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2023/24 NBA G League Draft Results

October 28th, 2023 at 1:19pm CST by Luke Adams

The NBA G League held its draft for the 2023/24 season on Saturday afternoon.

The 29 G League teams affiliated with NBA franchises participated in the event, as did the unaffiliated Mexico City Capitanes. The G League Ignite, which is made up of top prospects and veteran mentors, doesn’t take part in the draft.

[RELATED: NBA G League Announces Schedule For 2023/24 Season]

The first player selected in today’s G League draft was former Nuggets and Thunder forward Jack White, who recently fell victim to a roster crunch in Oklahoma City.

White spent last season on a two-way contract with Denver, then signed a two-year, minimum-salary contract with the Thunder that included a $600K partial guarantee.

That guarantee made him ineligible to suit up for the Oklahoma City Blue this season, so he entered the G League draft, where the Texas Legends, the Mavericks‘ affiliate, snared him with the No. 1 overall pick.

Outside of White, there was only one other player drafted today who has prior NBA experience. That player is Scottie Lewis, the 56th overall pick in the 2021 NBA draft. He appeared in just two games for the Hornets while on a two-way deal in 2021/22. The Windy City Bulls, Chicago’s affiliate, drafted him today with the No. 32 overall pick.

Former Tulsa wing Brandon Rachal has never appeared in an NBA regular season game, but he was among Saturday’s draftees who has at least signed an NBA contract, having inked a pair of Exhibit 10 deals with Brooklyn in 2021 and 2022. Rachal made G League history today by becoming the first player drafted by the Rip City Remix, the Trail Blazers‘ expansion franchise.

Here are the full 2023/24 G League draft results:

Round One:

  1. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Jack White
  2. South Bay Lakers (Lakers): Teafale Lenard Jr.
  3. Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): David Muoka
  4. College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Javonte Perkins
  5. Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Will Richardson
  6. Birmingham Squadron (Pelicans): Pavel Savkov
  7. Austin Spurs (Spurs): David Shriver
  8. Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Isiaih Mosley
  9. Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Logan Johnson
  10. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Karolis Lukosiunas
  11. Raptors 905 (Raptors): Myles Burns
  12. Mexico City Capitanes (N/A): J.J. Romer Rosario
  13. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Bryson Warren (Overtime Elite)
  14. Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Olisa Akonobi
  15. Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Walter Ellis
  16. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Marcus Burk
  17. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Nana Opoku
  18. Texas Legends (Mavericks): Maxime Carene
  19. Westchester Knicks (Knicks): Jamal Bey
  20. Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Manny Camper
  21. Osceola Magic (Magic): Jaycee Hillsman
  22. Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Brandon Rachal
  23. Ontario Clippers (Clippers): Elijah Harkless
  24. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): Anthony Nelson
  25. Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Kok Yat (Overtime Elite)
  26. Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Lance Thomas
  27. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): Arinze Chidom
  28. College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Jared Wilson-Frame
  29. Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Myron Gardner
  30. Maine Celtics (Celtics): Wendell Green Jr.

Round Two:

  1. Texas Legends (Mavericks): J.D. Tsasa (North Canyon High School)
  2. Windy City Bulls (Bulls): Scottie Lewis
  3. Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Eric Williams Jr.
  4. Osceola Magic (Magic): Tray Maddox
  5. Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): No pick
  6. Stockton Kings (Kings): Kalob Ledoux
  7. Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): No pick
  8. Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Sincere Carry
  9. Stockton Kings (Kings): Alex Hunter
  10. College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Sam Daniel (Florida Tech)
  11. Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Nojel Eastern
  12. Ontario Clippers (Clippers): David Bell
  13. Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers): Stephan Hicks
  14. Mexico City Capitanes (N/A): No pick
  15. Osceola Magic (Magic): Darius Mickens (Cal State San Bernadino)
  16. Santa Cruz Warriors (Warriors): No pick
  17. Windy City Bulls (Bulls): Keyshawn Bryant
  18. Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Kevin McClain
  19. Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Davion Warren
  20. Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers): David Sloan
  21. Indiana Mad Ants (Pacers): No pick
  22. Westchester Knicks (Knicks): No pick
  23. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
  24. Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): No pick
  25. Osceola Magic (Magic): Isaiah Wade (Central Oklahoma)
  26. Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): Isaac Johnson
  27. Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Denzel Mahoney
  28. Texas Legends (Mavericks): No pick
  29. Texas Legends (Mavericks): No pick
  30. Ontario Clippers (Clippers): No pick

Round Three (supplemental picks):

  1. Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Robert Johnson
  2. Rio Grande Valley Vipers (Rockets): Kyree Walker

Teams will fill out their rosters with affiliate players, returning rights players, tryout players, and players who are assigned to the G League from the NBA roster (including those on two-way contracts).

