team, features several top high school prospects such as Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd, Jonathan Kuminga and several others. The team is coached by Brian Shaw and has been training in Walnut Creek, California.
Former Northwestern G Reggie Hearn of the Lakers G League team will join the NBA G League Select Team featuring Jalen Green and Jon Kuminga, per sources.
— Adam Zagoria (@AdamZagoria) October 18, 2020
In addition to Green and Todd, prospects Daishen Nix, Kai Sotto and Princepal Singh, a 6-foot-10 forward from India, also joined the program, which was launched in April to serve as an alternative path for elite prospects wanting to play professionally.
The team will eventually be filled in with veteran players, such as Hearn, and other free agents that will help mentor the prospects and provide leadership throughout the season. The prospects on Ignite will be draft-eligible in the 2021 NBA Draft.
Ignite, which is unaffiliated with any existing NBA G League franchise or NBA team, will participate in exhibition games against other NBA G League teams and international clubs and will play 10-12 games that won’t count against the standings.
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