2011 Korean Basketball League draft
# 2011 Korean Basketball League draft

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. Anyang KGC 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.

| G | Guard |
| - | - |
| F | Forward |
| C | Center |

* Denotes players who have won a KBL-sanctioned award at its annual awards ceremony

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Team | School/club team |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Oh Se-keun | C | Anyang KGC | Chung-Ang University (senior) |
| 1 | 2 | Kim Sun-hyung | G | Seoul SK Knights | Chung-Ang University (senior) |
| 1 | 3 | Choi Jin-soo | F | Goyang Orions | Taegu Science University |
| 1 | 4 | Ham Nu-ri | F | Incheon Electro Land Elephants | Chung-Ang University (senior) |
| 1 | 5 | Kim Hyun-ho | F | Wonju Dongbu Promy | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 1 | 6 | Yoo Sung-ho | C | Seoul Samsung Thunders | Korea University (senior) |
| 1 | 7 | Kim Hyun-min | F | Busan KT Sonicboom | Dankook University (senior) |
| 1 | 8 | Jung Chang-young | G | Changwon LG Sakers | Korea University (senior) |
| 1 | 9 | Jung Min-soo | F | Jeonju KCC Egis | Myongji University (senior) |
| 1 | 10 | Lee Ji-won | G | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | Kyung Hee University (senior) |
| 2 | 11 | Kim Dong-ryang | C | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | Dongguk University (senior) |
| 2 | 12 | Kim Tae-hong | F | Jeonju KCC Egis | Korea University |
| 2 | 13 | Ahn Jeong-hwan | F | Changwon LG Sakers | Myongji University |
| 2 | 14 | Bang Duk-won | C | Busan KT Sonicboom | Sungkyunkwan University |
| 2 | 15 | Lee Gwan-hee | G | Seoul Samsung Thunders | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 2 | 16 | Cha Min-seok | F | Anyang KGC | Konkuk University |
| 2 | 17 | Kim Tae-hyung | G | Incheon Electro Land Elephants | Sungkyunkwan University |
| 2 | 18 | Kim Min-seop | F | Goyang Orions | Sungkyunkwan University |
| 2 | 19 | Kwon Yong-woong | G | Seoul SK Knights | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 2 | 20 | Hong Se-yong | G | Wonju Dongbu Promy | Korea University |

## Players

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). 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 a 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. The third overall pick, he was chosen by Goyang Orions, where his father Kim Yoo-taek was then a member of the coaching staff.

