Jarace Walker named to All-Showcase Team for 2023 NBA G League Winter Showcase games in Orlando
By Indiana Mad Ants Staff /December 23, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – December 23, 2023 – Indiana Pacers assignment player Jarace Walker was named to the NBA G League's All-Showcase team for his efforts during the 2023 Winter Showcase this past week in Orlando, Florida.
Walker helped lead the Showcase Cup top seeded Indiana Mad Ants to the Showcase Cup title game on Friday night, ultimately falling to the Westchester Knicks. It was just the second loss of the season for the Mad Ants, who started the season 15-1, the best start through 16 games in league history.
Walker scored 31 points, hitting 6-of-10 three pointers on Tuesday in a quarterfinal win over Capital City, adding six rebounds in the win.
In Thursday's semi final overtime win against College Park, Walker scored 20 points, with five rebounds and four assists.
During Friday's championship game, Walker scored 14 points with six rebounds.
For his three game week, the rookie averaged 21.7 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game while hitting eight three pointers and shooting 75 percent from the free throw line and 42 percent from the field.
Joining Walker on the All-Showcase team are MVP Brandon Goodwin (Westchester), Jontay Porter (Raptors 905), Darius Bazley (Delaware) and Trevelin Queen (Osceola).
This is the tenth All-Showcase honor in Mad Ants history and the ninth different player to earn the honor.
Last season, Terry Taylor earned All-Showcase honors, also while on assignment from the Indiana Pacers. Prior to that, it was the 2019-20 season that a Mad Ant was last All-Showcase when Alize Johnson earned a spot.
NBA G LEAGUE ALL-SHOWCASE MAD ANTS
2023-24 – Jarace Walker
2022-23 – Terry Taylor – First Team
2019-20 – Alize Johnson – First Team
2014-15 – CJ Wilcox – Second Team
2014-15 – Andre Emmett – Honorable Mention
2013-14 – Ron Howard – Third Team
2013-14 – Trey McKinney Jones – Second Team
2012-13 – Ron Howard – Third Team
2012-13 – Tony Mitchell – Honorable Mention
2012-13 – Luke Harangody – First Team