re: Why Dyson Daniels?

Dumbass

This is why

Some people may not realize it but the ignite sucked last year outside of the young guys.

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After the Showcase Cup, G League Ignite began their “Ignite Tour.” The tour was exclusively on the road, including two months in some of the coldest cities in the United States. For anybody, this can be a rough context to perform in, which adds to the problematic context of Team Ignite. The Ignite Tour games had little meaning behind them other than to showcase Ignite prospects, as the opposing team’s record was not affected by these games.

So, with a rather challenging scheduling situation, a lack of meaning to games, and essentially having every game be a road game, it is safe to say the context of Ignite this last season put the prospects in a very tough situation.

The goal of Ignite is to be a prep-for-pro program for prospects and a pro-to-player development pipeline for veterans. Analyzing the team makeup of Ignite, the roster struggled to cover some essential needs for team building. The prospects this last year varied in performance, with Scoot Henderson showing potential #1 flashes for the 2023 draft and MarJon Beauchamp solidifying himself as a first-round pick.

On the other hand, Jaden Hardy fell from his top 5 status, while big men Michael Foster and Fanbo Zeng just hope to hear their names called on June 23rd. However, the veterans around the prospects are, in my opinion, what set the prospects back.

Amir Johnson had the longest and most successful NBA career of the veterans who contributed throughout the season. The only other player on the roster with NBA experience (albeit one year) was Pooh Jeter, who, despite being the best shooter on the roster and a great veteran to have on the team, is 38 years old and 5’10” if he stretches in the morning. Dakarai Allen has been a career G League role player. If you look up Kevin Murphy on Google, the first thing that pops up is a soap company.

The veterans for this team lacked the skill to assist and bail out the prospects when needed. With a struggling squad that lacked shooting (31.5% from 3 as a team), spacing (least attempts from 3 in the league), rim protection, and good screen setters, it was hard for team Ignite to generate any offense.

The lack of foundational team building forced Dyson back into the point guard role he had with the Australia team, for better or worse. Still, despite the poor offensive context of Team Ignite, Daniels was able to showcase his playmaking potential.

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On one stretch he averaged 5.8 assists VS only 2 TOs a game as he got more comfortable

33/6 AST/TO in transition

great find

Page 8 is a fantastic summary and makes a great case for Dyson being a Top 3 selection.

I did not know he grew from 6-6 (beginning of the season) to 6-8 (by the end of the season).

Yeah, it really convinced me that Dyson has a top-3 ceiling in the class. He definitely has a lower floor than Jabari Smith, for example, but a higher ceiling.