The NBA G League conducted its expansion draft today, allowing the league’s four new franchises to add the returning rights to 11 players apiece. The league’s previously-existing 22 teams had been permitted to retain the rights to nine players each, leaving the rest of their players unprotected and free to be drafted, though no team can lose more than two players. Adam Johnson recently outlined the full details of the expansion draft process in a piece for 2 Ways & 10 Days.
The G League’s four new teams this year are affiliates for the Hawks (Erie BayHawks), Grizzlies (Memphis Hustle), Bucks (Wisconsin Herd), and Clippers (Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario). The Erie BayHawks have been in the G League for years but are technically an expansion team since the old iteration of the BayHawks was purchased by the Magic and moved to Lakeland, Florida — the Lakeland Magic will retain returning rights for former BayHawks players.
The players added today by the G League’s four expansion teams won’t necessarily play for them this season — in fact, it’s not all that common for expansion draftees to suit up for their new clubs. Many of those players will try to catch on with an NBA team or will end up playing overseas, if they’re not already on an NBA or international roster. Still, the expansion draft gives the G League’s new teams some assets as they start to build their rosters for the coming season.
Listed below are the results of today’s expansion draft, per the G League’s official announcement. The player’s former G League team is noted in parentheses, and picks are ordered by round. The teams will hold their players’ rights for the next two seasons:
Erie BayHawks (Hawks)
- DeAndre Daniels (Raptors 905)
- Sean Kilpatrick (Delaware 87ers)*
- Ronald Roberts (Reno Bighorns)
- Terran Petteway (Maine Red Claws)
- Casey Prather (Windy City Bulls)
- Jordan Crawford (Grand Rapids Drive)*
- Jordan Sibert (Iowa Energy)
- Beau Beech (Long Island Nets)
- Raphiael Putney (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
- Luke Harangody (Lakeland Magic)
- Will Bynum (Windy City Bulls)
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies)
- Marquis Teague (Fort Wayne Mad Ants)
- Okaro White (Sioux Falls Skyforce)*
- D.J. Stephens (Iowa Energy)
- Omari Johnson (Fort Wayne Mad Ants)
- Jamaal Franklin (Long Island Nets)
- Adonis Thomas (Grand Rapids Drive)
- Manny Harris (Texas Legends)
- Mark Tyndale (Reno Bighorns)
- Jordon Crawford (Canton Charge)
- Jimmer Fredette (Westchester Knicks)
- Terrence Drisdom (Santa Cruz Warriors)
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks)
- Vince Hunter (Sioux Falls Skyforce)
- Gracin Bakumanya (Northern Arizona Suns)
- Perry Ellis (Greensboro Swarm)
- Corey Walden (Maine Red Claws)
- Josh Davis (Greensboro Swarm)
- Michael Dunigan (Canton Charge)
- Jarvis Summers (Rio Grande Valley Vipers)
- James Siakam (Raptors 905)
- Kyle Casey (Northern Arizona Suns)
- Cady Lalanne (Austin Spurs)
- Tyler Harvey (Lakeland Magic)
Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario (Clippers)
- Andre Dawkins (Texas Legends)
- Bryce Cotton (Oklahoma City Blue)
- Corey Hawkins (Delaware 87ers)
- Will Cummings (Delaware 87ers)
- J.J. O’Brien (Salt Lake City Stars)
- Jamil Wilson (South Bay Lakers)
- Keith Steffeck (Santa Cruz Warriors)
- Julian Jacobs (South Bay Lakers)
- Aaron Craft (Salt Lake City Stars)
- Thanasis Antetokounmpo (Westchester Knicks)
- Youssou Ndoye (Austin Spurs)
Players marked with an asterisk (*) are currently on an NBA roster. If they remain under contract and are assigned to the G League, they would join their current NBA team’s affiliate.
Isn’t Sean Kilpatrick on the Nets?
Yeah. Okaro White and Jordan Crawford are on NBA teams too. If any of them are waived or have their NBA contracts expire and don’t sign another, these teams would have their G League rights.
There is a Jordan Crawford and a Jordon Crawford? We must get them on the same team just to hear the announcers.
Agua Caliente Clippers of Ontario, worst name ever.