2021 T1 League draft explained

2021 T1 League draft
Sport:Basketball
Date:August 9, 2021
Network:T1 League on YouTube
T1 League on Facebook
Line Today
Overall:17
Rounds:5
League:T1 League
First:No picking order in this draft
Next:2022

The 2021 T1 League draft was the first edition of the T1 League's annual draft. It was held online on July 28, 2021 originally and broadcast on YouTube, Facebook, and Line Today. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Taiwan, the draft was postponed to August 9.[1] There were six teams joined the draft, including the Kaohsiung Aquas, New Taipei CTBC DEA, Taichung Suns, Tainan team, Taiwan Beer, and the Taoyuan Leopards. There were 58 players participated in the draft, and 17 players were chosen in 5 rounds.[2]

First Round Contested Picks

Draft results

G GuardSG Shooting guardF ForwardSF PF Power forwardC Center
Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-T1 League First Team
+Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game
Denotes player who has never appeared in one T1 regular season or playoff game
~Denotes player who has been selected as Rookie of the Year
PlayerTeam
1Mohammad Al Bachir Gadiaga
  • ~
SG
Hsieh Ya-Hsuan+G/SF
Lo Chen-FengSFTaoyuan LeopardsNKNU
Yu Chu-HsiangPF/CTaichung Suns
Lan Shao-FuPF/CTainanNTSU
2Wei Chia-HaoGNew Taipei CTBC DEA
Huang Yi-ShengSGTaoyuan LeopardsSHU
Yang Cheng-HanSGTaichung Suns
Su Chih-ChengGTainan
Su Wen-JuSG/SFKaohsiung Aquas
3Tung Fang Yi-KangGNew Taipei CTBC DEASalesian High School
Chang Shun-ChengSG/FTaoyuan LeopardsUKN
Lin Tzu-FengSG/SFTainan
4Liu Min-YanF/CNew Taipei CTBC DEA
Liu Chun-TingSG/SFTainan
5Zhou Cheng-RuiPFNew Taipei CTBC DEA
Wu Nien-CheSGTainan

Draft combine

The T1 League invited all entrants and free agents to join the draft combine.[3] [4] The draft combine was held on July 26, 2021 originally. The draft combine was postponed to August 2 and held at National Taiwan University of Sport. There were 65 players participated in the draft combine.

Entrants

The T1 League released its official list of entrants on July 24, 2021, consisting of 58 players from college and other educational institutions in this edition of the draft.[5]

Club team recommendation

Notes and References

  1. News: 選秀會28日線上登場 效仿日本職棒採取「指名制」. June 3, 2022. United Daily News. July 14, 2021.
  2. News: 史上首度指名制選秀 新北中信選走謝亞軒阿巴西. November 15, 2021. China Times. August 9, 2021.
  3. Web site: T1聯盟選前體能測試會 . Facebook . T1 LEAGUE . August 2, 2021 . July 7, 2022.
  4. Web site: 聯盟公告&體測會特別邀請名單 . Facebook . T1 LEAGUE . July 25, 2021 . July 7, 2022.
  5. News: Liang Wei-ming . T1》新職籃選秀58人出爐 報名踴躍延至8月9日舉行 . September 6, 2021 . Liberty Times Net. July 24, 2021.