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The 2020 NBA draft was held on November 18, 2020. The draft was originally scheduled to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 25, but due to the ongoing at the time COVID-19 pandemic , it was instead conducted at ESPN 's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut , with the event held via videoconferencing .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. LeBron James, a high school draftee, was one of the most anticipated first overall draft picks. The first overall pick in the National Basketball Association (NBA) is the player who is selected first among all eligible draftees by a team during the league's annual draft. The first pick ...
The first round is set to begin at 7 p.m. Wednesday, while the second round is scheduled for 3 p.m. Thursday. Atlanta has the No. 1 overall pick in the draft for the first time since 1975.
In 1966, the NBA revamped its draft system, and introduced a coin flip between the worst teams in each conference to determine who would obtain the first overall draft pick. The team who lost the coin flip would get the second pick, and the rest of the first-round picks were determined in reverse order of each team's win–loss record.
Picks for the remainder of the first round of the NBA draft (Nos. 15-30) are already determined by regular-season record. The 2023 NBA draft will take place June 22 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The betting market for the No. 1 pick of the NBA draft was wild.
The Warriors ended the 2020 NBA draft lottery with the #2 selection, dropping down one spot with the Timberwolves moving up to the #1 position. In addition to their first-round pick, the Warriors also gained two second-round picks from previous trades involving the Dallas Mavericks.
The Lakers entered the season as the defending Pacific Division, Western Conference, and NBA champions. On November 10, 2020, the NBA announced that the 2020–21 season would begin on December 22, 2020, following the delayed finish to the 2019–20 season due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Each team was to play a shortened 72-game schedule. [3]