The 2013 NBL Canada Draft was held on August 19, 2013, at Hilton Suites Conference Centre & Spa in Markham, Ontario.[1][2] A total of 29 players were selected, in three rounds.[1][2] Alex Johnson was selected with the first overall pick by the Ottawa SkyHawks, becoming the first Canadian to be the top pick in the NBL Canada Draft.[3] Johnson did not appear for the SkyHawks, as he was traded to the Mississauga Power for Bol Kong.[4]

Draft

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PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
Round Pick Player Position Nationality Team School/club team
1 1 Alex Johnson PG   Canada Ottawa SkyHawks NC State
1 2 Brent Jennings SG   United States Brampton A's Southern Poly
1 3 Raven Barber PF   United States Halifax Rainmen (from Laval) Mount St. Mary's
1 4 Bol Kong SF   Sudan
  Canada
Mississauga Power St. Francis Xavier
1 5 Gerard Devaughn PF   United States Halifax Rainmen Stillman
1 6 Jermel Kennedy PF   Canada Moncton Miracles Lander
1 7 Mike Luby C   Canada Saint John Mill Rats Brock
1 8 Denarryl Rice PG   United States Windsor Express Arkansas Tech
1 9 Shawn Vanzant PG   United States Island Storm Butler
1 10 Raheem Singleton PG   United States London Lightning Maine
2 11 Manock Lual SF   Sudan
  Canada
Ottawa SkyHawks UPEI
2 12 Niko Brooks PG   United States Brampton A's Westmont
2 13 Willie Whitfield PF   United States London Lightning (from Laval) Barry
2 14 Dwight McCombs PF/C   United States Mississauga Power Central Florida
2 15 James Marcellus PF   United States Halifax Rainmen Delaware State
2 16 Aleksandar Mitrović SF   Serbia
  Canada
Moncton Miracles McGill
2 17 David Louis C   United States Saint John Mill Rats Kingsborough CC
2 18 Marcus James F   United States Windsor Express Sam Houston State
2 19 Ryan Martin PG   United States Summerside Storm Keene State
2 20 Colin Nickerson SG   United States London Lightning Fairfield
3 21 Jerome Brown SG   Canada Ottawa SkyHawks Panola CC
3 22 Jayson Obazuaye SG   Nigeria
  United States
Brampton A's Colorado
3 23 Eric Petty, Jr. F   United States Mississauga Power Mississippi Valley State
3 24 Jason Dawson PG   United States Halifax Rainmen Mount Vernon Nazarene
3 25 Anto Raic PF   Serbia
  Canada
Moncton Miracles Brock
3 26 Alex Jackson SF   United States Saint John Mill Rats Missouri–St. Louis
3 27 Keoni Watson PG   United States Halifax Rainmen (from Windsor) Idaho
3 28 Justin Leemow SG   United States Island Storm North Carolina Central
3 29 Branko Veljović SG   Serbia
  Canada
Mississauga Power (from London) Hannibal–LaGrange

References

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  1. ^ a b "2013 NBL Canada Draft Selections". NBL Canada. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  2. ^ a b "NBL Canada 2013–14 Pre-Season Guide" (PDF). NBL Canada. Retrieved June 9, 2015.
  3. ^ "Alex Johnson Drafted No. 1 In Canada Pro Draft". North Carolina State Athletics. August 20, 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  4. ^ Baines, Tim (November 19, 2013). "Kong back with Ottawa SkyHawks". Ottawa Sun. Retrieved June 23, 2015.