G League Stockton Kings guard Jaylen Nowell has been suspended one game without pay for directing inappropriate language toward a game official.
G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim announced the suspension Monday. Nowell was penalized for a technical foul and ejected after making inappropriate comments to an official late in the second quarter during Stockton’s 112-111 victory over the Rio Grande Vipers Friday at Adventist Health Arena of Stockton.
Nowell will serve his suspension when Stockton hosts the Capitanes de Mexico on Thursday at 11 a.m. at Golden 1 Center in Sacramento. The Stockton Kings are the G League affiliate of the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, who will face the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday at 7 p.m. at Golden 1 Center.
Sacramento signed Nowell during training camp and released him later in October. He remained with the organization after agreeing to sign with G League Stockton.
Nowell, 24, played in 19 games for Stockton, averaging 16.7 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists in 29.4 minutes per game. He is shooting 42.4% from the field and 35.2% from 3-point range.
Nowell was Washington’s Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year in 2019. The Minnesota Timberwolves selected him with the 43rd overall pick in the second round of the 2019 NBA Draft.
Nowell played in 193 games over five seasons with the Timberwolves, posting career averages of 8.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists. He had his best season in 2022-23, playing in 65 games averaging 10.8 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.0 assists in 19.3 minutes per game.
