Texas Legends Select Jack White With First Pick Of 2023 NBA G League Draft
Official Release /October 28, 2023
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NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2023 – 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.
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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