2021 NBA G League draft (October)

General information
Sport| Basketball
Date(s)| October 23, 2021
Location| Zoom
Overview
League| NBA
First selection| Shamorie Ponds, Delaware Blue Coats

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The October 2021 NBA G League draft was the 21st draft of the NBA G League.

The Delaware Blue Coats had the first overall selection after a three-team trade involving the South Bay Lakers and Memphis Hustle.[1] The Blue Coats selected Shamorie Ponds with the first pick.

## Key

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Pos. | G  | F  | C

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Position | Guard  | Forward  | Center
^  | Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA G League International Challenge Teams(s)

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*  | Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA G League International Challenge Team(s) and was also selected in an NBA draft
†  | Denotes player who was also selected in an NBA Draft

## Draft

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### First round

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Pick  | Player  | Pos.  | Nationality  | Team  | College/country

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1  | Shamorie Ponds | G |  United States  | Delaware Blue Coats (from South Bay)  | St. John's
2  | Tyler Hagedorn | F |  United States  | College Park Skyhawks | South Dakota
3  | Gabe York | G  |  United States  | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Arizona
4  | Justin Turner | G  |  United States  | Westchester Knicks | Bowling Green
5  | Nate Darling | G  |  Canada  | Agua Caliente Clippers (from Stockton)  | Delaware
6  | Brandon Knight†  | G  |  United States  | Sioux Falls Skyforce (from Grand Rapids)  | Kentucky
7  | Eddie Stansberry  | G  |  United States  | Texas Legends (from Raptors 905)  | Hawaii
8  | Jaylen Johnson | F  |  United States  | Motor City Cruise | Louisville
9  | Michael Gbinije†  | G/F  |  United States  | Iowa Wolves (from Wisconsin)  | Syracuse
10  | Zaire Wade | G  |  United States  | Salt Lake City Stars | USA
11  | Loudon Love | C |  United States  | Texas Legends (from Austin)  | Wright State
12  | Alan Griffin | G/F  |  United States  | Santa Cruz Warriors (from Memphis)  | Syracuse
13  | Lance Stephenson†  | G  |  United States  | Grand Rapids Gold | Cincinnati
14  | LiAngelo Ball | G  |  United States  | Greensboro Swarm | USA
15  | T. J. Haws | G  |  United States  | Lakeland Magic | BYU
16  | B. J. Taylor  | G  |  United States  | Cleveland Charge | Central Florida
17  | Scottie Lindsey | G  |  United States  | Windy City Bulls | Northwestern
18  | Isaiah Ross | G  |  United States  | Maine Celtics (from Birmingham)  | Iona
19  | Ruot Monyyong  | F  |  United States  | Iowa Wolves | Little Rock
20  | Marlon Stewart | G  |  United States  | Lakeland Magic | North Dakota
21  | Joe Young†  | G  |  United States  | Birmingham Squadron (from Stockton)  | Oregon
22  | Samir Doughty | G  |  United States  | Iowa Wolves | Auburn
23  | Chudier Bile  | F  |  United States  | Greensboro Swarm | Georgetown
24  | Rodney Pryor  | F  |  United States  | Capital City Go-Go | Georgetown
25  | Tim Bond  | G  |  United States  | Windy City Bulls | Eastern Michigan
26  | Tyree White  | F  |  United States  | Greensboro Swarm | Louisiana-Monroe
27  | Montell McRae  | F/C  |  United States  | Cleveland Charge (from Oklahoma via Rio Grande)  | Buffalo
28  | Cullen Russo  | F  |  United States  | Maine Celtics (from Rio Grande)  | Fresno State

### Second round

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Pick  | Player  | Pos.  | Nationality  | Team  | College/country

