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2023 G League draft: OKC Blue selects Lance Thomas, Logan Johnson

2023 G League draft: OKC Blue selects Lance Thomas, Logan Johnson.

The OKC Blue, the G League affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder, made a pair of selections during Saturday’s 2023 G League draft.

The Blue drafted guard Logan Johnson with the No. 9 pick and forward Lance Thomas with the No. 26 pick.

Johnson played five college seasons from 2018 to 2023 at Cincinnati and Saint Mary’s. The 24-year-old averaged 8.7 points, three rebounds and 1.9 assists in 146 career games. He went undrafted in 2023.

Thomas played four college seasons from 2017 to 2022 at multiple stops including Louisville, Memphis and South Alabama. The 24-year-old averaged 3.3 points and 2.1 rebounds in 79 career games. He went undrafted in 2022.

The Blue’s 2023-24 season is set to start on Nov. 10.

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Multiple Nets ruled out ahead of first Disney scrimmage

Jamal Crawford will not play in his first game in a Brooklyn Nets uniform on Wednesday.

It’s been a long road back to the court for the Brooklyn Nets. Even though everyone has been forced to deal with the stoppage in play, no team has lost as many players ahead of the Disney bubble as the Nets.

With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Spencer Dinwiddie, DeAndre Jordan, Wilson Chandler Taurean Prince snd Nic Claxton out, Brooklyn had to bring in reinforcements.

But with the NBA set to start scrimmages tomorrow, it appears the Nets will be without some of their substitute players, if not all.

Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn told reporters on a Zoom call that Tyler Johnson, Jamal Crawford and Justin Anderson will not play against the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday, per Alex Schiffer of The Athletic.

Additionally, Donta Hall has not exited quarantine yet.

But, Lance Thomas may be available against the Pelicans.

Report: Justin Anderson signing with Nets

After spending significant time with the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, Justin Anderson is back with Brooklyn.

Before the Nets signed Lance Thomas or Donta Hall, even before they were linked to Michael Beasley and Jamal Crawford, Brooklyn was reportedly considering Justin Anderson as a substitute player option.

But the Nets signed Beasley, Crawford and Hall first. Then Thomas emerged as a substitute player candidate, leaving Anderson’s status in question — even though he was in the bubble with Brooklyn.

Not long after Thomas signed with the team, it was reported Beasley had tested positive for COVID-19, left the bubble and his return was in question. Two days after the report of Beasley’s departure came, another surfaced indicating he wasn’t coming back — giving Anderson another opportunity to sign with the Nets.

And now Shams Charania of The Athletic is reporting Anderson is set to be a member of the organization once again.

Anderson last played for the Nets’ G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets, after logging three games for Brooklyn while on a 10-day contract.

RELATED: Michael Beasley will not rejoin Nets, to be replaced on roster

Nets sign Lance Thomas as substitute player for Disney bubble

Lance Thomas is getting another shot with the Brooklyn Nets organization.

Lance Thomas is once again part of the Nets organization.

Brooklyn announced the forward signed to play with the franchise for the remainder of the 2019-20 season on Tuesday.

Thomas was with the Nets at the very beginning of 2019-20 for training camp, and he was among those who were ultimately cut ahead of the start of the regular season.

Thomas is the fourth substitute player the Nets have signed ahead of the Disney bubble — Michael Beasley, Jamal Crawford and Donta Hall being the other three. The Nets also signed Tyler Johnson, though he was not designated as a replacement player, given he took Theo Pinson’s place on the roster after the guard was waived.

Thomas has been in the league since 2011-12, though he has yet to play in an NBA game this season. He last played for the New York Knicks in 2018-19, whom he had been with since the middle of 2014-15.

The 6-foot-8 forward has averaged 5.2 points and 2.6 rebounds per game throughout his career while playing 18.4 minutes a night.

RELATED: Justin Anderson in Disney bubble with Nets

Report: Nets close to deal with Lance Thomas

The Brooklyn Nets are looking to sign yet another ex-New York Knicks player ahead of the NBA’s restart at Disney.

The Brooklyn Nets signed three players in the last week — Jamal Crawford, Michael Beasley and Donta Hall — to help cut into the loss of seven players ahead of the NBA’s restart in the Disney World bubble.

Turns out, the Nets aren’t quite done adding players to their roster. And they may sign yet another ex-New York Knicks player — Crawford and Beasley being the two ex-Knicks Brooklyn has already signed ahead of the restart.

Lance Thomas — who played for the Knicks from 2014-15 to 2018-19 after playing for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans and Oklahoma City Thunder his first few seasons in the NBA — is close to a deal with the Nets, according to Ian Begley of SNY.

Like Beasley and Crawford, the Brooklyn native has yet to play in an NBA game this season. Thomas, a 6-foot-8 forward, appeared in 46 games for the Knicks in 2018-19, averaging 4.5 points and 2.5 rebounds per game while playing 17 minutes a night.

Thomas spent time with the Nets before the 2019-20 season during training camp, but was ultimately cut ahead of the season.