The NBA G League held its draft for the 2026/27 season on Saturday afternoon. Players who signed NBAGL contracts and whose rights weren’t already controlled by a team were part of the draft pool.
The Texas Legends, the Mavericks’ affiliate team, held the No. 1 overall pick in Saturday’s draft and used it to select former NBA lottery pick Jeremy Sochan.
According to Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link), Sochan plans to join the Legends this fall in an effort to make his way back to the NBA. The 23-year-old forward was waived by Portland last week after spending training camp and the preseason on an Exhibit 9 contract with the Trail Blazers.
Drafting Sochan to Texas won’t prevent another NBA team from poaching him, since holding a player’s G League rights doesn’t mean you control his NBA rights. But it will give the Mavericks a chance to take 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 since he has four years of NBA service.
Sochan was the ninth overall pick in the 2022 NBA draft and spent his first three-and-a-half years with the Spurs. The 6’8″ forward averaged at least 11 points per game in each of his first three seasons as San Antonio experimented with his role, deploying him for stretches as a point guard or a small-ball center.
However, Sochan fell out of the regular rotation during his fourth year in 2025/26 and was granted his release after 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 appearances and 3.3 MPG in eight postseason outings, but he won his first NBA championship when his new team beat his old team in the NBA Finals.
In 228 total regular season games, Sochan has averaged 9.9 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per contest, with a shooting line of .470/.286/.725.
As Blake Murphy of Sportsnet.ca tweets, the top pick changed hands four times leading up to the draft and there were a total of 77 trades involving the 31 first-round selections heading into Saturday.
Here are the full 2026 G League draft results:
Round One:
Texas Legends (Mavericks: Jeremy Sochan
Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Isaiah Carr
Osceola Magic: Kasean Pryor
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Chris Bell
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder: Jailen Bedford
Maine Celtics: Josh Roberts
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Tyler Cochran
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Pierre Brooks
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Yusuf Mohamed
Texas Legends (Mavericks): Jevin Muniz
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Pierre Crockrell II
Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Themus Fulks
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Barry Evans
Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): T.J. Bickerstaff
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Tyon Grant-Foster
Capital City Go-Go (Wizards): Benny Williams
Texas Legends (Mavericks): Matthew Lane
Iowa Wolves (Timberwolves): Jordan Johnson
Noblesville Boom (Pacers): Maleeck Harden-Hayes
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): Lacey James
Coachella Valley Lakers: Faizon Fields
Coachella Valley Lakers: Jayden Pierre
Sioux Falls Skyforce (Heat): Masai Olowokere
Westchester Knicks: Amir Spears
College Park Skyhawks (Hawks): Jestin Porter
Raptors 905: Daveon Thomas
Westchester Knicks: Tre Dinkins
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): Jason Thirdkill
Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Jordan Bone
Windy City Bulls: Russel Tchewa
Round Two:
Osceola Magic: Emmitt Matthews Jr.
Raptors 905: Justin Lee Wilson
Austin Spurs: Justin Ndjock-Tadjore
Cleveland Charge (Cavaliers): Markhi Strickland
Oklahoma City Blue (Thunder): Trey Galloway
Windy City Bulls: Matthew Moncrieffe
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: Tegra Izay
Santa Cruz Warriors: No pick
Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): Vance Jackson
Motor City Cruise (Pistons): Rafael Pinzon
Salt Lake City Stars (Jazz): No pick
Texas Legends (Mavericks): No pick
Wisconsin Herd (Bucks): Brody Fox
Delaware Blue Coats (Sixers): T.J. 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 Coupet Jr.
Memphis Hustle (Grizzlies): Olin Carter III
Grand Rapids Gold (Nuggets): Vander Blue
Windy City Bulls: Jasman Sangha
Laketown Squadron (Pelicans): No pick
Greensboro Swarm (Hornets): No pick
Teams will fill out their rosters with affiliate players, returning rights players, tryout players, and players who are assigned to the G League from the NBA roster (including those on two-way contracts).
G League training camps open on Monday, with this year’s NBAGL Tip-Off Tournament getting underway on November 8. The Tip-Off Tournament will be played over about a month-and-a-half and will be followed by the G League regular season, which begins at the Winter Showcase in December.