2007 Korean Basketball League draft

The 2007 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2007 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on February 1, 2007, at the Education and Cultural Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 33 participants, 25 players were drafted.[1]

2007 KBL draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)February 1, 2007
LocationSeoul Education and Cultural Center
Overview
LeagueKBL
First selectionKim Tae-sul
(Seoul SK Knights)

Draft selections

This table only shows the first twenty picks.

GGuard
FForward
CCenter
Denotes players who have won a KBL-sanctioned award at its annual awards ceremony[lower-alpha 1]
Round Pick Player Position Team School/club team
1 1 Kim Tae-sul G Seoul SK Knights Yonsei University (senior)
1 2 Lee Dong-jun F Incheon Electroland Black Slammer[lower-alpha 2] Yonsei University
1 3 Yang Hee-jong F Anyang KT&G Kites Yonsei University (senior)
1 4 Jung Young-sam G Incheon Electroland Black Slammer Konkuk University (senior)
1 5 Park Sang-oh F Busan KTF Magic Wings Chung-Ang University
1 6 Shin Myung-ho G Jeonju KCC Egis Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 7 Lee Kwang-jae G Wonju Dongbu Promy Yonsei University (senior)
1 8 Kim Young-hwan F Daegu Orions[lower-alpha 3] Korea University (senior)
1 9 Woo Seung-yeon F Seoul Samsung Thunders Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 10 Ham Ji-hoon F Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Chung-Ang University (senior)
2 11 Park Goo-young G Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Dankook University (senior)
2 12 Shin Je-rok[lower-alpha 4] G Seoul Samsung Thunders[lower-alpha 5] Korea University (senior)
2 13 Kim Young-soo G Daegu Orions Myongji University (senior)
2 14 Kim Bong-su C Wonju Dongbu Promy Myongji University (senior)
2 15 Yoo Byung-jae F Jeonju KCC Egis Dongguk University (senior)
2 16 Heo Hyo-jin F Busan KTF Magic Wings Chung-Ang University (senior)
2 17 Song Chang-moo C Changwon LG Sakers Myongji University (senior)
2 18 Kim Dong-woo G Anyang KT&G Kites[lower-alpha 5] Hanyang University
2 19 Park Se-won F Incheon Electroland Black Slammer Dongguk University
2 20 Kim Jae-hwan C Seoul SK Knights Yonsei University

Players

Korean-language basketball-centered magazine Rookie and newspaper Sports Dong-a have both retrospectively dubbed the 2007 draft as the "Golden Draft".[2][3] Players from this draft include two winners of the KBL Most Valuable Player Award, members of the team which won gold at the 2014 Asian Games and several "one-club men" (active or retired players who spent their entire playing careers with the same team). Compared to past and present draft classes, as of the 2020–21 season, more players from this draft have continued to play regularly in their respective teams and maintained their professional careers into their mid-thirties.[2][4] The 2021–22 playoffs featured Yang Hee-jong, Jung Young-sam and Ham Ji-hoon, all of whom were still with their original teams.

Ham won the KBL Most Valuable Player Award in 2010.[5] As the last pick of the first round (10th overall), he is the lowest-ranked draft pick to have won the award.[4]

Two players from the draft were much older than the others: Park Sang-oh and Lee Dong-jun. Park previously played for Chung-Ang University's basketball team but left the sport and then completed his mandatory military service before returning to basketball. Lee became a South Korean citizen and thus qualified for the rookie draft (despite having professional experience in Europe) instead of the ethnic draft.[6]

Notes
  1. One or more of the following awards:
  2. Traded to Daegu Orions before his KBL debut
  3. Traded to Incheon Electroland Black Slammer, who then traded him to Busan KTF Magic Wings prior to his KBL debut
  4. Younger brother of actor Shin Sung-rok
  5. Shin Je-rok was picked by Seoul Samsung Thunders while Anyang KT&G Kites picked Kim Dong-woo. The players were swapped prior to their KBL debuts.

See also

References
  1. "'최고 가드' 김태술, 1순위로 SK행" (in Korean). KBS. February 1, 2007.
  2. "KBL '황금세대' 클래스 뽐내는 1984년생 동기들". The Dong-a Ilbo (in Korean). December 8, 2020.
  3. "[이동환의 앤드원] 2007 황금 드래프트의 과거와 현재". Rookie (in Korean). 17 February 2021.
  4. "[KBL PO] '김영환부터 함지훈까지' 오랜 경쟁자들과 만난 양희종". Jumpball (in Korean). April 19, 2021.
  5. "2020-2021 현대모비스 프로농구 시상식 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. 7 April 2021.
  6. "'얼짱' 신인 김태술-양희종-이동준, '오빠부대' 급증". The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). February 15, 2007.
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