The NBA G League held its 2026/27 draft on Saturday afternoon. Players who signed NBAGL contracts and whose rights were not yet under team control were part of the draft pool.
texas legends, MavericksThe affiliate team took the No. 1 overall pick in Saturday’s draft and used it to select a former NBA lottery pick Jeremy Sochan.
According to Michael Scott of HoopsHype (Link to Twitter), Sochan plans to join the Legends this fall to try to make an NBA comeback. The 23-year-old forward was refused Portland last week after he spent training camp and the preseason on an Exhibit 9 contract with the Trail Blazers.
Bringing Sochan to Texas won’t stop another NBA team from drafting him, as holding a player’s rights in the G League doesn’t mean you control his NBA rights. But it will give the Mavericks a chance to get a first-hand look at him before determining whether they want to sign him to a standard contract — Sochan is no longer eligible for a two-way deal as he is four years into the NBA.
Sochan was selected ninth overall in the 2022 NBA draft and spent his first three and a half years with the Spurs. The 6-foot-8 forward averaged at least 11 points per game in each of his first three seasons as San Antonio experimented with his role, using him as a point guard or center for long stretches.
However, Sochan fell out of the regular rotation during the fourth year of the 2025/26 season and was released at the trade deadline, allowing him to sign with the Knicks. He didn’t play much in New York either, averaging just 6.9 minutes per game in 16 regular season games and 3.3 mpg in eight postseason games, but he won his first NBA title when his new team beat his old team in the NBA Finals.
In a total of 228 regular season games, Sochan averaged 9.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per contest, shooting .470/.286/.725.
As Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca tweetsthe top pick has changed hands four times before the draft, and there have been a total of 77 trades involving 31 first-round picks through Saturday.
Here complete results of the 2026 G League Draft:
First round:
- Texas Legends (Mavericks: Jeremy Sochan
- Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Isaiah Kar
- Osceola Magic: Cassian Pryor
- Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Chris Bell
- Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder: Jaylen Bedford
- Maine Celtics: Josh Roberts
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Tyler Cochran
- Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Pierre Brooks
- Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Yusuf Mohammed
- Texas Legends (Mavericks): Jevin Muniz
- Roy Greensboro (Hornets): Pierre Crockrell II
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Themus Fulks
- Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Barry Evans
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): TJ Bickerstaff
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Taion Grant-Foster
- Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Benny Williams
- Texas Legends (Mavericks): Matthew Lane
- Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Jordan Johnson
- Noblesville Boom (Pacers): Malik Harden-Hayes
- Greensboro Roy (Hornets): Lacy James
- Coachella Valley Lakers: Faison Fields
- Coachella Valley Lakers: Jayden Pierre
- Maine Celtics: Caleb Lowry
- Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Masai Olowokere
- Westchester Knicks: Amir Spears
- College Park Skyhawks: Justin Porter
- Raptors 905: Davon Thomas
- Westchester Knicks: Tre Dinkins
- Delaware Bluecoats (Sixers): Jason Turdkill
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Jordan Bone
- Windy City Bulls: Russel Tchewa
Second round:
- Osceola Magic: Emmitt Matthews Jr.
- Raptors 905: Justin Lee Wilson
- Austin Spurs: Justin Njok-Tajor
- Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Marhi Strickland
- Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Trey Galloway
- Maine Celtics: Desmond Cambridge
- Windy City Bulls: Matthew Moncrief
- Valley Suns: Chris Flippin
- Texas Legends (Mavericks): Jonathan Jackson
- Coachella Valley Lakers: Quion Burns
- Rip City Remix (Trail Blazers): Quinn Slazinski
- Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Tyson Acuff
- Coachella Valley Lakers: This is Tegra
- Santa Cruz Warriors: No pick
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Vance Jackson
- Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Rafael Finzon
- Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): No pick
- Texas Legends (Mavericks): No pick
- Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Brody Fox
- Delaware Bluecoats (Sixers): You’re Jay Clark
- Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Anton Brookshire
- Noblesville Boom (Pacers): Austin Benigni
- Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): No pick
- Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): No pick
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): No pick
- Stockton Kings: Ben Coupe Jr
- Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Olin Carter III
- Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Vander Blue
- Windy City Bulls: Jasman Sangha
- Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): No pick
- Roy Greensboro (Hornets): No pick
Teams will fill their rosters with affiliated players, returning eligible players, tryout players, and G League assigned players from the NBA roster (including those on two-way contracts).
G League training camps open Monday with this year’s NBAGL Tip-Off tournament begins November 8. The Tip-Off tournament will run for about a month and a half, followed by the G League regular season, which will begin at the Winter Showcase in December.
