2013 Korean Basketball League draft

2013 KBL draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)September 30, 2013
LocationJamsil Students' Gymnasium
Overview
LeagueKBL
First selectionKim Jong-kyu
(Changwon LG Sakers)
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The 2013 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2013 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on September 30, 2013, at the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 39 players who participated in the draft, 22 were selected.[1] Changwon LG Sakers won the lottery for the first overall pick.

Draft selections

This table only shows the first twenty picks.

G Guard
F Forward
C Center
Denotes players who have won a KBL-sanctioned award at its annual awards ceremony[a]
Round Pick Player Position Team School/club team
1 1 Kim Jong-kyu C Changwon LG Sakers Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 2 Kim Min-goo G Jeonju KCC Egis Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 3 Doo Kyung-min G Wonju Dongbu Promy Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 4 Park Jae-hyun G Seoul Samsung Thunders Korea University (senior)
1 5 Lee Jae-do G Busan KT Sonicboom Hanyang University (senior)
1 6 Han Ho-bin G Goyang Orions Konkuk University (senior)
1 7 Jeon Seong-hyun F Anyang KGC Chung-Ang University (senior)
1 8 Lim Jun-su G Incheon Electro Land Elephants Sungkyunkwan University
1 9 Jeon Jun-beom F Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Yonsei University (senior)
1 10 Kim Young-hyun G Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Kyung Hee University
2 11 Lee Dae-sung G Ulsan Mobis Phoebus United States BYU–Hawaii (senior)
2 12 Lee Jung-jae C Incheon Electro Land Elephants Korea University (senior)
2 13 Lee Dae-hyuk C Anyang KGC Konkuk University
2 14 Lim Seung-pil C Goyang Orions Dongguk University
2 15 Oh Chang-hwan G Busan KT Sonicboom Hanyang University
2 16 Jo Han-soo C Seoul Samsung Thunders Sungkyunkwan University
2 17 Kim Chang-mo F Wonju Dongbu Promy Yonsei University (senior)
2 18 Yeom Seung-min G Jeonju KCC Egis Korea University (senior)
2 19 Lee Gwan-gi F Changwon LG Sakers Korea University
2 20 Shin Jae-ho G Seoul SK Knights Dankook University

Players

The draft has been dubbed the "Kyung Hee draft" due to the fact that the first three overall picks were from Kyung Hee University, breaking the monopoly of the traditional college basketball "big 3" (Yonsei University, Korea University and Chung-Ang University).[2] Such was the anticipation over the three Kyung Hee University players that disgruntled Changwon LG Sakers fans accused head coach Kim Jin of "giving up on basketball" (intentionally achieving poor results) to finish in a lower position of the 2011–12 league table so that they can qualify for the draft lottery to get an earlier pick, accusations which Kim has denied.[3]

Lee Dae-sung had played college basketball in the NCAA Division II before returning to South Korea. Since he had last played overseas, he did not qualify to be automatically included in the KBL's list of rookies for the draft and joined the draft via the try-out open to amateur players not from a domestic college program, impressing enough to earn a nomination.[4]

Notes

  1. ^ One or more of the following awards:

See also

References

  1. ^ "2013 KBL 국내선수 드래프트 참가대상자 공시" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. August 30, 2013.
  2. ^ "경희대 3총사, 드래프트 1~3순위 싹쓸이". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). October 1, 2013.
  3. ^ "[프로농] 그 LG, 아니다". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). October 11, 2013.
  4. ^ "<프로농구> 미국 진출 도전했던 이대성 "바람이 들었었나 봐요"". Yonhap News Agency (in Korean). September 10, 2013.