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Q&A: New G League Ignite Coach Jason Hart on Recruiting, NIL and Pro vs. College

Name a level of basketball, and Jason Hart has either played or coached in it.

The Los Angeles native starred at Syracuse in the late 1990s, when he was named to the program’s All-Century Team. He then went on to play for nine NBA teams and notched a brief stint in Europe before transitioning to coaching. He coached AAU and high school basketball in California shortly after retirement, and for the last eight years has been on staff at USC.

These experiences, he believes, make him the right person to lead the G League Ignite team into its first nonpandemic season.