2022-23 MAD DANCERZ AUDITIONS Saturday, August 27 Location: Boys & Girls Club – 2609 Fairfield Ave., Fort Wayne, IN 46807 Registration/check in: 9 am Audition begins: 9:30 am (Dancers should plan to stay 3 hours MAX) Before submitting your application, please review the vaccination requirements below: If offered a position to become a member of […]
Want to be part of the best ANTertainment in the NBA G League? The Fort Wayne Mad Ant Drummers will be holding auditions for the 2022-2023 season. Auditions will take place on Saturday, August 20 from 3-6 p.m. Auditions will take place at the Ash Center at 1701 Freeman Street in Fort Wayne. All interested […]
JULY 22, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, have made a trade with the Motor City Cruise to acquire the returning player rights to Derrick Walton Jr. and Deividas Sirvydis. In addition, the Mad Ants acquire the Cruise’s 2nd Round Pick in the 2023 NBA […]
Roster turnover in the NBA G League can be complex. This has been especially true over the past two seasons as teams have dealt with the COVID-19 crisis, a shortened single site season in Orlando and 2021-2022’s record setting season of NBA call up players. In the midst of that, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants […]
Ten former Fort Wayne Mad Ant players are set to take the court this month for NBA Summer League games in Las Vegas, Nevada. Six of those players will appear on the Indiana Pacers roster, all of whom suited up for the Mad Ants during the 2021-22 season. Isaiah Jackson tied a Las Vegas Summer […]
With the 2022 NBA Draft looming on Thursday, June 23, there is a chance that one or more of the Indiana Pacers’ current three draft choices (Round 1, Pick 6; Round 2, Pick 31; Round 2, Pick 58) could find their way into a Mad Ants uniform during their 2022-2023 rookie season or beyond. In […]
MAY 23, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, announced today the first set of home game dates for the 2022-2023 NBA G League season. All six of these games will be played at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. During the Mad Ants 16th season in 2022-2023, the team will […]
Despite significant changes in format to the 2021-2022 season, it became the most successful offensive season in Mad Ants history as the team celebrated their 15th Anniversary Season. While returning from the previous season’s bubble format, COVID-19 did alter this season as well. The team announced before games began that they would be playing a […]
APRIL 18, 2022 – On Monday, the NBA G League announced the remainder of their awards for the 2021-2022 season. Fort Wayne saw Justin Anderson earn All-NBA G League First Team honors. Anderson is the third Mad Ant to ever earn All-League First Team honors, joining Tony Mitchell (2012-13) and Ron Howard (2013-14). When he […]
APRIL 7, 2022 – Fort Wayne Mad Ants guard Gabe York and forward Nate Hinton have earned NBA Call-Ups with the Indiana Pacers. These are the 27th and 28th NBA Call-ups in Mad Ants organization history. These two call-ups increase Fort Wayne’s record setting season that has now seen five players earn a total of […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – March 18, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have acquired Troy Baxter Jr. from the NBA G League available player pool. Originally from Tallahassee, Florida, Baxter Jr. finished his college career at […]
MARCH 17, 2022 – Fort Wayne Mad Ants forward Justin Anderson has earned another NBA Call-up via a 10-day contract with the Indiana Pacers. This is the 26th NBA Call-up in organization history and Anderson’s 3rd of the season. Only Anderson and Jeremy Richardson (2007-2008) are Mad Ants that have earned multiple call-ups with multiple […]
March 15, 2022 – Mad Ants forward Justin Anderson has been named the NBA G League Player of the Week for the week of March 7-13 the league announced today. Anderson, who leads the NBA G League in scoring during the regular season at 27.8 points per game, had one of the best weeks of […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – March 11, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have acquired Darius Adams from the NBA G League available player pool. From Decatur, Illinois, Adams finished his college basketball career at the University […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – March 3, 2022 – At Friday night’s game against the Lakeland Magic, the Mad Ants will reach a franchise attendance milestone as part of their 15th Anniversary season: the one millionth fan in franchise history at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum. The fan will be celebrated as they enter the concourse pregame […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – February 23, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have waived guard Samir Doughty. Doughty was acquired on February 18 from the available player pool and did not appear in any games for Fort […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – February 22, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have acquired Pedro Bradshaw and Alex Robinson from the available player pool. Bradshaw is a rookie guard out of Bellarmine University was first team All-ASUN […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – February 18, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have acquired Samir Doughty from the available player pool. Doughty will help fill out the roster for the Mad Ants as Jordan Bell will be […]
February 15, 2022 – Current Fort Wayne Mad Ant forward Jordan Bell has been named to the 12-player Team USA World Cup Qualifying team, as announced today. Bell is averaging 11.4 points, 9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 2.4 blocks per game since joining the Mad Ants via trade on January 31. Included in that was […]
FORT WAYNE, Ind. – February 3, 2022 – The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced today that they have waived guard Daxter Miles Jr. Miles Jr. joined the Mad Ants first on January 8, 2020 via trade with Northern Arizona. He returned for […]