{"id":95599,"date":"2021-02-09T16:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-02-09T21:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=95599"},"modified":"2021-02-09T15:21:52","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T20:21:52","slug":"mad-ants-acquire-raphiael-putney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2021\/02\/09\/mad-ants-acquire-raphiael-putney\/","title":{"rendered":"Mad Ants acquire Raphiael Putney"},"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=\"Fort Wayne Mad Ants Basketball banner\" 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>Mad Ants Basketball news release announcing the acquisition of player Raphiael Putney:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Fort Wayne Mad Ants acquire Raphiael Putney<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Fort Wayne, Indiana (February 9, 2021) &#8211; The Fort Wayne Mad Ants, presented by Lutheran Health Network, the NBA G League affiliate of the Indiana Pacers, announced Tuesday the acquisition of Raphiael Putney from the available pool of players already at the G League single site.<\/p>\n<p>Putney played 131 games for the University of Massachusetts from 2010-2014.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has played multiple seasons in the NBA G League, last with the Sioux Falls Skyforce during the 2018-19 season. The 6-foot-10 forward was a league All-Star in 2016 while with the Rio Grande Valley Vipers. Putney averaged 15.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game in his G League career over 158 games. Putney is the G League\u2019s all-time leader in blocked shots, acquiring 333 during his career thus far.<\/p>\n<p>Putney has spent time with nine teams overseas during his professional career, last playing with Atomer\u0151m\u0171 SE in Hungary.<\/p>\n<p>Putney will wear number 6 with the Mad Ants.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/category\/sports\/mad-ants-basketball\/\">Read more Mad Ants Basketball posts<\/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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