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2024 NBA G League Draft Results

October 26th, 2024 at 1:07pm CST by Luke Adams

The NBA G League held its draft for the 2024/25 season on Saturday afternoon. Players who signed NBAGL contracts and whose rights weren’t already controlled by a team were part of the draft pool.

It was the first time in G League history that each of the 30 NBA teams had an affiliate squad take part in a draft. A 31st team, the unaffiliated Mexico City Capitanes, also participated.

[RELATED: NBA G League Announces Schedule For 2024/25 Season]

The Westchester Knicks, New York’s affiliate, held the top two picks in Saturday’s draft and used them to select a pair of NBA veterans.

The No. 1 overall pick was sharpshooter Matt Ryan, who is reportedly drawing interest from the Knicks and is a candidate to be called up to their NBA roster at some point this season.

Drafting Ryan to Westchester won’t prevent another NBA team from poaching him, since holding a player’s G League rights doesn’t mean you control his NBA rights. But it will give the Knicks a chance to take a first-hand look at him before potentially offering him a standard or two-way contract.

Ryan has knocked down 41.1% of his three-point attempts in 63 career NBA games for the Celtics, Lakers, Timberwolves, and Pelicans.

The second player off the board was swingman Landry Shamet, who is recovering from a dislocated shoulder. Selecting him in the G League draft will allow the Knicks to keep him in the organization and closely monitor his rehabilitation process.

Shamet was expected to make the NBA roster prior to the injury and will be a candidate to rejoin the NBA squad later in the season if he fully recovers from his shoulder injury. He was the most experienced player in the NBAGL draft pool, with 348 career regular season outings at the NBA level.

Another notable name was picked fifth overall, as former NBA first-round pick Chandler Hutchison came out of retirement and was drafted by the Long Island Nets. Hutchison, 28, was the No. 22 pick in the 2018 NBA draft and appeared in 103 total games over the next four seasons for Chicago, Washington, and Phoenix.

Although the Nets’ affiliate technically drafted Hutchison, he was traded to the Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers) in a four-team trade that saw No. 3 pick Sean East II sent to the South Bay Lakers and Colin Castleton‘s returning rights acquired by Long Island. The full details of the deal, which also involved the Santa Cruz Warriors, can be found here.

East reportedly agreed to an Exhibit 10 deal with the Lakers back in June, but that signing never became official. It’s not clear why, but after his rights were acquired by South Bay on draft day, the former Missouri guard will head to Los Angeles’ affiliate after all.

Finally, a pair of familiar names were selected late in the second round, with the 53rd and 54th overall picks. The Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets‘ affiliate, nabbed former Knicks guard Allonzo Trier, followed by the Maine Celtics (Boston’s affiliate) drafting Kavion Pippen, the cousin of Grizzlies guard Scotty Pippen Jr. and nephew of Hall of Famer Scottie Pippen.

Kavion Pippen wasn’t the only family member of a Hall of Famer who came off the board in the second round. The Capital City Go-Go (Wizards) picked former USC forward DJ Rodman, the son of Dennis Rodman, with the 43rd overall pick.

Here are the full 2024 G League draft results:

Round One:

  1. Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Matt Ryan
  2. Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Landry Shamet
  3. Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Sean East II
  4. Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Thierry Darlan
  5. Long Island Nets (Nets): Chandler Hutchison
  6. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Christian Brown
  7. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Tyson Walker
  8. Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Malik Hall
  9. Maine Celtics (Celtics): Eric Gaines
  10. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Tae Williams
  11. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Seth Maxwell (Indiana Wesleyan)
  12. Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Cam Martin
  13. Austin Spurs (Spurs): Ibrahima Diallo
  14. Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets): Justin Moore
  15. Raptors 905 (Raptors): Tylor Perry
  16. Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers): Kevin Cross
  17. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Paul Mulcahy
  18. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Brandon Childress
  19. Valley Suns (Suns): Nate Roberts
  20. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Tommy Rutherford
  21. Maine Celtics (Celtics): London Johnson
  22. Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Trae Hannibal
  23. South Bay Lakers (Lakers): Marlain Veal
  24. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Bryce Griggs (Overtime Elite)
  25. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Jaylan Gainey
  26. Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Justyn Hamilton
  27. San Diego Clippers (Clippers): Garrett Denbow (Anderson University (SC))
  28. Austin Spurs (Spurs): Steven Richardson (Montana State-Billings)
  29. Mexico City Capitanes (N/A): Lewis Duarte (Overtime Elite)
  30. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): No pick
  31. San Diego Clippers (Clippers): Emmanuel Bandoumel

