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Texas Legends Select Jack White With First Pick Of 2023 NBA G League Draft

Official Release /October 28, 2023

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

  1. Texas – Jack White
  2. South Bay – Teafale Lenard Jr.
  3. Capital City – David Muoka
  4. College Park – Javonte Perkins
  5. Grand Rapids – Will Richardson
  6. Birmingham – Pavel Savkov
  7. Austin – David Shriver
  8. Greensboro – Isiaih Mosley
  9. Oklahoma City – Logan Johnson
  10. Salt Lake City – Karolis Lukoslunas
  11. Raptors 905 – Myles Burns
  12. Mexico City – Janiel Romer Rosario
  13. Sioux Falls – Bryson Warren
  14. Grand Rapids – Olisa Akonobi
  15. Grand Rapids – Walter Ellis
  16. Santa Cruz – Marcus Burk
  17. Texas – NaNa Opoku
  18. Texas – Maxime Carene
  19. Westchester – Jamal Bey
  20. Sioux Falls – Manny Camper
  21. Osceola – Jaycee Hillsman
  22. Rip City – Brandon Rachal
  23. Ontario – Elijah Harkless
  24. Delaware – Anthony Nelson
  25. Iowa – Kok Yat
  26. Oklahoma City – Lance Thomas
  27. Santa Cruz – Arinze Chidom
  28. College Park – Jared Wilson-Frame
  29. Wisconsin – Myron Gardner
  30. Maine – Wendell Green Jr.

ROUND TWO

  1. Texas – JD Tsasa
  2. Windy City – Scottie Lewis
  3. Cleveland – Eric Williams Jr.
  4. Osceola – Tray Maddox
  5. Grand Rapids – Passed
  6. Stockton – Kalob Ledoux
  7. Wisconsin – Passed
  8. Memphis – Sincere Carry
  9. Stockton – Alex Hunter
  10. College Park – Sam Daniel
  11. Iowa – Nojel Eastern
  12. Ontario – David Bell
  13. Indiana – Stephan Hicks
  14. Mexico City – Passed
  15. Osceola – Darius Mickens
  16. Santa Cruz – Passed
  17. Windy City – Keshawn Bryant
  18. Rip City – Kevin McClain
  19. Memphis – Davion Warren
  20. Indiana – David Sloan
  21. Indiana – Passed
  22. Westchester – Passed
  23. Delaware – Passed
  24. Delaware – Passed
  25. Osceola – Isaiah Wade
  26. Salt Lake City – Isaac Johnson
  27. Iowa – Denzel Mahoney   
  28. Texas – Passed
  29. Texas – Passed
  30. Ontario – Passed

ROUND THREE

  1. Motor City – Robert Johnson
  2. Rio Grande Valley – Kyree Walker