2024 NBA Draft

2024 NBA Draft
Date	June 26-27, 2024
Venues	Barclays Center & ESPN Seaport District Studios
Locations	Brooklyn, New York & Manhattan, New York
TV	ESPN/ABC
First overall pick	Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks)
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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 seven rounds prior to the current format's debut in 1989. It is considered one of the weaker drafts in recent history.

The first round of the draft took place on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while the second round took place on June 27 at ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan. The time between second-round picks is also expanding from two minutes to four. For the third year in a row, the draft consists of 58 picks instead of the typical 60, this time due to the loss of a second-round pick for both the Philadelphia 76ers and the Phoenix Suns for violating the NBA's tampering rules during free agency.

The first overall selection was owned by the Atlanta Hawks, which they used to select French forward Zaccharie Risacher, making him the second consecutive French player to be drafted with the number one pick, after the San Antonio Spurs had picked Victor Wembanyama in the previous year's edition. France became the second nation (after the U.S.) to have at least three native players picked in the top 10 spots of any NBA draft – thanks to the selections of Risacher, Alexandre Sarr (drafted by the Washington Wizards with the second pick), and Tidjane Salaün (drafted by the Charlotte Hornets with the sixth pick) – as well as the second nation (after the U.S.) to have two native players get selected with the first and second overall picks.

Bronny James, the son of LeBron James, was selected 55th overall in the 2nd round, becoming the first father and son duo to play together in NBA history, which happened despite questions if he was good enough to be drafted. This resulted in accusations of nepotism levied against LeBron Sr. and the Lakers organisation.

Draft Picks

PG

Point Guard

SG

Shooting Guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
1	1	Zaccharie Risacher	SF		Atlanta Hawks	JL Bourg (France)
1	2	Alex Sarr	C		Washington Wizards	Perth Wildcats (Australia)
1	3	Reed Sheppard	SG		Houston Rockets	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	4	Stephon Castle	PG		San Antonio Spurs	UConn (Fr.)
1	5	Ron Holland	SF		Detroit Pistons	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	6	Tidjane Salaün	SF		Charlotte Hornets	Cholet Basket (France)
1	7	Donovan Clingan	C		Portland Trail Blazers	UConn (So.)
1	8	Rob Dillingham	PG/SG		San Antonio Spurs	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	9	Zach Edey	C		Memphis Grizzlies	Purdue (Sr.)
1	10	Cody Williams	SG/SF		Utah Jazz	Colorado (Fr.)
1	11	Matas Buzelis	SF/PF	/	Chicago Bulls	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	12	Nikola Topić	PG		Oklahoma City Thunder	KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
1	13	Devin Carter	SG		Sacramento Kings	Providence (Jr.)
1	14	Bub Carrington	SG		Portland Trail Blazers	Pittsburgh (Fr.)
1	15	Kel'el Ware	C		Miami Heat	Indiana (So.)
1	16	Jared McCain	PG		Philadelphia 76ers	Duke (Fr.)
1	17	Dalton Knecht	SF		Los Angeles Lakers	Tennessee (Sr.)
1	18	Tristan da Silva	PF	/	Orlando Magic	Colorado (Sr.)
1	19	Ja'Kobe Walter	SG		Toronto Raptors	Baylor (Fr.)
1	20	Jaylon Tyson	SF		Cleveland Cavaliers	California (Jr.)
1	21	Yves Missi	C		New Orleans Pelicans	Baylor (Fr.)
1	22	DaRon Holmes II	PF		Phoenix Suns	Dayton (Jr.)
1	23	AJ Johnson	SG		Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans)	Illawarra Hawks (Australia)
1	24	Kyshawn George	SG		New York Knicks	Miami (Fr.)
1	25	Pacôme Dadiet	SF		New York Knicks	Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
1	26	Dillon Jones	SF		Washington Wizards	Weber State (Sr.)
1	27	Terrence Shannon Jr.	SG		Minnesota Timberwolves	Illinois (Sr.)
1	28	Ryan Dunn	SF		Denver Nuggets (traded to Phoenix)	Virginia (So.)
1	29	Isaiah Collier	PG		Utah Jazz	USC (Fr.)
1	30	Baylor Scheierman	SG/SF		Boston Celtics	Creighton (Sr.)
2	31	Jonathan Mogbo	PF		Toronto Raptors	San Francisco (Jr.)
2	32	Kyle Filipowski	PF/C		Utah Jazz	Duke (So.)
2	33	Tyler Smith	SF/PF		Milwaukee Bucks	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
2	34	Tyler Kolek	PG		Portland Trail Blazers	Marquette (Sr.)
2	35	Johnny Furphy	SG/SF		San Antonio Spurs	Kansas (Fr.)
2	36	Juan Núñez	PG		Indiana Pacers	Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
2	37	Bobi Klintman	SF/PF		Minnesota Timberwolves	Cairns Taipans (Australia)
2	38	Ajay Mitchell	PG/SG		New York Knicks	UC Santa Barbara (Jr.)
2	39	Jaylen Wells	SF		Memphis Grizzlies	Washington State (Jr.)
2	40	Oso Ighodaro	PF/C		Portland Trail Blazers	Marquette (Sr.)
2	41	Adem Bona	PF/C		Philadelphia 76ers	UCLA (So.)
2	42	KJ Simpson	PG		Charlotte Hornets	Colorado (Jr.)
2	43	Nikola Đurišić	SG/SF		Miami Heat	KK Mega Basket (Serbia)
2	44	Pelle Larsson	SG/SF		Houston Rockets	Arizona (Sr.)
2	45	Jamal Shead	PG		Sacramento Kings	Houston (Sr.)
2	46	Cam Christie	SG		Los Angeles Clippers	Minnesota (Fr.)
2	47	Antonio Reeves	SG/SF		Orlando Magic	Kentucky (Sr.)
2	48	Harrison Ingram	SF/PF		San Antonio Spurs	North Carolina (Jr.)
2	Philadelphia 76ers forfeited due to tampering violation
2	49	Tristen Newton	PG/SG		Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland)	UConn (Sr.)
2	50	Enrique Freeman	SF/PF		Indiana Pacers (from New Orleans)	Akron (Sr.)
2	51	Melvin Ajinça	SF		New York Knicks	Saint-Quentin BB (France)
2	52	Quinten Post	C		Golden State Warriors	Boston College (Sr.)
2	53	Cam Spencer	SG		Detroit Pistons	UConn (Sr.)
2	54	Anton Watson	PF		Boston Celtics	Gonzaga (Sr.)
2	55	Bronny James	SG		Los Angeles Lakers	USC (Fr.)
2	56	Kevin McCullar Jr.	SG		Denver Nuggets	Kansas (Sr.)
2	57	Ulrich Chomche	PF/C		Memphis Grizzlies	APR BBC (Rwanda)
2	Phoenix Suns forfeited due to tampering violation
2	58	Ariel Hukporti	C		Dallas Mavericks	MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg (Germany)

Combine

The 10th G League Elite Camp will take place on May 11-12, from which certain participants will be selected to join the main draft combine..

The Primary portion of the 2024 NBA Draft Combine will be held May 13-19 in Chicago, Illinois

Draft Lottery

The 2024 NBA Draft Lottery was held on May 12..