It’s March Madness, which means members of the Golden State Warriors have an eye on the TV to see how their alma maters are doing. But one player on the team is instead seeing his bridge between high school and the NBA be taken down.
On Thursday, the NBA announced that it would shut down the G League Ignite at season’s end — which is next week. The Ignite was the lone G League team not affiliated with any NBA organization, but instead was operated by the NBA itself, with the goal of providing a pipeline to professional basketball for players who chose to forego college hoops.