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

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. Out of the 44 players who participated in the draft, 35 were selected.

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won the lottery for the first overall pick, having finished in eighth place during the 2009–10 season.

Draft selections

''This table only shows the first twenty picks.''

Players

The 2011 draft was highly anticipated by observers and KBL coaches as it included seniors responsible for

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's record-breaking run of 52 consecutive wins in the collegiate basketball league (from November 2008 to November 2009). The main players, center

Oh Se-keun Oh Se-keun (born 20 May 1987) is a South Korean professional basketball player who plays for Anyang KGC in the Korean Basketball League. Once a mainstay of the South Korean national team, he was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the ...

and point guard Kim Sun-hyung, have gone on to win the KBL Championship and the

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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 Choi Jin-soo (Korean language, Korean: 최진수, formerly known as Jin Soo Kim; born 11 May 1989) is a South Korean basketball player who played for University of Maryland, College Park and the Korea national basketball team. He is the first S ...

is the first South Korean to receive a

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basketball scholarship and played for the

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. 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. The third overall pick, he was chosen by

Goyang Orions Goyang Carrot Jumpers (Korean: 고양 캐롯 점퍼스) is a professional basketball club based in Goyang, South Korea which plays in the Korean Basketball League. Before the change of ownership in 2022, they were called Orions. History Dayo ...

, where his father

Kim Yoo-taek Kim Yoo-taek (born October 10, 1963 in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province, South Korea) is a former South Korean basketball player. Although positioned as a center due to his height, Kim possessed the ball-handling skills of a guard and was equally capa ...

was then a member of the coaching staff.

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References

External links

Draft: 2011 KBL Domestic Player draft results / 드래프트: 2011 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트 결과
— Korean Basketball League official website {{in lang, ko Korean Basketball League draft

2010s in Seoul

Sport in Seoul Events in Seoul

Draft selections

Players

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