Phoenix Hillcrest Prep senior ahead Michael Foster advised The Undefeated on Instagram Dwell on Friday that he shall be becoming a member of the G League Ignite subsequent season.
Foster is at present the seventh-ranked highschool participant within the 2021 ESPN 100. The 6-foot-Eight and 215-pounder selected becoming a member of the G League Ignite over his closing two faculty selections in Florida State and Georgia or going to play professionally abroad.
The G League Ignite took half of their inaugural season through the 2021 G League Bubble with prime prospects who turned down enjoying in faculty for negotiated six-figure salaries. Foster averaged 32.2 factors, 18.four rebounds and four.1 assists for Hillcrest Prep as a senior through the 2020-21 season. With the Milwaukee native main the best way, Hillcrest earned a 37-1 file.
Foster was listed because the 32nd-best prospect for the 2022 NBA draft by ESPN.com’s Jonathan Givony in a mock draft launched Monday. Foster is anticipated to obtain a wage from the Ignite within the $300,000 vary, a supply advised The Undefeated.
“I could not be extra excited to welcome Mike to Ignite,” G League president Shareef Abdur-Rahim stated in an announcement. “He isn’t solely a proficient basketball participant with a very shiny future as knowledgeable, however he is a fantastic younger man with a powerful work ethic.”
The Ignite’s roster final season included heralded Class of 2020 prep stars Jalen Inexperienced, Jonathan Kuminga, Daishen Nix and Isaiah Todd. Inexperienced and Kuminga are projected as potential top-five picks within the 2021 NBA draft.