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The 2021 NBA draft, the 75th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on July 29, 2021, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The NBA draft returned to Brooklyn after the previous year's draft was held through videoconferencing at ESPN Studios in Bristol, Connecticut due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
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 ...
Before each draft, an NBA draft lottery determines the first round selection order for the teams that missed the playoffs during the prior season. [5] Teams can also trade their picks, which means that in some drafts, teams may have more or less than two draft picks, although they must have at least one first-round pick every other year. [6]
It is way too early to judge the 2021 NBA draft class, but let's get our first-round hot takes on the record.
Cason Wallace added his name to the Wildcats’ long list of first-round NBA Draft selections. Kentucky basketball still leads the nation in first-round NBA Draft picks. Here’s the list.
Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first four picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first four picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss ...
The San Antonio Spurs started playing in the NBA in 1976. They started drafting NBA players for first time in the 1977 NBA draft. In total, they have had 157 NBA draft picks. Tim Duncan, the first pick in the 1997 NBA draft, won all five championships with the Spurs (1999, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2014).
The top pick from Calipari’s 9-16 team amid the COVID-19 shutdown, Jackson was a prolific shot-blocker at Kentucky, and that’s been his best attribute in three NBA seasons, averaging 1.3 ...