2024 NBA draft

2024 NBA Draft
General information
Sport	Basketball
Date(s)	June 26–27, 2024
Location	Barclays Center (Brooklyn, New York) (first round) ESPN's Seaport District Studios (Manhattan, New York) (second round)
Network(s)	ESPN (first and second rounds) ABC (first round)
Overview
58 total selections in 2 rounds
League	National Basketball Association

The 2024 NBA draft, the 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, will be held over two nights instead of one like previous drafts. This will be the first time the NBA draft was held on multiple nights since the NBA decided to shorten the NBA draft down to two rounds instead of as little as three or seven rounds back in the late 1980s. The first round will be on June 26, 2024, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and the second round on June 27 at ESPN's Seaport District Studios in Manhattan. The second round will also expand the time between picks from two minutes to four. For a third year in a row, the draft will consist 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.

Combine

The 9th G League Elite Camp took 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 was held from May 13–19 in Chicago, Illinois.

Eligibility and entrants

Main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2023 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but it called for a committee of owners and players to discuss further charges. The basic eligibility rules for the draft are listed below:

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates, players who were eligible for the 2024 NBA draft must have been born on or before December 31, 2005.
• Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:
  • Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA or sign with an agent, he retains college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
  • NCAA players now have 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is normally held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
  • NCAA players may participate in the draft combine and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
  • NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.

Early entrants

Players who were not automatically eligible had to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than at least 60 days before the event. For the 2024 draft, the date fell on April 27. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration deadline, which usually falls 10 days before the draft at 5:00 pm EDT (2100 UTC). Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility. They must have withdrawn on or before May 29, 22 days prior to this draft.

A player who has hired an agent retains his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted after an evaluation from the NBA Undergraduate Advisory Committee. Players who declare for the NBA draft and are not selected have the opportunity to return to their school for at least another year only after terminating all agreements with their agents, who must have been certified.

College underclassmen

• Michael Ajayi – G, Pepperdine (junior)
• Mark Armstrong – G, Villanova (sophomore)
• Adama Bal – G, Santa Clara (sophomore)
• Adem Bona – F, UCLA (junior)
• Jalen Blackmon – G, Stetson (junior)
• Trevon Brazile – F, Arkansas (sophomore)
• Carlton Carrington – G, Pittsburgh (freshman)
• Devin Carter – G, Providence (junior)
• Walter Clayton Jr. – G, Florida (junior)
• Donovan Clingan – C, UConn (sophomore)
• Isaiah Collier – G, USC (freshman)
• Jalen Cook – G, LSU (junior)
• Johnell Davis – G, Florida Atlantic (junior)
• Rob Dillingham – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Ryan Dunn – G, Virginia (sophomore)
• Justin Edwards – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Terrence Edwards Jr. – G, James Madison (junior)
• Frankie Fidler – F, Omaha (junior)
• Kyle Filipowski – F, Duke (sophomore)
• BJ Freeman – G, Milwaukee (junior)
• Kyshawn George – G, Miami (freshman)
• Vladislav Goldin – C, Florida Atlantic (junior)
• Bronny James – G, USC (freshman)
• Xaivian Lee – G, Princeton (sophomore)
• Jared McCain – G, Duke (freshman)
• Baba Miller – F, Florida State (sophomore)
• Judah Mintz – G, Syracuse (sophomore)
• Yves Missi – C, Baylor (freshman)
• Ajay Mitchell – G, UC Santa Barbara (junior)
• Dillon Mitchell – F, Texas (sophomore)
• Baye Ndongo – F, Georgia Tech (freshman)
• Ugonna Onyenso – F, Kentucky (sophomore)
• Great Osobor – F, Utah State (junior)
• Kasean Pryor – F, South Florida (junior)
• Hunter Sallis – G, Wake Forest (junior)
• AJ Storr – G, Wisconsin (sophomore)
• Jaylon Tyson – G, California (junior)
• Adou Thiero – G, Kentucky (sophomore)
• Trey Townsend – F, Oakland (junior)
• Ja'Kobe Walter – G, Baylor (freshman)
• Kel'el Ware – C, Indiana (sophomore)

College seniors

"Redshirt" refers to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2023–24 season. "Graduate" refers to players who were graduate transfers in 2023–24.

• Mikeal Brown-Jones – F, UNC Greensboro
• Nique Clifford – G, Colorado State
• DJ Davis – G, Butler
• Tyon Grant-Foster – G, Grand Canyon (graduate)
• TJ Hargrove – F, Saint Louis
• Chase Hunter – G, Clemson
• Ben Humrichous – F, Evansville
• Tyler Kolek – G, Marquette
• Pelle Larsson - G, Arizona
• Caleb Love - G, Arizona
• Toby Okani – F, UIC
• Tylor Perry – G, Kansas State
• Jeremy Roach – G, Duke
• Jamal Shead – G, Houston
• Marques Warrick – G, Northern Kentucky
• Amari Williams – F, Drexel
• Vonterius Woolbright – G, Western Carolina

International players

• Ulrich Chomche – C, APR (Rwanda)
• Pacôme Dadiet – F, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
• Nikola Đurišić – G/F, Mega MIS (Serbia)
• Trentyn Flowers - G/F, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
• Andrija Jelavić – F, Mega MIS (Serbia)
• Nikola Topić – G, KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
• Armel Traore – F, ADA Blois (France)
• Alexandre Sarr – F, Perth Wildcats (Australia)

Other

• / Matas Buzelis – F, NBA G League Ignite
• Ron Holland – F, NBA G League Ignite
• Tyler Smith – F, NBA G League Ignite

Automatically eligible entrants

Other automatically eligible players

Player	Team	Note	Ref.
Bobi Klintman	Cairns Taipans (Australia)	Left Wake Forest in 2023; playing professionally since the 2023–24 season