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
First selection	Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks)

The 2024 NBA draft is the ongoing 78th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft. Unlike recent years, the 2024 draft is taking place over two nights. This is 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.

The first round of the draft took place on June 26, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, while the second round will take 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 San Antonio Spurs had picked Victor Wembanyama in the previous year's edition. France became the first foreign nation 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).

Draft picks

PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

Rnd.	Pick	Player	Pos.	Nationality	Team	School / club team
1	1	Zaccharie Risacher	SF	France	Atlanta Hawks	JL Bourg (France)
1	2	Alex Sarr	C	France	Washington Wizards	Perth Wildcats (Australia)
1	3	Reed Sheppard	SG	United States	Houston Rockets (from Brooklyn)	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	4	Stephon Castle	SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs	UConn (Fr.)
1	5	Ron Holland	SF	United States	Detroit Pistons	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	6	Tidjane Salaün	SF	France	Charlotte Hornets	Cholet Basket (France)
1	7	Donovan Clingan	C	United States	Portland Trail Blazers	UConn (So.)
1	8	Rob Dillingham	PG/SG	United States	San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto, traded to Minnesota)	Kentucky (Fr.)
1	9	Zach Edey	C	Canada	Memphis Grizzlies	Purdue (Sr.)
1	10	Cody Williams	SG/SF	United States	Utah Jazz	Colorado (Fr.)
1	11	Matas Buzelis	SF/PF	United States Lithuania	Chicago Bulls	G League Ignite (NBA G League)
1	12	Nikola Topić	PG	Serbia	Oklahoma City Thunder (from Houston)	KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
1	13	Devin Carter	SG	United States	Sacramento Kings	Providence (Jr.)
1	14	Carlton Carrington	SG	United States	Portland Trail Blazers (from Golden State to Memphis to Boston, traded to Washington)	Pittsburgh (Fr.)
1	15	Kel'el Ware	C	United States	Miami Heat	Indiana (So.)
1	16	Jared McCain	PG	United States	Philadelphia 76ers	Duke (Fr.)
1	17	Dalton Knecht	SF	United States	Los Angeles Lakers	Tennessee (Sr.)
1	18	Tristan da Silva	PF	Germany Brazil	Orlando Magic	Colorado (Sr.)
1	19	Ja'Kobe Walter	SG	United States	Toronto Raptors (from Indiana)	Baylor (Fr.)
1	20	Jaylon Tyson	SF	United States	Cleveland Cavaliers	California (Jr.)
1	21	Yves Missi	C	Cameroon	New Orleans Pelicans (from Milwaukee)	Baylor (Fr.)
1	22	DaRon Holmes II	PF	United States	Phoenix Suns (traded to Denver)	Dayton (Jr.)
1	23	AJ Johnson	SG	United States	Milwaukee Bucks (from New Orleans)	Illawarra Hawks (Australia)
1	24	Kyshawn George	SG	Switzerland Canada	New York Knicks (from Dallas, traded to Washington)	Miami (Fr.)
1	25	Pacôme Dadiet	SF	France	New York Knicks	Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
1	26	Dillon Jones	SF	United States	Washington Wizards (from L.A. Clippers to Oklahoma City to Dallas, traded to Oklahoma City via New York)	Weber State (Sr.)
1	27	Terrence Shannon Jr.	SG	United States	Minnesota Timberwolves	Illinois (Sr.)
1	28	Ryan Dunn	SF	United States	Denver Nuggets (traded to Phoenix)	Virginia (So.)
1	29	Isaiah Collier	PG	United States	Utah Jazz (from Oklahoma City to Indiana to Toronto)	USC (Fr.)
1	30	Baylor Scheierman	SG/SF	United States	Boston Celtics	Creighton (Sr.)
2	31				Toronto Raptors (from Detroit to L.A. Clippers to New York)
2	32				Utah Jazz (from Washington to Brooklyn to Detroit)
2	33				Milwaukee Bucks (from Portland via Sacramento)
2	34				Portland Trail Blazers (from Charlotte to New Orleans to Oklahoma City to Denver)
2	35				San Antonio Spurs
2	36				Indiana Pacers (from Toronto to Memphis to L.A. Clippers to Philadelphia)
2	37				Minnesota Timberwolves (from Memphis to Oklahoma City to Washington to L.A. Lakers)
2	38				New York Knicks (from Utah)
2	39				Memphis Grizzlies (from Brooklyn via Houston)
2	40				Portland Trail Blazers (from Atlanta)
2	41				Philadelphia 76ers (from Chicago to New Orleans to San Antonio to Boston)
2	42				Charlotte Hornets (from Houston via Oklahoma City)
2	43				Miami Heat
2	44				Houston Rockets (from Golden State via Atlanta)
2	45				Sacramento Kings
2	46				Los Angeles Clippers (from Indiana to Milwaukee to Memphis)
2	47				Orlando Magic
2	48				San Antonio Spurs (from L.A. Lakers via Memphis)
2	Philadelphia 76ers (forfeited due to tampering violation)
2	49				Indiana Pacers (from Cleveland)
2	50				Indiana Pacers (from New Orleans)
2	51				Washington Wizards (from Phoenix)
2	52				Golden State Warriors (from Milwaukee via Indiana)
2	53				Detroit Pistons (from New York to Charlotte to Philadelphia)
2	54				Boston Celtics (from Dallas via Sacramento)
2	55				Los Angeles Lakers (from L.A. Clippers)
2	56				Denver Nuggets (from Minnesota via Oklahoma City), traded to Phoenix)
2	57				Memphis Grizzlies (from Oklahoma City to Atlanta to Houston)
2	Phoenix Suns (from Denver via Orlando; forfeited due to tampering violation)
2	58				Dallas Mavericks (from Boston via Charlotte)

