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The NBA G League on Thursday announced the additions of veteran players Amir Johnson, Bobby Brown, Reggie Hearn, Brandon Ashley and Cody Demps to the Ignite roster.
The five veterans bring years of valuable playing experience, both in the NBA and other professional leagues around the world, that will aid in the development of the six elite prospects highlighting the inaugural G League Ignite roster.
Johnson brings the most experience to the Ignite after 14 years in the NBA across four stops. He did not play in the NBA last season and last played with the Philadelphia 76ers during the 2018-19 season, averaging 3.9 points in 51 games played.
The addition of Hearn was previously reported last month as he was the first veteran to agree to join the Ignite. 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 South Bay Lakers.
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.
In addition to Green, Todd and Kuminga, 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.
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.
The prospects on Ignite will be draft-eligible in the 2021 NBA draft.
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