Round Two:

  1. Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Sy Chatman
  2. Austin Spurs (Spurs): Xavier Johnson
  3. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): Vonterius Woolbright
  4. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Keyon Menifield
  5. College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Terrell Burden
  6. Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Kamani Johnson
  7. Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Jamal Bieniemy
  8. Austin Spurs (Spurs): Charles Pride
    • Note: Pride is being traded to the Raptors 905, per Blake Murphy of Sportsnet (Twitter link).
  9. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Bobby Planutis
  10. Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans): E.J. Montgomery
  11. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
  12. Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): DJ Rodman
  13. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Dee Barnes
  14. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Devine Eke
  15. Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Sterling Manley
  16. Austin Spurs (Spurs): No pick
  17. Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Olisa Akonobi
  18. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Jericole Hellems
  19. Valley Suns (Suns): Olin Carter III
  20. Osceola Magic (Magic): Cameron Parker
  21. Long Island Nets (Nets): No pick
  22. Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets): Allonzo Trier
  23. Maine Celtics (Celtics): Kavion Pippen
  24. Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): William Kondrat (D’Youville University)
  25. Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Jayden Hardaway
  26. Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Tray Jackson
  27. Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers): Ishmael Lane
  28. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
  29. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): No pick
  30. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): No pick
  31. San Diego Clippers (Clippers): Mike Scott

Teams will fill out their rosters with affiliate players, returning rights players, tryout players, and players who are assigned to the G League from the NBA roster (including those on two-way contracts).

G League training camps open on Monday, with this year’s NBAGL Tip-Off Tournament getting underway on November 8. The Tip-Off Tournament will be played over about a month-and-a-half and will be followed by the G League regular season, which begins on December 27.

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Draft Notes: Mensah, Ellis, Hill, Perry

May 28th, 2023 at 5:25pm CST by Dana Gauruder

Forward Nathan Mensah has workouts coming up with the Hornets, Grizzlies, Pistons, Bucks and Cavaliers, Adam Zagoria tweets. Mensah averaged 6.0 points and 5.9 rebounds for San Diego State last season during its run to the title game.

We have more draft-related info:

  • Arkansas’ El Ellis is withdrawing from the draft and will return to school next season, CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein tweets. Ellis is transferring from Louisville, where he averaged 17.7 points and 4.4 assists last season.
  • UNLV forward Jalen Hill is also withdrawing the draft, Rothstein reports in another tweet. Hill averaged 9.7 points and 5.8 rebounds last season.
  • Tylor Perry is headed to Kansas State after withdrawing from the draft, Rothstein adds (Twitter link). Perry averaged 17.3 points for North Texas last season. Perry announced he was entering the draft in early April, though he wasn’t on the official league entry list.
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NBA Announces Initial Early Entrant List For 2023 Draft

April 26th, 2023 at 10:55am CST by Rory Maher

The NBA has officially released the initial list of early entrants for the 2023 NBA draft, announcing in a press release that 242 players have filed as early entry candidates. Of those prospects, 192 are from colleges, two played in the NBA G League, and 48 are international early entrants.

Those are big numbers, but they fall well short of the 353 early entrants who initially declared for the draft in 2021 and the 283 who entered last year. Beginning in 2021, the NCAA granted players an extra year of eligibility due to the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in seniors having to decide between staying at college for one more season or declaring for the draft as an “early” entrant.

This year’s total of 242 early entrants figures to shrink significantly by May 31 and again by June 12, the two deadlines for players to withdraw their names from the draft pool. But it still looks like the pool will remain extremely crowded, with the eventual number of early entrants certain to exceed 58, the number of picks in the draft.

Our tracker of early entrants for the 2023 draft is fully up to date and can be found right here.

Here are the changes we made to our tracker today:

Newly added players:

College players:

These players either didn’t publicly announce that they were entering the draft or we simply missed it when they did.

International players:

These players weren’t previously mentioned on our list of international early entrants. The country listed here indicates where they last played, not necessarily where they were born.

