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The 2025 NBA draft will be the 79th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. Like the 2024 draft , this draft will take place over two nights. The draft will consist of 59 picks as opposed to the full 60 picks due to the New York Knicks losing a second round pick from a free agency violation in 2022.
The NBA announced on February 26, 2021, that for this draft only, all college players who wished to enter the draft, regardless of class, had to formally declare eligibility. In October 2020, COVID-19 led the NCAA to declare that the 2020–21 season would not be counted against the college eligibility of any basketball player.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) holds an annual draft where teams select eligible players to join the league. While most NBA players are drafted, undrafted players occasionally earn roster spots as well. [1] [2] Sometimes, they even outperform more celebrated draft picks. [3] The number of rounds in the draft has evolved since the ...
Chris Mullin, Mitch Richmond and Tim Hardaway Sr. drafted their teams today for the 2025 Castrol Rising Stars. Each NBA legend selected seven players from the pool of 21 NBA rookies and sophomores ...
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 ...
Here is the full list of finalists for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025: Players. Carmelo Anthony* Sylvia Fowles* Maya Moore* Dwight Howard* Sue Bird* Jennifer Azzi ...
The NBA draft lottery is held annually to determine the draft order for the teams that did not make the playoffs in the preceding season. Every NBA team that missed the NBA playoffs holds a chance at winning a top-four pick, but teams with worse records have a better chance at winning a top-four pick, effective as of the 2019 draft. [71]
Each NBA franchise seeks to add new players through an annual draft. The NBA uses a draft lottery to determine the first three picks of the NBA draft; the 14 teams that did not make the playoffs the previous year are eligible to participate. After the first three picks are decided, the rest of the teams pick in reverse order of their win–loss ...