The G League Ignite continues to build momentum. The NBA's minor league developmental team has progressed into a viable option for NBA prospects who don’t want to attend college.
Three G League Ignite players – Ron Holland, Matas Buzelis and Izan Almansa – are projected top-10 picks in USA TODAY Sports’ 2024 NBA mock draft. Holland is the projected No. 1 pick.
Four G League Ignite players were selected in the 2023 draft, including Scoot Henderson at No. 3; three were drafted in 2022, including Dyson Daniels at No. 8; and three were chosen in 2021, including Jalen Green at No. 2 and Jonathan Kuminga as No. 7.
Duke and Kentucky each have three projected first-round picks, too. It’s early though. The college season just started, the G League season opens Friday and the international season is under way. Players will move up and down through the 2023-24 season.
In June following the NBA Draft, USA TODAY Sports’ way-too-early 2024 NBA mock draft projected Southern California freshman Bronny James as a mid- to late- first-round pick. But that was before James sustained a cardiac arrest on July 24 while working out on the USC campus. He was hospitalized and later diagnosed with a congenital heart defect, which the James family said “can and will be treated.”
That put James’ college basketball career on pause. James is sidelined to start the season, but his dad, Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James, said Bronny will undergo a check up later this month to determine if he can return to the court. If he is cleared to play, he will return to the team with plans to play this season.
For now, James has dropped off our NBA first-round mock draft.
Guard, 6-foot-6, 204 pounds, 18 years old
Forward-center, 7-1, 212, 18II
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Guard, 6-5, 210, freshman, 19
Guard, 6-6, 215, freshman, 18
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Guard, 6-5, 200, 18
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Guard, 6-3, 197, freshman, 19
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Guard, 6-5, 207, sophomore, 19
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