2007 Korean Basketball League draft
# 2007 Korean Basketball League draft

The 2007 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2007 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on February 1, 2007, at the Education and Cultural Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 33 participants, 25 players were drafted.

## 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 | Kim Tae-sul | G | Seoul SK Knights | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 1 | 2 | Lee Dong-jun | F | Incheon Electroland Black Slammer | Yonsei University |
| 1 | 3 | Yang Hee-jong | F | Anyang KT&G Kites | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 1 | 4 | Jung Young-sam | G | Incheon Electroland Black Slammer | Konkuk University (senior) |
| 1 | 5 | Park Sang-oh | F | Busan KTF Magic Wings | Chung-Ang University |
| 1 | 6 | Shin Myung-ho | G | Jeonju KCC Egis | Kyung Hee University (senior) |
| 1 | 7 | Lee Kwang-jae | G | Wonju Dongbu Promy | Yonsei University (senior) |
| 1 | 8 | Kim Young-hwan | F | Daegu Orions | Korea University (senior) |
| 1 | 9 | Woo Seung-yeon | F | Seoul Samsung Thunders | Kyung Hee University (senior) |
| 1 | 10 | Ham Ji-hoon | F | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | Chung-Ang University (senior) |
| 2 | 11 | Park Goo-young | G | Ulsan Mobis Phoebus | Dankook University (senior) |
| 2 | 12 | Shin Je-rok | G | Seoul Samsung Thunders | Korea University (senior) |
| 2 | 13 | Kim Young-soo | G | Daegu Orions | Myongji University (senior) |
| 2 | 14 | Kim Bong-su | C | Wonju Dongbu Promy | Myongji University (senior) |
| 2 | 15 | Yoo Byung-jae | F | Jeonju KCC Egis | Dongguk University (senior) |
| 2 | 16 | Heo Hyo-jin | F | Busan KTF Magic Wings | Chung-Ang University (senior) |
| 2 | 17 | Song Chang-moo | C | Changwon LG Sakers | Myongji University (senior) |
| 2 | 18 | Kim Dong-woo | G | Anyang KT&G Kites | Hanyang University |
| 2 | 19 | Park Se-won | F | Incheon Electroland Black Slammer | Dongguk University |
| 2 | 20 | Kim Jae-hwan | C | Seoul SK Knights | Yonsei University |

## Players

Korean-language basketball-centered magazine Rookie and newspaper Sports Dong-a have both retrospectively dubbed the 2007 draft as the "Golden Draft". Players from this draft include two winners of the KBL Most Valuable Player Award, members of the team which won gold at the 2014 Asian Games and several "one-club men" (active or retired players who spent their entire playing careers with the same team). Compared to past and present draft classes, as of the 2020–21 season, more players from this draft have continued to play regularly in their respective teams and maintained their professional careers into their mid-thirties. The 2021–22 playoffs featured Yang Hee-jong, Jung Young-sam and Ham Ji-hoon, all of whom were still with their original teams.

Ham won the KBL Most Valuable Player Award in 2010. As the last pick of the first round (10th overall), he is the lowest-ranked draft pick to have won the award.

Two players from the draft were much older than the others: Park Sang-oh and Lee Dong-jun. Park previously played for Chung-Ang University's basketball team but left the sport and then completed his mandatory military service before returning to basketball. Lee became a South Korean citizen and thus qualified for the rookie draft (despite having professional experience in Europe) instead of the ethnic draft.

