The NBA G League's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual
NBA G League
The NBA G League, or simply the G League, is the National Basketball Association's (NBA) official minor league basketball organization. The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA De ...
Draft (known as the NBA Development League Draft until 2017). 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 from
high school
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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 G League Most Valuable Player Award. Five players have been named to at least one
NBA Development League All-Star Game
The NBA D-League All-Star Game was an annual exhibition basketball game held by the NBA Development League (D-League). The D-League was founded in 2001 as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) and later as the NBA Development League. ...
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Andre Barrett
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Professional career
Barrett was und ...
,
Eddie Gill
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,
[ Chris Richard, ]Carlos Powell
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He is notable for receiving the NIT Most Valuable Player awar ...
(twice)[ and ]Nick Fazekas
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Early career
Fazekas attended Ralston Valley High School in Arvada, Colorado where h ...
.[ The first All-Star Game did not occur until the 2006–07 season, however, and so the possibility for players such as ]Mikki Moore
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Early life and college
Born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, Moore graduated from Blacksburg High School at Blacksburg, ...
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.Tulsa 66ers
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while Powell had played for the Dakota Wizards
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, 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. From 2005 through 2016, it was known as the NBA Development League Draft in accordance with the league's slight name change. The 2017 draft was the first under the league's current identity as the NBA G League, following a sponsorship deal with Gatorade.
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Key
List of first overall picks
See also
* List of first overall NBA draft picks
The National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual National Basketball Association (NBA) draft. The first pick is awarded to the team that wins ...
* List of first overall WNBA draft picks The Women's National Basketball Association's first overall pick is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) Draft. The first pick is awarded to the team ...
Notes
* All statistics are taken from the players' respective draft seasons.
* Indicates the college team, semi-professional and/or professional basketball team that the player ''most recently competed for'' heading into his respective draft.
* Robert Covington signed with the Philadelphia 76ers prior to playing in a D-League game in 2014–15. He spent the entire season with the 76ers and did not accumulate any D-League statistics.
References
External links
Number One Picks In The NBA D-League Draft
at NBA.com
List of current NBA Development League players
{{NBA Development League NumberOne Picks
First Overall Draft Pick
National Basketball Association lists