The Women’s Korean Basketball League rookie draft will take place on Friday. Sports news outlets expect Korean-American Kianna Smith to become the WKBL top draft pick. Also, the draft takes a month and a half before the WKBL season starts on October 30.
Betting odds experts look forward to Smith’s South Korean basketball league debut. She played in the WNBA pre-season and two games with the LA Sparks. After that, however, she decided to bring her services to the WKBL.
Based on WKBL rules, non-Koreans can sign up for the rookie draft if one of their parents is from Korea. Smith was born in the US in 1999 to an American father and a Korean mother.
Korean-American Kianna Smith Tries to be Top Draft Pick
Smith topped the 3X3 basketball qualifiers for the US national team. Also, she was the MVP of the qualifiers. However, the Korean-American player chooses to play her professional career in Korea. If she decides to play for the national team, she can’t play as a local in the Korean league.
However, Smith will take things a step at a time before she decides to try out for the South Korean national team. She said she would first try to become the top player for her WKBL team. Smith added that it is her dream to represent the nation in the future.
Smith has basketball in her DNA. Her father is a former basketball player and coach. Also, her grandfather is Fred Lucky Smith, a former player of the Milwaukee Bucks in the NBA. Her brother Jamal plays in the professional league in Armenia. In addition, Smith’s mother used to play basketball in high school.
This year is the first time the WKBL will have three non-Korean players in the draft. The league changed its rules in 2020 and paved the way for non-Korean players to sign up for the draft.
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