{"id":553813,"date":"2026-01-22T19:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553813\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T19:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T19:42:13","slug":"asa-newell-nears-30-point-double-double-in-g-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/553813\/","title":{"rendered":"Asa Newell nears 30-point double-double in G League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 22, 2026, 12:46 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Atlanta Hawks rookie Asa Newell registered his first double-double in the G League on Wednesday, leading the College Park Skyhawks in a home loss to the Maine Celtics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Newell finished with a career-high 29 points, 12 rebounds, seven assists, three steals and three blocked shots in the 121-115 defeat at Gateway Center Arena. He went 10-of-20 from the field, including 3-of-9 from 3-point range, in 35 minutes, 48 seconds of work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 23rd overall pick is one of two players to record at least 25 points, 10 rebounds, five assists, three steals and three blocks in a game this season in the G League. He accounted for 17 points in the second half alone as the Skyhawks nearly overcame a 26-point down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=quGFJsqG2yQ&amp;pp=0gcJCYcKAYcqIYzv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\" data-v-t=\"2025 NBA First Round Pick Asa Newell Went Off For 29 PTS, 12 REB &amp; 7 AST\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/quGFJsqG2yQ\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute('onload','this.classList.remove(\\'gnt_em_vp_img__yn\\')');this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Newell has played sporadically for the Hawks, averaging 5.2 points and 1.9 rebounds in 33 appearances for coach Quin Snyder. He is one of 15 rookies to register a double-double this season after recording 12 points and 10 rebounds on Oct. 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The 20-year-old is averaging 20.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3.8 assists while shooting 56% shooting from the field in five games with the Skyhawks. He has scored at least 14 points in each appearance, including a 27-point outing on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Newell has impressed in spurts throughout the first half of the season and earned the trust of his teammates. The team will continue to explore opportunities for him in the G League as it looks to maximize his development throughout the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 22, 2026, 12:46 p.m. ET Atlanta Hawks rookie Asa Newell registered his first double-double in the G&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3776],"tags":[72400,676,208,3874,7,677,6,72761,72762,72404,72405,72406,72403],"class_list":{"0":"post-553813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-hawks","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-hawks","11":"tag-atlantahawks","12":"tag-basketball","13":"tag-hawks","14":"tag-nba","15":"tag-sstssportsnbarookie","16":"tag-sstsnrookie","17":"tag-tagbasketball","18":"tag-tagoverall-positive","19":"tag-tagsports-news","20":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115940461450052832","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=553813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}