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The 2024 NBA draft was the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft.Unlike recent years, the 2024 draft took place over two nights. This was the first NBA draft to be held on multiple nights since the draft was shortened to two rounds, with earlier drafts consisting of as few as three or as many as twenty-one rounds prior to the current format's debut in 1989.
The NBA draft lottery is an annual event held by the National Basketball Association (NBA), in which the teams who had missed the playoffs the previous year participate in a lottery process to determine the draft order in the NBA draft. The NBA draft lottery started in 1985. In the NBA draft, the teams obtain the rights to amateur U.S. college ...
NBA Draft order. First round. 1. Atlanta 2. Washington 3. Houston (from Brooklyn) 4. San Antonio 5. Detroit 6. Charlotte 7. Portland 8. San Antonio (from Toronto)
The NBA draft lottery was held on May 12, 2024. [10] [11] After finishing with the worst record in the league the previous season, the Pistons had a 14 percent chance of getting the top pick in the draft, and were guaranteed a top-five pick. [12] [13] This was the first NBA draft to be held on multiple nights.
2025–26 >. The 2024–25 Washington Wizards season is the 64th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and 51st in the Washington, D.C. area. On May 29, 2024, the Washington Wizards hired Brian Keefe as their full-time head coach. [1]
The Hawks entered the draft (which was two days instead of one for the first time since the NBA draft was shortened to two rounds back in 1989) holding only one first round pick. Despite only having a 3% chance, Atlanta won the draft lottery on May 12, awarding them with the first overall pick for the first time since 1975. [2]
The Magic had one first-round pick and one second-round pick entering the draft. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] For the first time in franchise history, the Magic worked on the NBA draft for two straight days instead of one day like it had been since the franchise first existed back in 1989 .
When is the 2024 NBA Draft? The NBA Draft gets a new wrinkle this year, with the first round taking place Wednesday, June 26 at 8 p.m. and the second round beginning at 4 p.m. Thursday, June 27.