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The 2011 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2011 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on January 31, 2011, at the Education and Cultural Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 44 players who participated in the draft, 35 were selected.[1][2] Anyang KGC won the lottery for the first overall pick, having finished in eighth place during the 2009–10 season.[3]
| 2011 KBL draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Sport | Basketball |
| Date(s) | January 31, 2011 |
| Location | Seoul Education and Cultural Center |
| Overview | |
| League | KBL |
| First selection | Oh Se-keun (Anyang KGC) |
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[nb 1] |
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The 2011 draft was highly anticipated by observers and KBL coaches as it included seniors responsible for Chung-Ang University's record-breaking run of 52 consecutive wins in the collegiate basketball league (from November 2008 to November 2009).[7] The main players, center Oh Se-keun and point guard Kim Sun-hyung, have gone on to win the KBL Championship and the KBL Most Valuable Player Award and were key players in the South Korean national team winning gold in the 2014 Asian Games.
The third pick of the draft Choi Jin-soo is the first South Korean to receive an NCAA Division I basketball scholarship and played for the University of Maryland. He was the youngest of the draft class as the "early entry" option was still unheard of at that time and nearly all participants were college seniors.[1][2] The third overall pick, he was chosen by Goyang Orions, where his father Kim Yoo-taek was then a member of the coaching staff.
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- One or more of the following awards:
- Regular season MVP
- Playoffs MVP
- Rookie of the Year
- Best 5
- Defensive Player of the Year
- Defensive Best 5
- Sixth Man Award
- Most Improved Player
- Fair Play Award
- Traded to Seoul Samsung Thunders in a player exchange prior to his KBL debut[5]
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