List of first overall NBA Development League draft picks
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The NBA Development League's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual National Basketball Association Development League
(NBADL) Draft. For players to become eligible for the draft they must sign a general contract with the league. They must also be at least 18 years old, not attending college during the season which the draft precedes, and have either graduated high school
or, if the player did not finish high school, had what would have been his graduating class graduate.
No first overall picks have ever won the NBADL Most Valuable Player Award, nor have any been named the NBADL Rookie of the Year. Five players have been named to at least one NBA Development League All-Star Game
: Andre Barrett
, Eddie Gill
, Chris Richard
, Carlos Powell
(twice) and Nick Fazekas
. The first All-Star Game did not occur until the 2006–07 season, however, and so the possibility for players such as Mikki Moore
to earn an All-Star selection was not possible. Moore was named the NBDL Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-NBDL First Team as a rookie in 2002–03. Fazekas, the first overall selection in 2010, and Powell, the first overall selection in 2009, each had previous NBA Development League experience prior to those respective drafts. In 2007–08, Fazekas had played for the Tulsa 66ers
while Powell had played for the Dakota Wizards
, and both were selected as NBA Development League All-Stars that season, making them back-to-back number one draft picks who had previously been NBADL All-Stars.
Note that from the 2001 through 2004 drafts, it was known as the NBDL Draft. Since 2005, it has been known as the NBA Development League Draft in accordance with the league's slight name change.
NBA Development League
The NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001...
(NBADL) Draft. For players to become eligible for the draft they must sign a general contract with the league. They must also be at least 18 years old, not attending college during the season which the draft precedes, and have either graduated high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
or, if the player did not finish high school, had what would have been his graduating class graduate.
No first overall picks have ever won the NBADL Most Valuable Player Award, nor have any been named the NBADL Rookie of the Year. Five players have been named to at least one NBA Development League All-Star Game
NBA Development League All-Star Game
The NBA Development League All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game held by the National Basketball Association Development League . The D-League was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League . The league adopted its current name at the start of the 2005–06 season...
: Andre Barrett
Andre Barrett
Andre Rashawd Barrett is an American professional basketball player. Since 2004, he has played for numerous teams in both the NBA and its affiliate league, the D-League...
, Eddie Gill
Eddie Gill
Eddie Gill is an American professional basketball player. He is a 1.84 m point guard.Gill went undrafted after a college career at Salt Lake Community College and Weber State University...
, Chris Richard
Chris Richard (basketball)
Chris Richard is an American professional basketball player. Richard, a power forward, played college basketball for the University of Florida. He has a wingspan of 7'4½". His role was that of the sixth man that came off the bench for the Florida Gators national championship men's team during the...
, Carlos Powell
Carlos Powell
Ricardo Auturo "Carlos" Powell is an American basketball player for Maccabi Haifa B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Super League. He is notable for receiving the NIT Most Valuable Player award, in the NIT tournament. Other honors he has received include 2003-2004 All SEC, 2004-2005 Preseason All SEC,...
(twice) and Nick Fazekas
Nick Fazekas
Nick Fazekas is an American professional basketball player who plays for the Reno Bighorns of the NBA D-League.-Early career:...
. The first All-Star Game did not occur until the 2006–07 season, however, and so the possibility for players such as Mikki Moore
Mikki Moore
Clinton Renard "Mikki" Moore is an American professional basketball player who is currently a free agent.-Professional career:...
to earn an All-Star selection was not possible. Moore was named the NBDL Defensive Player of the Year and was named to the All-NBDL First Team as a rookie in 2002–03. Fazekas, the first overall selection in 2010, and Powell, the first overall selection in 2009, each had previous NBA Development League experience prior to those respective drafts. In 2007–08, Fazekas had played for the Tulsa 66ers
Tulsa 66ers
The Tulsa 66ers are an NBA Development League team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the minor league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their logo design is a basketball behind mountains with a road leading up to them, all on a U.S...
while Powell had played for the Dakota Wizards
Dakota Wizards
The Dakota Wizards are an American basketball team in the NBA Development League, based in Bismarck, North Dakota. Home games are played at the Bismarck Civic Center.-Beginnings in IBA:...