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Prior to the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between teams:

Post-draft trades

Post-draft trades are made after the draft begins. These trades are usually not confirmed until the next day or after free agency officially begins.

Combine

The 10th G League Elite Camp took place on May 11–12, from which certain participants were 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.

Draft lottery

External videos
2024 NBA Draft Lottery Drawing, NBA's official YouTube channel. May 12, 2024.

The NBA draft lottery was held on May 12.

Denotes the actual lottery result

Team	2023–24 record	Lottery chances	Lottery probabilities
			1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th
Detroit Pistons	14–68	140	14.0%	13.4%	12.7%	12.0%	47.9%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Washington Wizards	15–67	140	14.0%	13.4%	12.7%	12.0%	27.8%	20.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlotte Hornets	21–61	133	13.3%	12.9%	12.4%	11.7%	15.3%	27.1%	7.4%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Portland Trail Blazers	21–61	132	13.2%	12.8%	12.3%	11.7%	6.8%	24.6%	16.4%	2.2%	–	–	–	–	–	–
San Antonio Spurs	22–60	105	10.5%	10.5%	10.6%	10.5%	2.2%	19.6%	26.7%	8.7%	0.6%	–	–	–	–	–
Toronto Raptors (to San Antonio)	25–57	90	9.0%	9.2%	9.4%	9.6%	–	8.6%	29.8%	20.5%	3.7%	0.1%	–	–	–	–
Memphis Grizzlies	27–55	75	7.5%	7.8%	8.1%	8.5%	–	–	19.7%	34.1%	12.9%	1.3%	<0.1%	–	–	–
Utah Jazz	31–51	60	6.0%	6.3%	6.7%	7.2%	–	–	–	34.5%	32.1%	6.7%	0.4%	<0.1%	–	–
Brooklyn Nets (to Houston)	32–50	45	4.5%	4.8%	5.2%	5.7%	–	–	–	–	50.7%	25.9%	3.0%	0.1%	<0.1%	–
Atlanta Hawks	36–46	30	3.0%	3.3%	3.6%	4.0%	–	–	–	–	–	65.9%	19.0%	1.2%	<0.1%	<0.1%
Chicago Bulls	39–43	20	2.0%	2.2%	2.4%	2.8%	–	–	–	–	–	–	77.6%	12.6%	0.4%	<0.1%
Houston Rockets (to Oklahoma City)	41–41	15	1.5%	1.7%	1.9%	2.1%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	86.1%	6.7%	0.1%
Sacramento Kings	46–36	8	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	1.1%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	92.9%	3.3%
Golden State Warriors (to Portland)	46–36	7	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	1.0%	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	96.6%

Eligibility and entrants

Main article: Eligibility for the NBA draft

The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players' union, with special modifications agreed to by both parties due to disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The previous 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.

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms 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 for purposes of negotiating with professional teams 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.

On May 2, 2024, 195 players were initially announced as early entry candidates. By May 31, 93 collegiate and Overtime Elite-based players withdrew from consideration; by June 16, 23 further international players met the international player deadline for withdrawing from the draft, leaving only 77 total early entrants for this year's draft. 53 players from college were either underclassmen or seniors with eligibility remaining for collegiate play, 18 players were from overseas leagues (including two American-born players playing overseas in Australia), and six players were from either the NBA G League (primarily via the NBA G League Ignite) or Overtime Elite as non-NBA domestic league options.

College underclassmen

• Trey Alexander – G, Creighton (junior)
• Mark Armstrong – G, Villanova (sophomore)
• Adem Bona – F/C, UCLA (sophomore)
• Carlton Carrington – G, Pittsburgh (freshman)
• Devin Carter – G, Providence (junior)
• Stephon Castle – G, UConn (freshman)
• Cam Christie – G, Minnesota (freshman)
• Donovan Clingan – C, UConn (sophomore)
• Isaiah Collier – G, USC (freshman)
• Mohamed Diarra – F, NC State (junior)
• Rob Dillingham – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• Ryan Dunn – F, Virginia (sophomore)
• Justin Edwards – G/F, Kentucky (freshman)
• Kyle Filipowski – F/C, Duke (sophomore)
• Johnny Furphy – G/F, Kansas (freshman)
• Kyshawn George – G/F, Miami (Florida) (freshman)
• DaRon Holmes II – F, Dayton (junior)
• Harrison Ingram – F, North Carolina (junior)
• Bronny James – G, USC (freshman)
• Jared McCain – G, Duke (freshman)
• Judah Mintz – G, Syracuse (sophomore)
• Yves Missi – C, Baylor (freshman)
• Ajay Mitchell – G, UC Santa Barbara (junior)
• Carlos Nichols – G, Southern Crescent Tech (freshman)
• Reed Sheppard – G, Kentucky (freshman)
• KJ Simpson – G, Colorado (junior)
• Jaylon Tyson – G, California (junior)
• Ja'Kobe Walter – G, Baylor (freshman)
• Kel'el Ware – C, Indiana (sophomore)
• Deshawndre Washington – G/F, New Mexico State (junior)
• Jaylen Wells – F, Washington State (junior)
• Cody Williams – F, Colorado (freshman)
• JZ Zaher – G, Bowling Green (sophomore)

