Mojave King has signed with the G League Ignite, ESPN’s Jonathan Givony tweets.
King, 20, averaged 18.0 PPG and 3.3 APG in the New Zealand NBL for the Zerofees Southland Sharks this summer. He’s also played for Adelaide and Cairns in the Australian NBL.
King, who was born in New Zealand, is an NBA Academy alumnus looking to improve his draft prospects by joining the Ignite.
Projected 2023 No. 2 overall pick Scoot Henderson has committed to play for the Ignite, as well as French wing Sidy Cissoko, 6’10” Canadian forward Leonard Miller and Nigerian Efe Abogidi.
At the NBA Academy Games in Atlanta in July 2019, King averaged a tournament-high 19.2 PPG. He turned down several Division I schools before signing with the NBL.
Sidy Cissoko def has game & has good size for a lead guard. But he was less than impressive in the U18 Euros last week
Where you from? How would you know?
I’m from Atlanta. All the U18 Euro games were broadcast live on YouTube. Theyre all still on there if I’m not mistaken. I highly recommend anyone who considers themselves to be basketball fans to check out those games or just any of the FIBA youth tourneys. There’s 3,4 guys on that French team that will be in the NBA in the next yr or so. They had a couple of tough losses & ended up in a very disappointing 5th or 6th place. Their loss to Slovenia was particularly tough & Cissoko was inconsistent esp down the stretch
I promise it’s much harder to hate on these guys & have so much negativity towards them if you’ve been watching them since they were youngsters. Also watching these, the best teenage basketball players on the planet, should give you a higher respect for the ridiculous talent level of the guys in the league. Also also, this was a GREAT game featuring multiple nba prospects… link to m.youtube.com