, and both were selected as NBA Development League All-Stars that season, making them back-to-back number one draft picks who had previously been NBADL All-Stars.
Note that from the 2001 through 2004 drafts, it was known as the NBDL Draft. Since 2005, it has been known as the NBA Development League Draft in accordance with the league's slight name change.
Key
| ^ | Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s) NBA Development League All-Star Game The NBA Development League All-Star Game is an annual exhibition basketball game held by the National Basketball Association Development League . The D-League was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League . The league adopted its current name at the start of the 2005–06 season... |
| * | Denotes player who has been selected to (an) NBA Development League All-Star Game(s) and was also selected in an NBA Draft NBA Draft The NBA Draft is an annual event in which the thirty teams from the National Basketball Association can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league. These players are usually amateur U.S. college basketball players, but international players are also eligible to be drafted... |
| † | Denotes player who was also selected in an NBA Draft |
| Player (in italic text) |
Rookie of the Year |
| PPG | Points per game |
| RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game |
List of first overall picks
| Draft | Selected by | Player | Nationality | College/former club | PPG | RPG | APG | Ref. |
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| 2001 2001 NBDL Draft The 2001 NBDL Draft was the inaugural draft of the National Basketball Development League , which was later renamed the NBA Development League . The draft was held on November 1, 2001 before the 2001–02 season... |
Fayetteville Patriots Fayetteville Patriots The Fayetteville Patriots were a NBA Development League team based in Fayetteville, North Carolina, United States. Its logo design features a bald eagle's head and a basketball in the middle of a capital letter "P" with stars and stripes filling the rest of it.-Season By Season:- Franchise history... |
Blinn CC Blinn College Blinn College is a two-year academic institution based in Brenham, Texas with campuses in Brenham, Bryan, Schulenburg, and Sealy. While the Brenham campus is Blinn's main campus, more than 70% of students attend the Bryan campus.... (Brenham, TX Brenham, Texas Brenham is a city in east-central Texas in Washington County, Texas, United States, with a population of 16,147 according to the 2009 census. It is the county seat of Washington County... ) |
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| 2002 | Roanoke Dazzle Roanoke Dazzle The Roanoke Dazzle were an NBA Development League team based in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A.. In operation from the inaugural D-League season of 2001-02 through the 2005-06 season, the Dazzle marked the return of professional basketball to Roanoke since the Virginia Squires called Roanoke home in the... |
Detroit Pistons Detroit Pistons The Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where... |
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| 2003 | Huntsville Flight Huntsville Flight The Huntsville Flight was a National Basketball Development League team based in Huntsville, Alabama. Playing their home games at the Von Braun Center, the Flight was a charter franchise for the 2001-02 season but folded after the 2004-05 season... |
† | Miami Heat Miami Heat The Miami Heat is a professional basketball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. The team is a member of the Southeast Division in the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association . They play their home games at American Airlines Arena in Downtown Miami... |
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| 2004 | Columbus Riverdragons Austin Toros The Austin Toros are a NBA Development League minor league basketball team based in Cedar Park, Texas, United States.The team plays home games at Cedar Park Center.Their logo is the design of a bull and basketball with the state of Texas in the background... |
† | Morehead State (Morehead, KY Morehead, Kentucky As of the census of 2010, there were 6,845 people, households, and families residing in the city. The population density was 726.2 people per square mile. There were 2,356 housing units at an average density of 253.3 per square mile. The racial makeup of the city was 93.2% White, 3.2% African... ) |
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| 2005 2005 NBA Development League Draft -Round 1:* 1. Florida Flame: Andre Barrett* 2. Fayetteville Patriots: Nigel Dixon* 3. Fort Worth Flyers: Ime Udoka* 4. Arkansas Rimrockers: Harvey Thomas* 5. Roanoke Dazzle: Will Bynum* 6. Albuquerque Thunderbirds: Chuck Hayes* 7. Tulsa 66ers: Bernard King... |
