2024 NBA Draft | |
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General information | |
Sport | Basketball |
Date(s) | June 26–27, 2024 |
Location | Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) (first round) ESPN's Seaport District Studios (Manhattan, New York) (second round) |
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Overview | |
58 total selections in 2 rounds | |
League | National Basketball Association |
First selection | Atlanta Hawks |
The 2024 NBA draft, the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, will be held over two nights instead of one like previous drafts. This will be the first time the NBA draft was held on multiple nights since the NBA decided to shorten the NBA draft down to two rounds instead of as little as three or as much as seven rounds back in the late 1980s. The first round will be on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and the second round on June 27 at ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan. The second round will also expand the time between picks from two minutes to four. [1] [2] For a third year in a row, the draft will consist of 58 picks instead of the typical 60, this time due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns for violating the NBA's tampering rules during free agency. [3] [4] The first overall selection will be made by the Atlanta Hawks.
NOTE: Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.
PG | Point guard | SG | Shooting guard | SF | Small forward | PF | Power forward | C | Center |
# | Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game |
Rnd. | Pick | Player | Pos. | Nationality | Team | School / club team |
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1 | 1 | Atlanta Hawks | ||||
1 | 2 | Washington Wizards | ||||
1 | 3 | Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn) [upper-alpha 1] | ||||
1 | 4 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||
1 | 5 | Detroit Pistons | ||||
1 | 6 | Charlotte Hornets | ||||
1 | 7 | Portland Trail Blazers | ||||
1 | 8 | San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto) [upper-alpha 2] | ||||
1 | 9 | Memphis Grizzlies | ||||
1 | 10 | Utah Jazz | ||||
1 | 11 | Chicago Bulls | ||||
1 | 12 | Oklahoma City Thunder (from Houston) | ||||
1 | 13 | Sacramento Kings | ||||
1 | 14 | Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State to Memphis to Boston) | ||||
1 | 15 | Miami Heat | ||||
1 | 16 | Philadelphia 76ers | ||||
1 | 17 | Los Angeles Lakers [lower-alpha 1] | ||||
1 | 18 | Orlando Magic | ||||
1 | 19 | Toronto Raptors (from Indiana) [upper-alpha 3] | ||||
1 | 20 | Cleveland Cavaliers | ||||
1 | 21 | New Orleans Pelicans (from Milwaukee) | ||||
1 | 22 | Phoenix Suns | ||||
1 | 23 | Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans) | ||||
1 | 24 | New York Knicks (from Dallas) | ||||
1 | 25 | New York Knicks | ||||
1 | 26 | Washington Wizards (from LA Clippers to Oklahoma City to Dallas) | ||||
1 | 27 | Minnesota Timberwolves | ||||
1 | 28 | Denver Nuggets | ||||
1 | 29 | Utah Jazz (from Oklahoma City to Indiana to Toronto) [upper-alpha 4] [upper-alpha 3] [upper-alpha 5] | ||||
1 | 30 | Boston Celtics | ||||
2 | 31 | Toronto Raptors (from Detroit to LA Clippers to New York) | ||||
2 | 32 | Utah Jazz (from Washington to Brooklyn to Detroit) | ||||
2 | 33 | Milwaukee Bucks (from Portland via Sacramento) | ||||
2 | 34 | Portland Trail Blazers (from Charlotte to New Orleans to Oklahoma City to Denver) | ||||
2 | 35 | San Antonio Spurs | ||||
2 | 36 | Indiana Pacers (from Toronto to Memphis to LA Clippers to Philadelphia) | ||||
2 | 37 | Minnesota Timberwolves (from Memphis to Oklahoma City to Washington to LA Lakers) | ||||
2 | 38 | New York Knicks (from Utah) | ||||
2 | 39 | Memphis Grizzlies (from Brooklyn via Houston) | ||||
2 | 40 | Portland Trail Blazers (from Atlanta) | ||||
2 | 41 | Philadelphia 76ers (from Chicago to New Orleans to San Antonio to Boston) | ||||
2 | 42 | Charlotte Hornets (from Houston via Oklahoma City) [upper-alpha 6] [upper-alpha 7] | ||||
2 | 43 | Miami Heat | ||||
2 | 44 | Houston Rockets (from Golden State via Atlanta) [upper-alpha 8] [upper-alpha 9] | ||||
2 | 45 | Sacramento Kings | ||||
2 | 46 | Los Angeles Clippers (from Indiana to Milwaukee to Memphis) | ||||
2 | 47 | Orlando Magic | ||||
2 | 48 | San Antonio Spurs (from LA Lakers via Memphis) [upper-alpha 10] [upper-alpha 11] | ||||
2 | Philadelphia 76ers (forfeited due to tampering violation) [3] | |||||
2 | 49 | Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland to Indiana to Milwaukee to Memphis to L.A. Clippers) | ||||
2 | 50 | Indiana Pacers (from New Orleans) [upper-alpha 3] | ||||
2 | 51 | Washington Wizards (from Phoenix) [upper-alpha 12] | ||||
2 | 52 | Golden State Warriors (from Milwaukee via Indiana) | ||||
2 | 53 | Detroit Pistons (from New York to Charlotte to Philadelphia) | ||||
2 | 54 | Boston Celtics (from Dallas via Sacramento) | ||||
2 | 55 | Los Angeles Lakers (from LA Clippers) [upper-alpha 13] | ||||
2 | 56 | Denver Nuggets (from Minnesota via Oklahoma City) [upper-alpha 4] | ||||
2 | 57 | Memphis Grizzlies (from Oklahoma City to Atlanta to Houston) | ||||
2 | Phoenix Suns (from Denver via Orlando; [upper-alpha 13] [upper-alpha 14] forfeited due to tampering violation) [4] | |||||
2 | 58 | Dallas Mavericks (from Boston via Charlotte) [upper-alpha 15] [upper-alpha 16] |
Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams:
Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day or after free agency officially begins.