  • Miguel Allen, F, Spain (born 2003)
  • Idrissa Ba, C, France (born 2002)
  • Elian Benitez, G, France (born 2003)
  • William Beugre-Kassi, G/F, France (born 2004)
  • Sasa Ciani, F, Croatia (born 2003)
  • Ege Demir, F/C, Turkey (born 2004)
  • Thijs De Ridder, F, Belgium (born 2003)
  • Nikola Djurisic, G/F, Serbia (born 2004)
  • Ruben Dominguez, G, Spain (born 2003)
  • Quinn Ellis, G, Italy (born 2003)
  • Juan Fernandez, F/C, Spain (born 2002)
  • Clement Frisch, F, France (born 2002)
  • Sananda Fru, F, Germany (born 2003)
  • Gloire Goma, G, Spain (born 2003)
  • Hassane Gueye, F, France (born 2003)
  • Ondrej Hanzlik, F, Spain (born 2002)
  • Ilias Kamardine, G, France (born 2003)
  • Konstantin Kostadinov, F, Spain (born 2003)
  • Oleksandr Kovliar, G, Estonia (born 2002)
  • Liutauras Lelevicius, G, Lithuania (born 2003)
  • Gilad Levy, C, Israel (born 2002)
  • Ruben Lopez, F, Spain (born 2002)
  • Assemian Moulare, G, France (born 2003)
  • Daniel Onwenu, G, Brazil (born 2002)
  • Ivan Perasovic, F, Croatia (born 2002)
  • Mantas Rubstavicius, G, Lithuania (born 2002)
  • Musa Sagnia, F/C, Spain (born 2003)
  • Marcio Santos, F/C, Brazil (born 2002)
  • Enzo Shahrvin, F, France (born 2003)
  • Birahima Sylla, G, France (born 2003)
  • Dez Andras Tanoh, G, Hungary (born 2002)
  • Hugo Toom, F, Estonia (born 2002)
  • Armel Traore, F, France (born 2003)
  • Ricards Vanags, G/F, Latvia (born 2002)

Other notable draft-eligible early entrants:

The NBA typically sends its teams a list of “also-eligible” names. That list isn’t public. However, we’re assuming that at least one projected top-three pick is on it: Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite. Overtime Elite standouts Amen Thompson and Ausar Thompson would also be on this list, as would Henderson’s Ignite teammate Leonard Miller.

Players removed:

Despite reports or announcements that the players below would declare for the draft, they didn’t show up on the NBA’s official list.

That could mean a number of things — they may have decided against entering the draft; they may have entered the draft, then withdrawn; they may have had no NCAA eligibility remaining, making them automatically draft-eligible; they may have incorrectly filed their paperwork; or the NBA may have accidentally omitted some names.

In any case, we’ve removed the following names from our early entrant list, at least for the time being.

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Duke’s Dereck Lively Among Draft’s Recent Early Entrants

April 4th, 2023 at 3:10pm CST by Luke Adams

Duke center Dereck Lively II announced on Tuesday that he’s entering his name in the 2023 NBA draft, confirming his decision in a video on Twitter. There’s no mention in Lively’s statement or a press release from the school about him preserving his remaining NCAA eligibility, so it sounds like he intends to go pro.

A 7’2″ center, Lively doesn’t have much of an offensive game, having averaged just 5.2 points in 20.6 minutes (34 games) during his first and only college season. However, his defensive upside is significant and he’s considered perhaps the best shot blocker in this year’s draft class, having averaged 2.4 BPG for the Blue Devils.

John Hollinger of The Athletic recently wrote that the floor spacing at the NBA level should give Lively more room to operate as a rim runner. He has shown some passing ability and the potential to make corner threes, according to Hollinger, so there’s reason to be hopeful that he could develop a passable offensive game to go along with his game-changing defense.

Lively is the No. 22 prospect on ESPN’s big board.

Here are more updates on early entrants declaring for the draft in recent days:

  • Indiana senior forward Trayce Jackson-Davis will forgo his final year of college eligibility and enter the 2023 NBA draft, he announced on Instagram. A possible first-round pick, Jackson-Davis is the No. 31 prospect on ESPN’s board after an impressive 2022/23 season in which he averaged a double-double (20.9 PPG, 10.8 RPG) to go along with 4.0 APG and 2.9 BPG in 32 contests (34.5 MPG).
  • Arkansas junior guard Ricky Council IV has declared for the draft, making his announcement on Twitter. Based on his statement, it sounds like Council will forgo his remaining college eligibility. The No. 43 prospect on ESPN’s top 100, Council transferred to the Razorbacks after two years at Wichita State. His shooting percentages dipped a little in 2022/23, to 43.3% from the floor and 27.0% on threes, but he averaged 16.1 PPG, 3.6 RPG, and 2.3 APG in 36 games (34.1 MPG) and has “an NBA-caliber frame and exceptional explosiveness,” per ESPN’s Jonathan Givony.
  • The following players are also entering the draft and will maintain their NCAA eligibility unless otherwise noted:
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