A conventional G League season was a logistical impossibility this winter, given the travel and testing complications brought about by a pandemic, so the circuit followed in the footsteps of the NBA, conducting a bubble on the same Orlando campus. The trip to Florida has been a smashing success so far for New Orleans’ G League affiliate, the Erie BayHawks, who’ve raced to first place among 18 teams, winning 10 of their first 12 games.
For this week’s “24 Seconds” Q&A, we caught up with Erie head coach Ryan Pannone, who’s been pleased with several aspects of his team’s performance so far. The G League’s single-elimination playoffs begin March 8: