The January 2021 NBA G League draft was the 20th draft of the NBA G League. The draft, originally scheduled to be held in October 2020 prior to the 2020–21 G League season, was postponed until January 11, 2021 due to concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.^[1] The 2020–21 season was also delayed, instead starting in February 2021.^[1]

Admiral Schofield was selected by the Greensboro Swarm with the first overall pick.^[2] The draft lasted three rounds and was limited to only the 17 teams who were going to be playing in the "G League Bubble" in Orlando, Florida.^[2]

Key

Draft

First round

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/Country
1	Admiral Schofield†	F/G	United States	Greensboro Swarm	Tennessee
2	Freddie Gillespie	F/C	United States	Memphis Hustle	Baylor
3	Antonio Blakeney	G	United States	Canton Charge	LSU
4	Allonzo Trier	G	United States	Iowa Wolves	Arizona
5	Tahjere McCall	G	United States	Lakeland Magic	Tennessee State
6	Anthony Lamb	F	United States	Canton Charge	Vermont
7	Zavier Simpson	G	United States	Oklahoma City Blue	Michigan
8	D. J. Hogg	F	United States	Lakeland Magic	Texas A&M
9	Justin Patton†	C	United States	Westchester Knicks	Creighton
10	Armoni Brooks	G	United States	Rio Grande Valley Vipers	Houston
11	Kevon Harris	G/F	United States	Raptors 905	Stephen F. Austin
12	Jarron Cumberland	G	United States	Rio Grande Valley Vipers	Cincinnati
13	Vincent Edwards†	F	United States	Oklahoma City Blue	Purdue
14	Jonathan Kasibabu	F	Republic of the Congo	Austin Spurs	Fairfield
15	Gary Payton II	G	United States	Raptors 905	Oregon State
16	Anthony Cowan Jr.	G	United States	Memphis Hustle	Maryland
17	Dakarai Tucker	G	United States	Iowa Wolves	Utah
18	—	—	—	Salt Lake City Stars*	—

Second round

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/Country
1	Jemerrio Jones	F	United States	Delaware Blue Coats	New Mexico State
2	Oshae Brissett	F/G	Canada	Fort Wayne Mad Ants	Syracuse
3	—	—	—	Westchester Knicks*	—
4	—	—	—	Iowa Wolves*	—
5	—	—	—	Long Island Nets*	—
6	—	—	—	Agua Caliente Clippers*	—
7	Quincy McKnight	G	United States	Fort Wayne Mad Ants	Seton Hall
8	—	—	—	Agua Caliente Clippers*	—
9	Selom Mawugbe	F	United States	Santa Cruz Warriors	Azusa Pacific
10	—	—	—	Raptors 905*	—
11	—	—	—	Memphis Hustle*	—
12	Anthony Mathis	G	United States	Austin Spurs	Oregon
13	—	—	—	Erie BayHawks*	—
14	—	—	—	Greensboro Swarm*	—
15	Kaleb Johnson	G	United States	Austin Spurs	Georgetown
16	—	—	—	Santa Cruz Warriors*	—
17	—	—	—	Memphis Hustle*	—
18	Rob Edwards	G	United States	Oklahoma City Blue	Arizona State
19	—	—	—	Salt Lake City Stars*	—

Third round

Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	College/Country
1	—	—	—	Greensboro Swarm*	—
2	—	—	—	Erie BayHawks*	—
3	—	—	—	Westchester Knicks*	—
4	Braxton Key	G	United States	Delaware Blue Coats	Virginia
5	—	—	—	Iowa Wolves*	—
6	—	—	—	Long Island Nets*	—
7	—	—	—	Oklahoma City Blue*	—
8	—	—	—	Fort Wayne Mad Ants*	—
9	—	—	—	Canton Charge*	—
10	—	—	—	Raptors 905*	—
11	—	—	—	Delaware Blue Coats*	—
12	—	—	—	Lakeland Magic*	—
13	—	—	—	Memphis Hustle*	—
14	—	—	—	Canton Charge*	—
15	—	—	—	Raptors 905*	—

*Cannot make pick^[2]