2020 NBA Draft

2020 NBA Draft
Date	November 18, 2020
Venue	ESPN Studios
Location	Bristol, Connecticut
First overall pick	Anthony Edwards, Minnesota Timberwolves
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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 was instead conducted at ESPN's facilities in Bristol, Connecticut, with the event held via videoconferencing. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It was televised nationally on ESPN. The draft lottery was originally scheduled to take place on May 19, 2020, but due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, it was instead held on August 20, 2020. This was the first draft since 1975 to not be held in June and was also the second to be done later than that month after the inaugural 1947 draft, which was conducted in July by the NBA's predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA). The first pick was made by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who selected Anthony Edwards out of Georgia.

Draft selections

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Anthony Edwards was selected 1st overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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LaMelo Ball was selected 3rd overall by the Charlotte Hornets.

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Tyrese Haliburton was selected 12th overall by the Sacramento Kings.

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Tyrese Maxey was selected 21st overall by the Philadelphia 76ers.

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Desmond Bane was selected 30th overall by the Boston Celtics (traded to the Memphis Grizzlies).

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

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Template:Tooltip	Template:Tooltip	Player	Template:Tooltip	Template:TooltipTemplate:Refn	Team	Template:Tooltip
1	1	Edwards, AnthonyAnthony Edwards	SG	Template:Flagu	Minnesota Timberwolves	Georgia (Fr.)
1	2	Wiseman, JamesJames Wiseman	C	Template:Flagu	Golden State Warriors	Memphis (Fr.)
1	3	Ball, LaMeloLaMelo Ball~+	PG	Template:Flagu	Charlotte Hornets	Illawarra Hawks (Australia)
1	4	Williams, PatrickPatrick Williams	SF	Template:Flagu	Chicago Bulls	Florida State (Fr.)

See also

• List of first overall NBA draft picks

External links

• Official site
• How scouting for the NBA Draft was done during the pandemic

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