2015 Korean Basketball League draft

The 2015 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2015 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on October 26, 2017, at the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 34 participants, 22 players were drafted.[1][2]

2015 KBL draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)October 26, 2015
LocationJamsil Students' Gymnasium
Network(s)MBC Sports+
Overview
LeagueKBL
First selectionMoon Seong-gon
(Anyang KGC)

In September, the KBL released the list of participants.[1] On October 26, the draft day itself, a try-out was held in the morning and the picks took place in the evening. Goyang Orion Orions traded its highest-drawn first round pick to Changwon LG Sakers in exchange for Moon Tae-jong, hence LG being able to obtain two first round picks.[3]

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[nb 1]
Round Pick Player Position Team School/club team
1 1 Moon Seong-gon F Anyang KGC Korea University (senior)
1 2 Han Hui-won F Incheon Electroland Elephants Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 3 Song Kyo-chang F Jeonju KCC Egis Samil Commercial High School
1 4 Choi Chang-jin G Busan KT Sonicboom Kyung Hee University (senior)
1 5 Lee Dong-yeop G Seoul Samsung Thunders Korea University (junior)
1 6 Jung Sung-woo G Changwon LG Sakers Sangmyung University (senior)
1 7 Lee Dae-heon C Seoul SK Knights Dongguk University (senior)
1 8 Han Sang-hyuk G Changwon LG Sakers Hanyang University (senior)
1 9 Seo Min-soo F Wonju Dongbu Promy Dongguk University (senior)
1 10 Jung Sung-ho F Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Yonsei University (senior)
2 11 Ryu Young-hwan F Ulsan Mobis Phoebus Konkuk University (senior)
2 12 Kim Dong-hee F Wonju Dongbu Promy Chosun University (senior)
2 13 Sung Geon-joo G Goyang Orion Orions Kyung Hee University (senior)
2 14 Lee Seung-hwan G Seoul SK Knights Konkuk University (senior)
2 15 Lee Ho-young C Goyang Orion Orions Korea University
2 16 Lee Jong-gu G Seoul Samsung Thunders Kyung Hee University (junior)
2 17 Ryu Ji-seok C Busan KT Sonicboom Sangmyung University (junior)
2 18 Park Jun-woo F Jeonju KCC Egis Chosun University
2 19 Incheon Electroland Elephants forfeited
2 20 Anyang KGC forfeited

Players

Future MVP Song Kyo-chang was the only high school senior picked in the draft. The third overall pick, he was the first high school senior to be picked so early in the history of the KBL draft since Korean-American Han Sang-woong (Richard Han) in 2005.[3][4]

Notes
  1. One or more of the following awards:

See also

References
  1. "2015 KBL 국내 신인선수 드래프트 참가 신청자 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. September 24, 2015.
  2. "2015 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트 결과 안내" (in Korean). Korean Basketball League. October 26, 2015.
  3. "2015 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트 참가자 38명 최종 확정" (in Korean). JTBC. October 14, 2015.
  4. "고교생 송교창, 대학생 형들 제치고 KCC로". JoongAng Ilbo (in Korean). 27 October 2015.
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