The Korean Basketball League Ethnic Draft was first established in 2009 to give mixed blood Korean basketball players of foreign nationality a chance to play in the KBL without being counted as foreigners. The first draft was held on Feb.3rd, 2009 and it resulted in five out of seven applicants being picked. The following year, another draft was held but only one player was selected.
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Rules
Each team is allowed to have only one player from the ethnic draft at any given time. The drafted players can play a maximum of three years with the KBL team that drafted them.
2009 Picks
1st pick= Tony Akins (Chon Tae Poong) Team: Jeonju KCC Egis
2nd pick= Eric Sandrin (Lee Seung-Jun) Team:Seoul Samsung Thunders
3rd pick= Greg Stevenson (Moon Tae Young) Team: Changwon LG Sakers
4th pick= Kevin Mitchell (Won Ha Jun) Team: KT&G Kites
5th pick= Chris Vann (Park Tae Yang) Team: Busan KT Sonicboom
2010 picks
1st Pick= Jarod Stevenson (Moon Tae-Jong Team: Incheon ET Land Elephants
2011 draft
The third Ethnic Draft was held on Jan.31st, 2011. However, none of the eligible candidates were picked. Adrian Scott, Larry Boyd, Joseph Fontenot, and Anthony Gallagher were the eligible players.