Texas Legends Select Jack White with First Pick of 2023 NBA G League Draft
October 28, 2023 - NBA G League (G League) News Release
NEW YORK - The Texas Legends selected Jack White (6-7, 225, Duke) with the first overall pick in the 2023 NBA G League Draft, which was held virtually today. Texas then traded White's rights to the South Bay Lakers for the rights to second overall pick Teafale Lenard Jr. (6-7, 175, Middle Tennessee), a 2024 first-round pick and a 2024 second-round pick. With the third pick, the Capital City Go-Go selected David Muoka (6-10, 235, UNLV).
After spending his first two professional seasons with Melbourne United of the Australian National Basketball League (NBL), White signed a two-way contract with the Denver Nuggets in July 2022, following a stint with the team during NBA Summer League. The Duke product appeared in 26 games with the Grand Rapids Gold last season across Showcase Cup and Regular Season action, averaging 19.2 points and 9.4 rebounds. White also played in 17 games for 2022-23 NBA Champion Nuggets.
Below are round-by-round results from the 2023 NBA G League Draft.
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ROUND ONE
Texas - Jack White
South Bay - Teafale Lenard Jr.
Capital City - David Muoka
College Park - Javonte Perkins
Grand Rapids - Will Richardson
Birmingham - Pavel Savkov
Austin - David Shriver
Greensboro - Isiaih Mosley
Oklahoma City - Logan Johnson
Salt Lake City - Karolis Lukoslunas
Raptors 905 - Myles Burns
Mexico City - Janiel Romer Rosario
Sioux Falls - Bryson Warren
Grand Rapids - Olisa Akonobi
Grand Rapids - Walter Ellis
Santa Cruz - Marcus Burk
Texas - NaNa Opoku
Texas - Maxime Carene
Westchester - Jamal Bey
Sioux Falls - Manny Camper
Osceola - Jaycee Hillsman
Rip City - Brandon Rachal
Ontario - Elijah Harkless
Delaware - Anthony Nelson
Iowa - Kok Yat
Oklahoma City - Lance Thomas
Santa Cruz - Arinze Chidom
College Park - Jared Wilson-Frame
Wisconsin - Myron Gardner
Maine - Wendell Green Jr.
ROUND TWO
Texas - JD Tsasa
Windy City - Scottie Lewis
Cleveland - Eric Williams Jr.
Osceola - Tray Maddox
Grand Rapids - Passed
Stockton - Kalob Ledoux
Wisconsin - Passed
Memphis - Sincere Carry
Stockton - Alex Hunter
College Park - Sam Daniel
Iowa - Nojel Eastern
Ontario - David Bell
Indiana - Stephan Hicks
Mexico City - Passed
Osceola - Darius Mickens
Santa Cruz - Passed
Windy City - Keshawn Bryant
Rip City - Kevin McClain
Memphis - Davion Warren
Indiana - David Sloan
Indiana - Passed
Westchester - Passed
Delaware - Passed
Delaware - Passed
Osceola - Isaiah Wade
Salt Lake City - Isaac Johnson
Iowa - Denzel Mahoney
Texas - Passed
Texas - Passed
Ontario - Passed
ROUND THREE
Motor City - Robert Johnson
Rio Grande Valley - Kyree Walker
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