{"id":111870,"date":"2022-01-03T12:00:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-03T17:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=111870"},"modified":"2022-01-04T12:34:02","modified_gmt":"2022-01-04T17:34:02","slug":"dj-mccall-returning-to-mad-ants-via-returning-player-rights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2022\/01\/03\/dj-mccall-returning-to-mad-ants-via-returning-player-rights\/","title":{"rendered":"DJ McCall returning to Mad Ants via returning player rights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1.jpg\" alt=\"DJ McCall\" width=\"700\" height=\"135\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-94114\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1.jpg 700w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-300x58.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-150x29.jpg 150w, https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/tMad_Ants_Basketball_news_release_banner-1-696x135.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Today, the Fort Wayne Mad Ants announced that the team had acquired DJ McCall via returning player rights.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mad Ants news release:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>DJ McCall returning to Mad Ants via returning player rights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 3, 2022) \u2014 The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced Monday that the team has acquired DJ McCall via returning player rights.<\/p>\n<p>McCall became the first Fort Wayne native to play for the Mad Ants when he joined the team during the 2019-20 season after a successful college career at IUPUI.<\/p>\n<p>In May of this year, McCall was part of the EuroPro Summer League in Valencia, Spain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The pandemic has presented continuous challenges for everyone, and professional basketball is certainly no exception. However, with the challenges, also comes opportunity &#8212; and that is where DJ steps in. DJ remained close with our organization, we have talked a few times about &#8216;life after basketball&#8217; and starting his second career, and he even came to a few of our games early in the season,&#8221; Mad Ants General Manager Chris Taylor said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Little did we know Clark Kent was sitting in the stands. With all of our current NBA Call-Ups, we were scrambling to fill out our roster. So I called DJ and like something out of a comic book, he threw on his cape and saved us in Superman-esque fashion! We know DJ still does a lot within his hometown Fort Wayne community and we are very excited to have him back on the court at the Coliseum.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He appeared in 25 games for the Mad Ants as a rookie, averaging 1.3 points and 2.1 rebounds per game. He scored in his G League debut and went on to score a career best 8 points with 5 rebounds on January 4, 2020 against Capital City, shooting perfect from the field in 27 minutes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/category\/sports\/mad-ants-basketball\/\">View more AroundFortWayne posts from the Fort Wayne Mad Ants<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2007-trf\/24844.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"The Mad Ants at Headwaters Park East and the Three Rivers Festival.  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