title: 2015 NBL Canada draft
text: # 2015 NBL Canada draft
  
  The 2015 NBL Canada draft was held on November 28, 2015, at the Athlete Institute in Mono, Ontario. During the event, National Basketball League of Canada (NBL) teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players. The new expansion team, the Niagara River Lions, were awarded the first overall pick and selected Erik Copes, a power forward from George Mason in the NCAA Division I. The eighth overall pick in the draft was defunct, due to the folding of the Mississauga Power team during the offseason. Both the River Lions and the Halifax Hurricanes made their first draft picks in franchise history. Matt McLean, out of Bishop's University, was the sole Canadian to be selected. The rest of the field was made up of Americans.
  
  ## Draft selections
  
  | Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Erik Copes | F | United States | Niagara River Lions | George Mason |
  | 1 | 2 | Brandan Kearney | G | United States | Moncton Miracles | Detroit |
  | 1 | 3 | Corey Spence | G | United States | Saint John Mill Rats | Northern Colorado |
  | 1 | 4 | Greg Foster | G | United States | Halifax Hurricanes | Saginaw Valley State |
  | 1 | 5 | Koron Reed | F | United States | London Lightning | Shaw |
  | 1 | 6 | Nick Carter | G | United States | Island Storm | LIU Post |
  | 1 | 7 | Matt McLean | F | Canada | London Lightning | Bishop's University |
  | 1 | 8 | Derek Thompson | G | United States | Windsor Express | Eastern Michigan |
  | 2 | 1 | Kyle Meyer | F | United States | Niagara River Lions | Ohio Northern |
  | 2 | 2 | Trevor Gruis | C | United States | Moncton Miracles | South Dakota |
  | 2 | 3 | David Seagers | G | United States | Saint John Mill Rats | Dowling |
  | 2 | 4 | Ryan Sypkens | G | United States | London Lightning | UC Davis |
  | 2 | 5 | Bilal Benn | F | United States | Orangeville A's | Niagara |
  | 2 | 6 | Robert Diggs | F | United States | Orangeville A's | George Washington |
  | 2 | 7 | Antonio Garrett | F | United States | Halifax Hurricanes | College of Idaho |
  | 2 | 8 | Jamil Dudley | F | United States | Halifax Hurricanes | Lake Erie |
  | 3 | 1 | Uchechi Ogbonna | F | United States | Niagara River Lions | Daemen |
  | 3 | 2 | Julian Lewis | F | United States | Moncton Miracles | Lewis |
  | 3 | 3 | Akeem Bennett | G | United States | Saint John Mill Rats | St. Francis Brooklyn |
  | 3 | 4 | Garland Judkins | G | United States | London Lightning | Texas A&M–CC |
  | 3 | 5 | Kenneth Green | F | United States | Orangeville A's | Clark Atlanta |
  | 3 | 6 | Daniel O'Keefe | F | United States | Orangeville A's | Keiser |
  | 3 | 7 | Armani Cotton | G | United States | Halifax Hurricanes | Yale |
  | 3 | 8 | Ahman Fells | F | United States | Saint John Mill Rats | Illinois–Chicago |
  