College seniors

"Redshirt" referred to players who were redshirt seniors in the 2023–24 season. However, no seniors in this draft were listed as redshirt seniors.

• Reece Beekman – G, Virginia
• Jesse Bingham II – G/F, Indianapolis
• Jack Brestel – F, Roanoke
• Jalen Bridges – F, Baylor
• Jalen Cook – G, LSU
• Isaiah Crawford – G/F, Louisiana Tech
• Tristan da Silva – F, Colorado
• Zach Edey – C, Purdue
• Eric Gaines – G, UAB
• PJ Hall – C, Clemson
• Oso Ighodaro – F, Marquette
• David Jones – F, Memphis
• Dillon Jones – F, Weber State
• Tyler Kolek – G, Marquette
• Pelle Larsson – G, Arizona
• Jonathan Mogbo – F/C, San Francisco
• Tiras Morton – G/F, Lubbock Christian
• Jamal Shead – G, Houston
• Jason Spurgin – C, Bowling Green
• Jaykwon Walton – G/F, Memphis

International players

• Melvin Ajinça – G/F, Saint-Quentin BB (France)
• Ulrich Chomche – C, APR BBC (Rwanda)
• Cui Yongxi – G/F, Guangzhou Loong Lions (China)
• Pacôme Dadiet – G/F, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
• Lucas Dufeal – F, JA Vichy-Clermont (France)
• Nikola Đurišić – G/F, Mega MIS (Serbia)
• Quinn Ellis – G, Dolomiti Energia Trento (Italy)
• Bobi Klintman – F, Cairns Taipans (Australia)
• Gustav Knudsen – G/F, Bakken Bears (Denmark)
• Juan Núñez – G, Ratiopharm Ulm (Germany)
• Zaccharie Risacher – F, JL Bourg (France)
• Tidjane Salaün – F, Cholet Basket (France)
• Alexandre Sarr – F/C, Perth Wildcats (Australia)
• Nikola Topić – G, KK Crvena zvezda (Serbia)
• Armel Traoré – F, ADA Blois (France)
• Cezar Unitu – G, CSM Constanța (Romania)

Other

• / Matas Buzelis – F, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• Trentyn Flowers – G/F, Adelaide 36ers (Australia)
• Ron Holland – F, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• AJ Johnson – G, Illawarra Hawks (Australia)
• Jalen Lewis – F/C, City Reapers (Overtime Elite)
• Babacar Sané – F, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• Tyler Smith – F, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• Bryson Warren – G, Sioux Falls Skyforce (NBA G League)

Automatically eligible entrants

Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They have no remaining college eligibility.
• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under the contract.

Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:

• They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In term of dates players born on or before December 31, 2002, are automatically eligible for the 2024 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

Invited attendees

The NBA annually invites players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. However, due to the new nature of the NBA draft taking place over the course of two days rather than one, the NBA sent invites in waves rather than all at once. The first wave was reported on June 11, with twelve players confirmed to be involved in the initial invitation process.

• / Matas Buzelis, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• Devin Carter, Providence
• Stephon Castle, UConn
• Donovan Clingan, UConn
• Ron Holland, NBA G League Ignite (NBA G League)
• Dalton Knecht, Tennessee

• Zaccharie Risacher, JL Bourg (France)
• Tidjane Salaun, Cholet Basket (France)
• Alexandre Sarr, Perth Wildcats (Australia)
• Reed Sheppard, Kentucky
• Ja'Kobe Walter, Baylor
• Cody Williams, Colorado

A second wave of invites was reported the following week on June 15, with eight additions to the list.

• Isaiah Collier, USC
• Rob Dillingham, Kentucky
• Kyle Filipowski, Duke
• Johnny Furphy, Kansas

• Kyshawn George, Miami (Florida)
• Jared McCain, Duke
• Yves Missi, Baylor
• Nikola Topić, KK Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)

Finally, a minor third wave of invites was reported four days later on June 19.

• Carlton Carrington, Pittsburgh
• / Tristan da Silva, Colorado

• DaRon Holmes II, Dayton
• Kel'el Ware, Indiana

In addition to these, Canadian center Zach Edey from Purdue University was also given an invite, but he declined to travel in order to watch the NBA draft at his alma mater with his family.