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.

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