With Domantas Sabonis firmly back in the rotation after missing two games due to a right calf contusion, second-round draft pick Ike Anigbogu has been assigned to the Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the Indiana Pacers announced Wednesday.
Though the league’s youngest player scored his first career points in the NBA against the Sacramento Kings, it was evident from Anigbogu’s pick-and-roll coverage in that contest that his athletic paint presence needs more opportunity to develop than sparse minutes in lopsided contests can provide — especially since garbage time hasn’t exactly been easy for the 19-year-old to come by.