2021 NBA G League draft (October) explained

2021 NBA G League draft (October)
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Sport:	Basketball
Date:	October 23, 2021
Location:	Zoom
League:	NBA
First:	Shamorie Ponds, Delaware Blue Coats
Prev:	Jan. 2021
Next:	2022

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

Pos.	G	F	C
Position	Guard	Forward	Center

^	Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA G League International Challenge Teams(s)
	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

First round

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/country
1	Shamorie Ponds	G		Delaware Blue Coats (from South Bay)	St. John's
2	Tyler Hagedorn	F		College Park Skyhawks	South Dakota
3	Gabe York	G		Fort Wayne Mad Ants	Arizona
4	Justin Turner	G		Westchester Knicks	Bowling Green
5	Nate Darling	G		Agua Caliente Clippers (from Stockton)	Delaware
6	bgcolor=#FBCEB1	Brandon Knight†	G		Sioux Falls Skyforce (from Grand Rapids)	Kentucky
7	Eddie Stansberry	G		Texas Legends (from Raptors 905)	Hawaii
8	Jaylen Johnson	F		Motor City Cruise	Louisville
9	bgcolor=#FBCEB1	Michael Gbinije†	G/F		Iowa Wolves (from Wisconsin)	Syracuse
10	Zaire Wade	G		Salt Lake City Stars	USA
11	Loudon Love	C		Texas Legends (from Austin)	Wright State
12	Alan Griffin	G/F		Santa Cruz Warriors (from Memphis)	Syracuse
13	bgcolor=#FBCEB1	Lance Stephenson†	G		Grand Rapids Gold	Cincinnati
14	LiAngelo Ball	G		Greensboro Swarm	USA
15	T. J. Haws	G			BYU
16	B. J. Taylor	G		Cleveland Charge	Central Florida
17	Scottie Lindsey	G		Windy City Bulls	Northwestern
18	Isaiah Ross	G		Maine Celtics (from Birmingham)	Iona
19	Ruot Monyyong	F			Little Rock
20	Marlon Stewart	G			North Dakota
21	bgcolor=#FBCEB1	Joe Young†	G		Birmingham Squadron (from Stockton)	Oregon
22	Samir Doughty	G			Auburn
23	Chudier Bile	F		Greensboro Swarm	Georgetown
24	Rodney Pryor	F		Capital City Go-Go	Georgetown
25	Tim Bond	G		Windy City Bulls	Eastern Michigan
26	Tyree White	F		Greensboro Swarm	Louisiana-Monroe
27	Montell McRae	F/C		Cleveland Charge (from Oklahoma via Rio Grande)	Buffalo
28	Cullen Russo	F		Maine Celtics (from Rio Grande)	Fresno State

Second round

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

Third round

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

Notes and References

1. Delaware Blue Coats. 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.. blue_coats. 1448801466580406277. October 23, 2021. October 15, 2021. en.