G League training camps open on Monday, with this year’s NBAGL Showcase Cup tournament tipping off on November 10. The Showcase Cup will be played over about a month-and-a-half and will be followed by the G League regular season, which begins on December 27.

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NBA Announces Initial Early Entrant List For 2023 Draft

April 26th, 2023 at 10:55am CST by Rory Maher

The NBA has officially released the initial list of early entrants for the 2023 NBA draft, announcing in a press release that 242 players have filed as early entry candidates. Of those prospects, 192 are from colleges, two played in the NBA G League, and 48 are international early entrants.

Those are big numbers, but they fall well short of the 353 early entrants who initially declared for the draft in 2021 and the 283 who entered last year. Beginning in 2021, the NCAA granted players an extra year of eligibility due to the coronavirus pandemic, resulting in seniors having to decide between staying at college for one more season or declaring for the draft as an “early” entrant.

This year’s total of 242 early entrants figures to shrink significantly by May 31 and again by June 12, the two deadlines for players to withdraw their names from the draft pool. But it still looks like the pool will remain extremely crowded, with the eventual number of early entrants certain to exceed 58, the number of picks in the draft.

Our tracker of early entrants for the 2023 draft is fully up to date and can be found right here.

Here are the changes we made to our tracker today:

Newly added players:

College players:

These players either didn’t publicly announce that they were entering the draft or we simply missed it when they did.

International players:

These players weren’t previously mentioned on our list of international early entrants. The country listed here indicates where they last played, not necessarily where they were born.

  • Miguel Allen, F, Spain (born 2003)
  • Idrissa Ba, C, France (born 2002)
  • Elian Benitez, G, France (born 2003)
  • William Beugre-Kassi, G/F, France (born 2004)
  • Sasa Ciani, F, Croatia (born 2003)
  • Ege Demir, F/C, Turkey (born 2004)
  • Thijs De Ridder, F, Belgium (born 2003)
  • Nikola Djurisic, G/F, Serbia (born 2004)
  • Ruben Dominguez, G, Spain (born 2003)
  • Quinn Ellis, G, Italy (born 2003)
  • Juan Fernandez, F/C, Spain (born 2002)
  • Clement Frisch, F, France (born 2002)
  • Sananda Fru, F, Germany (born 2003)
  • Gloire Goma, G, Spain (born 2003)
  • Hassane Gueye, F, France (born 2003)
  • Ondrej Hanzlik, F, Spain (born 2002)
  • Ilias Kamardine, G, France (born 2003)
  • Konstantin Kostadinov, F, Spain (born 2003)
  • Oleksandr Kovliar, G, Estonia (born 2002)
  • Liutauras Lelevicius, G, Lithuania (born 2003)
  • Gilad Levy, C, Israel (born 2002)
  • Ruben Lopez, F, Spain (born 2002)
  • Assemian Moulare, G, France (born 2003)
  • Daniel Onwenu, G, Brazil (born 2002)
  • Ivan Perasovic, F, Croatia (born 2002)
  • Mantas Rubstavicius, G, Lithuania (born 2002)
  • Musa Sagnia, F/C, Spain (born 2003)
  • Marcio Santos, F/C, Brazil (born 2002)
  • Enzo Shahrvin, F, France (born 2003)
  • Birahima Sylla, G, France (born 2003)
  • Dez Andras Tanoh, G, Hungary (born 2002)
  • Hugo Toom, F, Estonia (born 2002)
  • Armel Traore, F, France (born 2003)
  • Ricards Vanags, G/F, Latvia (born 2002)

Other notable draft-eligible early entrants:

The NBA typically sends its teams a list of “also-eligible” names. That list isn’t public. However, we’re assuming that at least one projected top-three pick is on it: Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite. Overtime Elite standouts Amen Thompson and Ausar Thompson would also be on this list, as would Henderson’s Ignite teammate Leonard Miller.

Players removed:

Despite reports or announcements that the players below would declare for the draft, they didn’t show up on the NBA’s official list.

That could mean a number of things — they may have decided against entering the draft; they may have entered the draft, then withdrawn; they may have had no NCAA eligibility remaining, making them automatically draft-eligible; they may have incorrectly filed their paperwork; or the NBA may have accidentally omitted some names.

In any case, we’ve removed the following names from our early entrant list, at least for the time being.

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