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Jaire Grayer, Daniel Giddens join Mad Ants as International Duty Replacement players

By Indiana Mad Ants Staff /February 21, 2024

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – FEBRUARY 21, 2024 – The Indiana Mad Ants, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, have added guard Jaire Grayer and forward Daniel Giddens as International Duty Replacement players to fill out the team's roster while Jordan Bell and Elfrid Payton are with Team USA this month for the 2024 USA Men’s AmeriCup Qualifying games against Cuba.

The pair will be available for Indiana's February 22 game against College Park.

Grayer, a 6-foot-5 guard, last played with the Greensboro Swarm, seeing action in 12 total games this season. In nine regular season games with the Swarm in 2023-24, Grayer averaged 5.8 points and three rebounds over 16.1 minutes per game. Grayer was in training camp with the Mad Ants after finishing last season with the franchise. He has also spent time with the Wisconsin Herd and Osceola (then Lakeland) Magic during his NBA G League career.

Giddens, a 6-foot-11 G League rookie, spent time with the Birmingham Squadron, Iowa Wolves and Westchester Knicks this season. He finished his college career at Vermont in 2019-2020 and has spent time as a professional is Switzerland and Japan before coming to the NBA G League.

Grayer will wear #31 with the Mad Ants, while Giddens will wear #4.