On October 24, Beijing time, earlier the new season of the NBA Development League, that is, the G League draft was officially held, after the end of the 3 rounds of drafts, we can see that some players we are very familiar with before have been selected. For Chinese fans, among these selected players, the most concerned is definitely Lance Stephenson. Stephenson also participated in the G-League draft, in which the former NBA player was also the focus of contention between various teams, and sure enough, with the 13th pick in the first round, Stephenson was selected by the Nuggets' team Grand Rapids Drive, and he will play in the development league next season.
Stephenson is a player you should be very familiar with, he was selected by the Pacers with the 40th pick in the second round in 2010, after which he played for the Pacers for four seasons and successfully played well, in his third season with the Pacers he has become an absolute main player of the team, in those two seasons he averaged more than 29 minutes per game, one of the Pacers' big three that year. However, he began a wandering life in the NBA, playing for the Hornets, Clippers, Grizzlies, Pelicans, Timberwolves, Pacers and Lakers before retiring from the NBA.
After leaving the NBA, Stephenson announced his joining the CBA giants Liaoning Men's Basketball Team. In the 2019-2020 season, Stephenson played 29 regular season games for the Liaoning men's basketball team, averaging 35.3 minutes per game, and could score 26.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.1 steals, shooting 52.2% from the field and 30% from three-point range. From the data point of view, Stephenson's performance is still good, but the Liaoning men's basketball team at that time still believes that he and the team's core point guard Guo Allen are not so compatible, so he was officially abandoned by the Liaoning men's basketball team after the CBA resumption.
There has also been news that some CBA teams are approaching Stephenson, but none of them have a clear result. From the current situation, we can be sure that Stephenson should not be able to qualify for the CBA league in the new season. After all, it is not easy for the CBA to find a suitable foreign aid in the new season, and Stephenson should not want to go to the CBA to make money so much, so in the end he chose to join the development league, which is also the place where it is most likely to return to the NBA. Stephenson has expressed his desire to return to the NBA more than once on social media, so this time he participated in the Development League Draft, and he also expected him to play well in the development league games in the new season and find an opportunity to return to the NBA.