Both foreign and domestic players who meet the criteria are eligible to be nominated for the award.
Domestic players must be in their first two seasons and have played at least 50% of the 54 league games.
The draft was eventually moved closer to the beginning of the professional season.
In terms of award eligibility, the term "rookie" (Korean: 신인) previously only applied to players in their first year as a professional.
[1][2] Of the ten KBL teams, Suwon KT Sonicboom and its predecessors is the only team who has not produced a Rookie of the Year Award winner.