Welcome to “Hoosiers in the NBA,” a player-by-player look at how IU basketball alums fared during the 2020-21 NBA regular season. Today, the series continues with Yogi Ferrell.
Ferrell (10 games): 5.6 points, 2.2 assists, 1.9 rebounds, 35.1 FG%, 77.8 FT% in 13.7 minutes per game
Yogi Ferrell’s fifth NBA season didn’t begin with much promise.
After averaging 4.4 points per game last season over 50 games with the Sacramento Kings, Ferrell wasn’t offered a contract this offseason and sat on the sidelines as the NBA season began in late December.
But it didn’t take long for an NBA opportunity to materialize for Ferrell.