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The NBA G League on Wednesday announced that the team once informally dubbed as the Select Team will be known as Ignite moving forward with Jalen Green, Isaiah Todd and several other top high school prospects in Walnut Creek, California.
The NBA G League announced in April its plans to launch a new developmental team as an alternative path for elite prospects wanting to play professionally. Green and Todd were the first two players to commit to the revamped program.
In addition to Green and Todd, prospects Daishen Nix, Kai Sotto, Jonathan Kuminga and Princepal Singh, a 6-foot-10 forward from India, also joined the program. The group of players arrived this week in California to begin training with head coach Brian Shaw.
A team dedicated to developing top young players through a one-year program, NBA G League Ignite is focused on NBA Draft readiness and growth of professional life skills. The team will eventually be filled with veteran players to help mentor the prospects.
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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