The 10th G League Elite Camp will take place on May 11–12, from which certain participants will be selected to join the main draft combine. [27]
The primary portion of the 2024 NBA Draft Combine will be held from May 13–19 in Chicago, Illinois. [28]
External videos | |
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2024 NBA Draft Lottery Drawing, NBA's official YouTube channel. May 12, 2024. |
The NBA draft lottery was held on May 12. [29]
Denotes the actual lottery result |
Team | 2023–24 record | Lottery chances | Lottery probabilities | |||||||||||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | |||
Detroit Pistons | 14–68 | 140 | 14.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 12.0% | 47.9% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Washington Wizards | 15–67 | 140 | 14.0% | 13.4% | 12.7% | 12.0% | 27.8% | 20.0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Charlotte Hornets | 21–61 | 133 | 13.3% | 12.9% | 12.4% | 11.7% | 15.3% | 27.1% | 7.4% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Portland Trail Blazers | 21–61 | 132 | 13.2% | 12.8% | 12.3% | 11.7% | 6.8% | 24.6% | 16.4% | 2.2% | – | – | – | – | – | – |
San Antonio Spurs | 22–60 | 105 | 10.5% | 10.5% | 10.6% | 10.5% | 2.2% | 19.6% | 26.7% | 8.7% | 0.6% | – | – | – | – | – |
Toronto Raptors [lower-alpha 2] | 25–57 | 90 | 9.0% | 9.2% | 9.4% | 9.6% | – | 8.6% | 29.8% | 20.5% | 3.7% | 0.1% | – | – | – | – |
Memphis Grizzlies | 27–55 | 75 | 7.5% | 7.8% | 8.1% | 8.5% | – | – | 19.7% | 34.1% | 12.9% | 1.3% | <0.1% | – | – | – |
Utah Jazz [lower-alpha 3] | 31–51 | 60 | 6.0% | 6.3% | 6.7% | 7.2% | – | – | – | 34.5% | 32.1% | 6.7% | 0.4% | <0.1% | – | – |
Brooklyn Nets (to Houston) | 32–50 | 45 | 4.5% | 4.8% | 5.2% | 5.7% | – | – | – | – | 50.7% | 25.9% | 3.0% | 0.1% | <0.1% | – |
Atlanta Hawks | 36–46 | 30 | 3.0% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 4.0% | – | – | – | – | – | 65.9% | 19.0% | 1.2% | <0.1% | <0.1% |
Chicago Bulls | 39–43 | 20 | 2.0% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2.8% | – | – | – | – | – | – | 77.6% | 12.6% | 0.4% | <0.1% |
Houston Rockets [lower-alpha 4] | 41–41 | 15 | 1.5% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 2.1% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 86.1% | 6.7% | 0.1% |
Sacramento Kings | 46–36 | 8 | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 1.1% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 92.9% | 3.3% |
Golden State Warriors [lower-alpha 5] | 46–36 | 7 | 0.7% | 0.8% | 0.9% | 1.0% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 96.6% |
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union, with special modifications agreed to by both parties due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but it called for a committee of owners and players to discuss further charges.
Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2024 draft, the date fell on April 27. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 pm EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility. They must have withdrawn on or before May 29, 22 days prior to this draft. [28]
A player who has hired an agent for purposes of negotiating with professional teams [lower-alpha 6] retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents, [lower-alpha 7] who must have been certified. [31]
On May 2, 2024, 195 players were initially announced as early entry candidates. [32] By May 31, 93 players withdrew from consideration. [33]
"Redshirt" refers to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2023–24 season.
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
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