The "D" in D-League stands for development not demotion. Shayne Whittington understood that.
Assigned to the Mad Ants seven times and recalled to the Indiana Pacers six, it is likely that Shayne Whittington spent more time making one round-trip from Fort Wayne to Indianapolis and back than he did on the court for the Blue & Gold this season (149 minutes). During one particularly hectic stretch from late December to early January, it would have been understandable if the second-year player viewed the constant back-and-forth between the two cities as an oftentimes fruitless inconvenience.