2021 NBA G League draft (October)

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

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
← Jan. 2021 2022 →

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	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

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/country
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

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/country
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

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.