| 2013 KBL draft | |
| Logosize: | 200px |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Date: | September 30, 2013 |
| Location: | Jamsil Students' Gymnasium |
| League: | KBL |
| First: | Kim Jong-kyu (Changwon LG Sakers) |
| Prev: | October 2012 |
| Next: | 2014 |
The 2013 Korean Basketball League rookie draft (Korean: 2013 KBL 국내신인선수 드래프트) was held on September 30, 2013, at the Jamsil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 39 players who participated in the draft, 22 were selected.[1] Changwon LG Sakers won the lottery for the first overall pick.
This table only shows the first twenty picks.
| G | Guard | |
| F | Forward | |
| C | Center |
| Denotes players who have won a KBL-sanctioned award at its annual awards ceremony[2] |
The draft has been dubbed the "Kyung Hee draft" due to the fact that the first three overall picks were from Kyung Hee University, breaking the monopoly of the traditional college basketball "big 3" (Yonsei University, Korea University and Chung-Ang University).[3] Such was the anticipation over the three Kyung Hee University players that disgruntled Changwon LG Sakers fans accused head coach Kim Jin of "giving up on basketball" (intentionally achieving poor results) to finish in a lower position of the 2011–12 league table so that they can qualify for the draft lottery to get an earlier pick, accusations which Kim has denied.[4]
Lee Dae-sung had played college basketball in the NCAA Division II before returning to South Korea. Since he had last played overseas, he did not qualify to be automatically included in the KBL's list of rookies for the draft and joined the draft via the try-out open to amateur players not from a domestic college program, impressing enough to earn a nomination.[5]
