CBA Draft Summary: Xie Zhijie Selected as First Pick, Wang Fanyi and Wu Chao Rank Second and Third, Yang Zheng Chosen by Sichuan as the First Pick in the Second Round

On July 27, the CBA Draft Ceremony took place. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the CBA Draft, with a total of 96 players eligible for selection. Among them, 46 were from the Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA), 6 were from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and the Chinese mainland, and 10 were recommended by the National Basketball League (NBL).

**First Round**

**First Pick:** Xie Zhijie (Shandong Men’s Basketball Team)

**Second Pick:** Wang Fanyi (Ningbo Men’s Basketball Team)

**Third Pick:** Wu Chao (Jiangsu Men’s Basketball Team)

**Fourth Pick:** Lin Bingsheng (Guangzhou Men’s Basketball Team)

**Fifth Pick:** Shao Weiyun (Fujian Men’s Basketball Team)

**Sixth Pick:** Zhao Jiahaohao (Jilin Men’s Basketball Team)

**Seventh Pick:** Zhang Yijing (Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team)

**Eighth Pick:** Chen Jianguang (Nanjing Men’s Basketball Team)

**Ninth Pick:** Cai Chennang (Shanxi Men’s Basketball Team)

**Tenth Pick:** Wen Song (Beijing Men’s Basketball Team)

**Eleventh Pick:** Ye Erpan (Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twelfth Pick:** Sun Xiangxiang (Qingdao Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirteenth Pick:** Gao Yukeun (Guangzhou Men’s Basketball Team)

**Fourteenth Pick:** Wang Yunzhang (Sichuan Men’s Basketball Team)

**Fifteenth Pick:** Rejected (Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team)

**Sixteenth Pick:** Yang Wenhua (Sichuan Men’s Basketball Team)

**Seventeenth Pick:** Hu Chongyang (Nanjing Men’s Basketball Team)

**Eighteenth Pick:** Rejected (Zhejiang Men’s Basketball Team)

**Nineteenth Pick:** Rejected (Xinjiang Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twentieth Pick:** Rejected (Liaoning Men’s Basketball Team)

**Second Round**

**Twenty-first Pick:** Yang Zheng (Sichuan Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-second Pick:** Sun Xu (Ningbo Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-third Pick:** Chu Tianyi (Jiangsu Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-fourth Pick:** Lu Ao (Fujian Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-fifth Pick:** Chen Guanzhong (Jilin Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-sixth Pick:** Zheng Xiaoyaoyao (Shandong Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-seventh Pick:** Zheng Yuerui (Tianjin Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-eighth Pick:** Huang Chenbin (Nanjing Men’s Basketball Team)

**Twenty-ninth Pick:** Li Xiangbo (Guangzhou Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirtieth Pick:** Wei Langzhi (Beijing Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-first Pick:** Rejected (Beijing Control Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-second Pick:** Rejected (Qingdao Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-third Pick:** Wang Yingran (Guangzhou Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-fourth Pick:** Rejected (Shenzhen Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-fifth Pick:** Rejected (Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-sixth Pick:** Fu Yongkang (Ningbo Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-seventh Pick:** Zhang Yutong (Ningbo Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-eighth Pick:** Rejected (Zhejiang Men’s Basketball Team)

**Thirty-ninth Pick:** Rejected (Xinjiang Men’s Basketball Team)

**Fortieth Pick:** Rejected (Jilin Men’s Basketball Team)