Salt Lake City Stars Select NBA Veteran Willie Reed with First Pick of 2018 NBA G League Draft
Published on October 20, 2018 under NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK - The Salt Lake City Stars selected Willie Reed (6-11, 245, Saint Louis) with the first overall pick of the 2018 NBA G League Draft on Saturday afternoon. In 125 career NBA games, the 28-year-old Reed averaged 4.9 points and 3.8 rebounds. Reed returns to the NBA G League having appeared in 144 games, averaging 15.3 points, 9.9. rebounds and 1.8 blocks.
The Greensboro Swarm drafted Chinanu Onuaku (6-9, 250, Louisville) with the second overall pick and then took Tyler Nelson (6-3, 180, Fairfield) with the third overall selection. The South Bay Lakers chose Alen Smailagic (6-10, 215, Serbia) with the fourth overall selection and the Erie BayHawks selected Terrell Miller (6-8, 250, Murray St.) with the fifth overall pick.
Nelson, Epps, Poirer and Maston headline the nine of 27 first-round selections that appeared at the NBA G League Player Invitational in August at the Quest Multisport Complex in Chicago.
Six International players from six countries were selected in this year's draft, including four first-round selections: Alen Smailagic of Serbia (fourth overall selection, South Bay Lakers), Darel Poirer of France (seventh overall selection, Canton Charge), Manu Lacomte of Belgium (20th overall selection, Agua Caliente Clippers) and Jabari Craig of Canada (22nd overall selection, Long Island Nets).
NBA G League training camp rosters will be comprised of players drafted today, along with returning, affiliate, NBA Draft rights and local tryout players and cannot exceed 15 total players, including players signed to NBA Two-Way contracts. Teams had to make a minimum of two player selections in today's Draft and all players who were selected must be invited to training camp.
For the eighth consecutive year, the Draft was conducted at the NBA G League headquarters in New York City.
Full results from the 2018 NBA G League Draft are below.
ROUND ONE
Salt Lake City - Willie Reed
Greensboro - Chinanu Onuaku
Greensboro - Tyler Nelson
South Bay - Alen Smailagic
Erie - Terrell Miller
Northern Arizona - Aaron Epps
Canton - Darel Poirer
Stockton - Terry Maston
Delaware - Hakim Warrick
Santa Cruz - Jordan Howard
Iowa - Daxter Miles Jr.
Windy City - Joe Kilgore
Grand Rapids - Jovan Mooring
Long Island - Durand Scott
Capital City - Noah Allen
Northern Arizona - Roddy Peters
Santa Cruz - Kentrell Barkley
Santa Cruz - Jemerrio Jones
Grand Rapids - Micah Seaborn
Agua Caliente - Manu Lacomte
Erie - Sanjay Lumpkin
Long Island - Jabari Craig
Delaware - Marcus Marshall
Lakeland - QJ Peterson
Raptors 905 - LeRon Black
Austin - Connor Burchfield
Westchester - Chris Wray
ROUND TWO
Salt Lake City - Justin Reyes
Long Island - Jahvari Josiah
Fort Wayne - Rob Gray
Stockton - Anthony Walker
Fort Wayne - Deion McClenton
Agua Caliente - Tavrion Dawson
Canton - Shawndre' Jones
Salt Lake City - James Demery
Northern Arizona - AJ Mosby
Santa Cruz - DeAngelo Isby
Iowa - Mike Amius
Greensboro - Passed
Sioux Falls - Jalen Hayes
Fort Wayne - Marquez Letcher-Ellis
Capital City - Devon Bookert
Sioux Falls - Juwan Howard Jr.
South Bay - Colton Weisbrod
Erie - Tommy Hamilton IV
Oklahoma City - Akil Douglas
Texas - Lexus Williams
Grand Rapids - Brandon Hollins
Rio Grande Valley - Jaleel Cousins
Stockton - Passed
Northern Arizona - LaQuinton Ross
Raptors 905 - Parker Jackson-Cartwright
Austin - Jordan Johnson
Westchester - Freddie McSwain
ROUND THREE
Stockton - Passed
Greensboro - Passed
Delaware - Jordan Downing
Maine - John Bohannon
Wisconsin - Kanellos Garbis
Memphis - Curtis Phillips
Canton - Passed
Maine - Tyquan Rolon
Maine - Duane Wilson
Windy City - Marvin Smith
Iowa - Passed
Oklahoma City - Brandon Swannegan
Sioux Falls - Passed
Fort Wayne - Jared Sam
Westchester - Passed
Agua Caliente - Passed
South Bay - Passed
Agua Caliente - Passed
Raptors 905 - Bryson Scott
Texas - Casey Jones
Grand Rapids - Elijah Brown
Rio Grande Valley - Branden Jenkins
Santa Cruz - Tyree Murray
Fort Wayne - Passed
Raptors 905 - Passed
Austin - Nick Dixon
Westchester - Passed
ROUND FOUR
Salt Lake City - Passed
Greensboro - Passed
Stockton - Passed
Maine - Schnider Herard
Wisconsin - Michael Qualls
Wisconsin - Passed
Canton - Passed
Texas - Passed
Delaware - Kameron Rooks
Santa Cruz - Passed
Iowa - Passed
Windy City - Passed
Lakeland - Jalen Bradley
Memphis - Nino Johnson
Westchester - Passed
Lakeland - Passed
South Bay - Passed
Rio Grande Valley - Passed
Oklahoma City - Passed
Texas - Passed
Grand Rapids - Keshawn Liggins
Rio Grande Valley - Passed
Maine - Passed
Fort Wayne - Passed
Raptors 905 - Passed
Austin - DeJuan Blair
Westchester - Passed
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