{"id":119428,"date":"2023-01-24T16:00:45","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T21:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=119428"},"modified":"2025-06-29T22:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T02:09:11","slug":"gabe-york-named-nba-g-league-player-of-the-week-for-third-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2023\/01\/24\/gabe-york-named-nba-g-league-player-of-the-week-for-third-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Gabe York named NBA G League Player of the Week for third time"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gabe York has been named the NBA G League Player of the Week for January 15-22, leading Fort Wayne to a 3-1 mark during the course of the week.<\/p>\n

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Fort Wayne Mad Ants news release:<\/p>\n

Gabe York named NBA G League Player of the Week for third time<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fort Wayne, Indiana (January 24, 2023) \u2013 Gabe York has been named the NBA G League Player of the Week for January 15-22, leading Fort Wayne to a 3-1 mark during the course of the week.<\/p>\n

York becomes the first player to be named NBA G League Player of the Week three times in a single season since Tim Frazier (Maine) during the 2014-2015 season.<\/p>\n

No Mad Ant has ever been named Player of the Week three times in a single season; the only Fort Wayne player to ever earn three career Player of the Week honors was Walker Russell, who did it over three different seasons.<\/p>\n

York averaged 31.8 points on 47.7 percent shooting in games against the G League Ignite, Salt Lake City Stars and College Park Skyhawks. He also shot 40 percent from the three-point line while hitting 18 three pointers and 88.2 percent from the free throw line. York added averages of 3.8 assists, 3 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game over the week.<\/p>\n

York opened the week with big back-to-back games at G League Ignite, scoring 29 and 38 points. In his 38-point effort on Tuesday, York knocked down six three pointers and had three steals. Fort Wayne beat the Ignite in each of those games, 141-119 and 121-114.<\/p>\n

The standout of the week was a 41-point game on January 19 in a win at Salt Lake City. York his five three pointers in that game while hitting 16 total shots from the field in a 121-107 win.<\/p>\n

The week closed with York\u2019s team high 19 points in a loss Sunday to College Park.<\/p>\n

The week moved York up in Mad Ants record books. He now has more 41 or more-point games (3) than anyone in franchise history. He also extends his record of the most games of 35 or more points in franchise history to 10 total.<\/p>\n

ALL-TIME MAD ANT PLAYERS OF THE WEEK<\/p>\n