All about the Fort Wayne Mad Ants

Pacers Forever · Post #61 » by **Pacers Forever** » Tue Feb 8, 2022 8:13 pm

Mad Ants played today. Newly acquired center

Jordan Bell had 14 points on 7-12 shooting 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 4 turnovers

Power forward Justin Anderson had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers

Small forward Nate Hinton had 22 points on 7-11 shooting which 6-8 were from 3, 12 rebounds, 1 steal, 3 assists, 2 blocks

Mad Ants looking like a pretty good farm system / developing grounds currently.

Post #62 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Tue Feb 8, 2022 8:19 pm

Pacers Forever wrote:Mad Ants played today. Newly acquired center

Jordan Bell had 14 points on 7-12 shooting 11 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 3 blocks, 4 turnovers

Power forward Justin Anderson had 29 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers

Small forward Nate Hinton had 22 points on 7-11 shooting which 6-8 were from 3, 12 rebounds, 1 steal, 3 assists, 2 blocks

Mad Ants looking like a pretty good farm system / developing grounds currently.

Agreed. They solidly came through with our Covid hardships.

Pacers Forever · Post #63 » by **Pacers Forever** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 5:11 am

Wow Mad Ants record is 7-9 which isn’t anything special. I’m still believing that they’re doing good work and being able to train at the Pacers facility helps I bet.

So we had Sykes and Washington there to start the season off and on. Then came Terry Taylor up to the Pacers.

The surprising great part is between the Pacers front office and the Ant’s staff they’ve recruited some players that seem to have talent in the G league. Hopefully they’re developing/preparing these players in case we need cheap end of the bench depth in the future.

On the current roster you have
Jordan Bell 6’7” F former Warriors player 24-9-8 last game and had a triple double 3 games ago 11-10-11

Justin Anderson 6’5” F-G 6 seasons in NBA some action 2 games ago had 35 points

Nate Hinton 6’5” G-F was at Dallas with Rick and this is his 2nd year 26 point 10 rebound double double last game

Andrew Rowsey 5’11” G from Marquette 3rd season in G league who just put up 41 last game

Gabe York 6’3” G from Arizona 4 seasons international 3 seasons G league 26 points last game

Bennie Boatwright 6’10” F-C from USC a summer leaguer who got hurt that they like
currently injured

Interesting and of course I don’t expect the Pacers to find talent in the G league as good as Lance, Terry, Keifer, and Duane but ya never know 8-)

Post #64 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 1:04 pm

Yeah, I think Ft Wayne has a tough road as an affiliate in that you want to win for pride and to sell tickets, but you also have to focus on identifying talent and preparing it for the big league affiliate. And with Covid hardships this year, they were picked apart for awhile. It’s a really tough balance.

Pacers Forever · Post #65 » by **Pacers Forever** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:50 pm

Right Scoot and I’m way more happy with them for producing talented players for the Pacers than they’re record being top notch. My point is I believe that they’re doing a better job than in the past of being a farm club.

Post #66 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Thu Feb 17, 2022 7:54 pm

Pacers Forever wrote:Right Scoot and I’m way more happy with them for producing talented players for the Pacers than they’re record being top notch. My point is I believe that they’re doing a better job than in the past of being a farm club.

Oh absolutely. It probably comes from the team buying them fully, and bringing much of their operations in house to Indy. It was a big deal a couple years ago that the Pacers asked the Ants to play the same style of play and calls that they did, which…makes sense!

Post #67 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 3:55 am

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Post #68 » by **Grang33r** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:55 am

I didn't realize Jordan Bell played for the Mad Ants, and also, i didn't realize Jordan Bell is 27.

I remember he was a Pacers realgm fan favorite back in his draft year. If i recall, there was some who wanted Bell with our 18th pick (Leaf).

Post #69 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Fri Feb 18, 2022 8:08 pm

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Mentions Jordan Bell will be with Team USA for FIBA qualifying for a bit.

Pacers Forever · Post #70 » by **Pacers Forever** » Tue Mar 15, 2022 7:06 pm

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Pacers Forever · Post #71 » by **Pacers Forever** » Tue Aug 30, 2022 12:27 pm

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Not a huge signing but who knows. Seems more like a point signing to run the Mad Ants this season.

Pacers Forever · Post #72 » by **Pacers Forever** » Sat Nov 5, 2022 12:44 am

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Post #73 » by **Grang33r** » Sat Nov 5, 2022 4:24 am

Pacers Forever wrote:

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Besides Kendall Brown, who are the players to watch on this team? Anyone worth keeping track of?

Wizop · Post #74 » by **Wizop** » Sat Nov 5, 2022 12:42 pm

Grang33r wrote:
Pacers Forever wrote:

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Besides Kendall Brown, who are the players to watch on this team? Anyone worth keeping track of?

Queen is the other two way.

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8305 · Post #75 » by **8305** » Sat Nov 5, 2022 4:21 pm

Grang33r wrote:
Pacers Forever wrote:

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Besides Kendall Brown, who are the players to watch on this team? Anyone worth keeping track of?

Jermaine Samuels?

Post #76 » by **Grang33r** » Sun Nov 6, 2022 5:35 am

The Max Ants won 152-129. Insane offensive score.

Gabe York 35pts and 7 ast
Queen 27pts, 6 ast and 7 reb
Samuel 7pts
Boatwright 23 pts

Kendall Brown 8pts, 5ast and 8reb.

Post #77 » by **Grang33r** » Sun Nov 6, 2022 5:38 am

Wizop wrote:
Grang33r wrote:
Pacers Forever wrote:

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Besides Kendall Brown, who are the players to watch on this team? Anyone worth keeping track of?
Queen is the other two way.

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Thanks. I think this guy won the G league mvp last season? With so many players making the jump and sticking in the nba, I’m surprised Queen is back there after winning the mvp?

Post #78 » by **Scoot McGroot** » Sun Nov 6, 2022 11:31 am

Grang33r wrote:
Wizop wrote:
Grang33r wrote:
Besides Kendall Brown, who are the players to watch on this team? Anyone worth keeping track of?
Queen is the other two way.

Sent from my Pixel 6 using RealGM mobile app

Thanks. I think this guy won the G league mvp last season? With so many players making the jump and sticking in the nba, I’m surprised Queen is back there after winning the mvp?

He was. He got a half guaranteed contract from Philly in July and then lost out in their roster crunch late in camp. At that point, a lot of roster spots were locked up and it was a tough spot to battle elsewhere.

Post #79 » by **Grang33r** » Mon Nov 7, 2022 4:24 am

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Gabe York is out of control. Game tying three to force OT then game-winning three in OT. Thats wild no matter what level of ball you're playing.

Kendall Brown played good. 19pts and 6reb.
Gabe York 30pts, 5reb, 4ast and 4stl. Wow.
Deividas Sirvydis 28pts, 4reb, 4ast
Justin Anderson 21pts, 6reb, 13ast
Samuels jr 10pts

Mad Ants 2-0

Post #80 » by **Grang33r** » Mon Nov 7, 2022 4:44 am

I changed the topic name to something more appealing to lurkers if they're checking out the forum, i hope Pacers Forever doesn't mind.