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1  | Karim Mané | G  |  Canada  | Memphis Hustle (from South Bay)  | Vanier
2  | Kalob Ledoux  | G  |  United States  | College Park Skyhawks | Louisiana Tech
3  | Gerard Tarin  | G  |  United States  | Memphis Hustle (from Fort Wayne)  | Nova Southeastern
4  | Barra Njie^  | G  |  Sweden  | Delaware Blue Coats (from Westchester)  | Sweden
5  | Tahj Eaddy | G  |  United States  | Raptors 905 (from Stockton via Cleveland and Rio Grande Valley)  | USC
6  | Trevon Duval | G  |  United States  | Grand Rapids Gold | Duke
7  | Gary Chivichyan | G  |  Armenia  | Lakeland Magic (from Raptors 905)  | Pacific
8  | Ryan Daly | G/F  |  United States  | Motor City Cruise | Saint Joseph's
9  | Keaton Wallace | G  |  United States  | Wisconsin Herd | UTSA
10  | Pedro Bradshaw | G  |  United States  | Salt Lake City Stars (via Stockton)  | Bellarmine
11  | Alexis Wangmene | F  |  Cameroon  | Austin Spurs | Texas
12  | Ian DuBose | G  |  United States  | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (from Memphis)  | Wake Forest
13  | Mike Smith | G  |  United States  | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Michigan
14  | Jaire Grayer  | G  |  United States  | Lakeland Magic (from Delaware)  | TCU
15  | Blake Francis | G  |  United States  | Raptors 905 (from Texas)  | Richmond
16  | Jack Pagenkopf  | G  |  United States  | Cleveland Charge | Dixie State
17  | Devonte Patterson | F  |  United States  | Iowa Wolves | Prairie View A&M
18  | Jordan Allen  | F  |  United States  | Fort Wayne Mad Ants (from Maine via Lakeland)  | Lynn
19  | Devearl Ramsey  | G  |  United States  | Birmingham Squadron | UC Santa Barbara
20  | Chris Walker | F  |  United States  | Long Island Nets | Florida
21  | Eric Demers  | G  |  United States  | Rio Grande Valley Vipers (from Agua Caliente)  | Gordon (MA)
22  | Derrick Griffin | F  |  United States  | Birmingham Squadron (from Iowa)  | Texas Southern
23  | JaQuan Lyle | G  |  United States  | Santa Cruz Warriors | New Mexico
24  | Jachai Taylor  | G  |  United States  | Capital City Go-Go | Queens (NC)
25  | Lydell Elmore  | F  |  United States  | Westchester Knicks (from Windy City)  | High Point
26  | Ikenna Ndugba  | G  |  Nigeria  | Greensboro Swarm | Elon
27  | Tevin King  | G  |  United States  | Oklahoma City Blue | South Dakota State
28  | Kammeon Holsey  | F  |  United States  | Agua Caliente Clippers (from Rio Grande Valley)  | Georgia Tech

### Third round

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Pick  | Player  | Pos.  | Nationality  | Team  | College/country

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1  | Elijah Cain  | G  |  United States  | South Bay Lakers | DePaul
2  | Landon Taliaferro  | G  |  United States  | College Park Skyhawks | Fairfield
3  | Will Vorhees  | F  |  United States  | Fort Wayne Mad Ants | Notre Dame (OH)
4  | Asante Gist  | G  |  United States  | Westchester Knicks | Iona
5  | Princepal Singh | F/C  |  India  | Stockton Kings | India
6  | Trevor John  | G  |  United States  | Grand Rapids Gold | Drexel
7  | Tristan Jarrett | G  |  United States  | Raptors 905 | Jackson State
8  | Devon Baulkman  | G  |  United States  | Motor City Cruise | Tennessee
9  | Jaylen Bland | G  |  United States  | Wisconsin Herd | UC Riverside
10  | J. C. Show  | G  |  United States  | Salt Lake City Stars | Binghamton
—  | —  | —  | Austin Spurs | —
—  | —  | —  | Memphis Hustle | —
11  | Joel Ntambwe  | F  |  DR Congo  | Sioux Falls Skyforce | Texas Tech
—  | —  | —  | Delaware Blue Coats | —
12  | Lamonte Bearden  | G  |  United States  | Texas Legends | Western Kentucky
—  | —  | —  | Stockton Kings (from Cleveland)  | —
—  | —  | —  | Delaware Blue Coats (from Lakeland)  | —
13  | Lindsey Drew  | G  |  United States  | Maine Celtics | Nevada
14  | Artur Labinowicz  | G  |  Poland  | Iowa Wolves (from Birmingham)  | Evansville
15  | Jaylen Fisher  | G  |  United States  | Long Island Nets | TCU
16  | Randy Onwuasor  | G  |  United States  | Agua Caliente Clippers | LSU
17  | Seth Allen  | G  |  United States  | Iowa Wolves | Virginia Tech
18  | Jovan Mooring  | G  |  United States  | Santa Cruz Warriors | Nevada
19  | Jermaine Haley  | G  |  Canada  | Capital City Go-Go | West Virginia
20  | Kerwin Roach | G  |  United States  | Windy City Bulls | Texas
21  | Isaiah Blackmon | G  |  United States  | Greensboro Swarm | Saint Francis (PA)
22  | Marlon Taylor | G  |  United States  | Oklahoma City Blue | LSU
23  | Jimond Ivey  | G  |  United States  | Rio Grande Valley Vipers | Akron

## References

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1. ^ @blue_coats (October 15, 2021). "NUMBER ONE PICK! TRADE: In a three team deal, the Blue Coats have acquired the first overall pick in the 2021 NBA G League draft from the South Bay Lakers, in addition to a 2022 second round pick and the returning player rights to Naz Mitrou-Long from the Memphis Hustle" (Tweet). Retrieved October 23, 2021 - via Twitter.

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