Florida Flame Florida Flame The Florida Flame were a NBA Development League team based in Fort Myers, Florida. Its logo represents a basketball on fire moving at high speed.... |
^ | Orlando Magic Orlando Magic The Orlando Magic is a professional basketball team based in Orlando, Florida. They play in the Southeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association and are currently coached by Stan Van Gundy... |
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| 2006 | Anaheim Arsenal Anaheim Arsenal The Anaheim Arsenal was a professional basketball team which played in NBA Development League from 2006-2009. They played their home games at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, California.... |
† | CB Granada CB Granada Club Baloncesto Granada, S.A.D. is a professional basketball team based in Granada, Andalusia. It plays in the LEB Oro. The team was founded in 1994 and has had notable players during its history, as Curtis Borchardt, Darvin Ham, Giorgos Sigalas, Scott Padgett, Pops Mensah-Bonsu and Richard... (Spain) |
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| 2007 | Colorado 14ers Colorado 14ers The Colorado 14ers were a team in the NBA Development League which began play in 2006-07. They were affiliated with the Denver Nuggets, New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors of the NBA. The 14ers played their home games at the Broomfield Event Center in the Denver suburb of Broomfield, Colorado. ... |
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| 2008 | Tulsa 66ers Tulsa 66ers The Tulsa 66ers are an NBA Development League team based in Tulsa, Oklahoma and the minor league affiliate of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their logo design is a basketball behind mountains with a road leading up to them, all on a U.S... |
* | Minnesota Timberwolves Minnesota Timberwolves The Minnesota Timberwolves are an American professional basketball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Founded in 1989, the team is currently owned by Glen Taylor... / Sioux Falls Skyforce Sioux Falls Skyforce The Sioux Falls Skyforce is a professional basketball team that plays in the NBA Development League. They are based in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States. The team plays at the Sioux Falls Arena. The Skyforce began in the CBA in 1989... (Sioux Falls, SD Sioux Falls, South Dakota Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south... ) |
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| 2009 2009 NBA Development League Draft The 2009 NBA Development League Draft was the ninth draft of the National Basketball Association Development League . The draft was held on November 5, 2009 before the 2009–10 season. In this draft, all 16 of the league's teams took turns selecting eligible players. The D-League uses a... |
Albuquerque Thunderbirds | ^ | Inchon ET Land Black Slamer (South Korea Korean Basketball League The Korean Basketball League, often abbreviated to the KBL, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in South Korea. Its inaugural season was in 1997. The season starts in October and ends in April the following year. The KBL consists of 10 teams. Each team plays 54 games . Each team... ) |
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| 2010 2010 NBA Development League Draft The 2010 NBA D-League Draft occurred on November 1, 2010. The first pick was Nick Fazekas by the Reno Bighorns.-Round 1:The 2010 NBA D-League Draft occurred on November 1, 2010. The first pick was Nick Fazekas by the Reno Bighorns.-Round 1:... |
Reno Bighorns | * | JDA Dijon (France Ligue Nationale de Basketball The Ligue National de Basket is the top men's French professional basketball league. There are two divisions: French Pro A League and French Pro B League .-Pro A:... ) |
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| 2011 | Los Angeles D-Fenders Los Angeles D-Fenders The Los Angeles D-Fenders are a NBA Development League team based in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2006, the team is owned by the Los Angeles Lakers, which became the first National Basketball Association franchise to own a D-League team... |
† | Memphis Grizzlies Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies are a professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. The team is part of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association . Along with the Toronto Raptors, the Grizzlies were established in 1995 as part of the NBA's... |
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