2021 NBA draft

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2021 NBA draft
General information
SportBasketball
Date(s)July 29, 2021
LocationBarclays Center
Brooklyn, New York
Network(s)ESPN
ABC (first round only)
Overview
60 total selections in 2 rounds
LeagueNBA
First selectionTBD
← 2020
2022 →

The 2021 NBA draft will be the 75th edition of the draft. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams will take turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. It will be held on July 29, 2021 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York and televised nationally by ESPN while ABC will televise the first round only.[1] This draft will be the first to be held in July since the inaugural 1947 draft that was conducted by the NBA's predecessor, the Basketball Association of America (BAA).

Draft selections

PG Point guard SG Shooting guard SF Small forward PF Power forward C Center
# Denotes player who has never appeared in an NBA regular season or playoff game
Denotes second-round pick order that may change based on draft lottery
Rnd. Pick Player Pos. Nationality[n 1] Team School / club team
1 1 Houston[a][b]
1 2 Detroit
1 3 Orlando
1 4 Oklahoma City
1 5 Cleveland
1 6 Minnesota[c]
1 7 Toronto
1 8 Chicago[d]
1 9 Sacramento
1 10 New Orleans
1 11 Charlotte
1 12 San Antonio
1 13 Indiana
1 14 Golden State
1 15 Washington
1 16 Boston
1 17 Memphis
1 18 Oklahoma City (from Miami)[a][b]
1 19 New York
1 20 Atlanta
1 21 New York (from Dallas)
1 22 Los Angeles Lakers
1 23 Houston (from Portland)[b]
1 24 Houston (from Milwaukee)[b]
1 25 Los Angeles Clippers
1 26 Denver
1 27 Brooklyn[b]
1 28 Philadelphia
1 29 Phoenix
1 30 Utah
2 31 Milwaukee (from Houston)
2 32 New York (from Detroit via Philadelphia to LA Clippers)
2 33 Orlando
2 34 New Orleans (from Cleveland via Atlanta)
2 35 Oklahoma City
2 36 Oklahoma City (from Minnesota via Golden State)
2 37 Detroit (from Toronto via Brooklyn)
2 38 New Orleans[e]
2 39 Sacramento
2 40 Chicago[e]
2 41 San Antonio
2 42 Detroit (from Charlotte via New York)
2 43 New Orleans (from Washington via Utah to Cleveland to Milwaukee)
2 44 Brooklyn (from Indiana)
2 45 Boston
2 46 Toronto (from Memphis via Sacramento)
2 47 Toronto (from Golden State via New Orleans to Utah)
2 48 Atlanta (from Miami via Portland to Sacramento)
2 49 Brooklyn (from Atlanta)
2 50 Philadelphia (from New York)
2 51 Memphis (from Portland via Cleveland to Detroit to Dallas)
2 52 Detroit (from LA Lakers via Detroit to Houston to Sacramento)
2 53 New Orleans (from Dallas)
2 54 Indiana (from Milwaukee via Cleveland to Houston)
2 55 Oklahoma City (from Denver via Philadelphia to Golden State)
2 56 Charlotte (from LA Clippers)
2 57 Charlotte (from Brooklyn)
2 58 New York (from Philadelphia)
2 59 Brooklyn (from Phoenix)
2 60 Indiana (from Utah)
  1. ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Combine

The NBA Draft Combine will be held on June 21–27.

Draft lottery

The NBA draft lottery will be held on June 22. It will be also televised nationally by ESPN.

Denotes the actual lottery result
Team 2020–21
record 		Lottery
chances 		Lottery probabilities
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th
Houston Rockets[a] 17–55 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 11.9% 47.9% - - - - - - - - -
Detroit Pistons 20–52 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 11.9% 27.8% 20.1% - - - - - - - -
Orlando Magic 21–51 140 14.0% 13.4% 12.7% 11.9% 14.8% 26.0% 7.1% - - - - - - -
Oklahoma City Thunder[a] 22–50 115 11.5% 11.4% 11.2% 11.0% 7.4% 27.1% 18.0% 2.4% - - - - - -
Cleveland Cavaliers 22–50 115 11.5% 11.4% 11.2% 11.0% 20.0% 18.2% 25.5% 8.6% 0.6% - - - - -
Minnesota Timberwolves[c] 23–49 90 9.0% 9.2% 9.4% 9.6% - 8.6% 29.7% 20.6% 3.4% 0.2% - - - -
Toronto Raptors 27–45 75 7.5% 7.8% 8.1% 8.5% - - 19.8% 33.9% 13.0% 1.4% <0.1% - - -
Chicago Bulls[d] 31–41 45 4.5% 4.8% 5.2% 5.7% - - - 34.5% 36.2% 8.5% 0.5% <0.1% - -
Sacramento Kings 31–41 45 4.5% 4.8% 5.2% 5.7% - - - - 46.4% 29.4% 3.9% 0.1% <0.1% -
New Orleans Pelicans 31–41 45 4.5% 4.8% 5.2% 5.7% - - - - - 60.6% 17.9% 1.2% <0.1% <0.1%
Charlotte Hornets 33–39 17 1.7% 1.9% 2.1% 2.4% - - - - - - 77.6% 13.9% 0.5% <0.1%
San Antonio Spurs 33–39 16 1.6% 1.8% 2.0% 2.2% - - - - - - - 84.8% 7.5% 0.1%
Indiana Pacers 34–38 12 1.2% 1.3% 1.5% 1.7% - - - - - - - - 92.0% 2.3%
Golden State Warriors 39–33 5 0.5% 0.6% 0.6% 0.7% - - - - - - - - - 97.6%

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 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 term of dates, players who are eligible for the 2021 NBA draft must be born on or before December 31, 2002.
    • This draft could have possibly been the last in which high school players of any nationality are ineligible for selection after graduation as the two associations sought at first to lower the minimum age back to 18 and end the need to wait one year after their high school class graduated, also called the "one and done" requirement, ahead of next year's edition, as discussed in 2019.[2] If approved, the current CBA may have to be amended and the amendment ratified. However, the ineligibilty for the draft shortly after high school remained in place, as reported in 2020, unless there were further discussions about its repeal.[3]
  • Since the 2016 draft, the following rules are, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division:[4]
    • 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.

The NBA announced on February 26, 2021 that for this draft only, all college players who wish to enter the draft, regardless of class, will be required to 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 exact language of the CBA with regard to automatic eligibility of college seniors is "The player has graduated from a four-year college or university in the United States, and has no remaining intercollegiate basketball eligibility." Due to the NCAA ruling, every college senior in the 2020–21 season has remaining eligibility. The league was required to consult with the players' union and the NCAA to determine whether it would require seniors to opt out of the draft (which was implemented by the NFL for its 2021 draft, affected by a similar NCAA ruling for football) or require opt-ins, with the latter option being chosen.[5]

Early entrants

Players who are not automatically eligible have 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 2021 draft, the date will fall on May 30. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration date, which is 10 days before. Under current NCAA rules, players usually have until 10 days after the draft combine to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.

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 no later than August 1, 2020.[6]

College underclassmen

Terrence Clarke, a freshman guard from Kentucky, declared for the draft, but died on April 22, three months before the draft.[7]

College seniors

International players

International players that are declaring for this draft and did not previously declare in another prior draft can drop out about 10 days before the 2021 edition, which will be on July 19.

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.

As noted above, the NCAA's COVID-19 eligibility waiver for 2020–21 resulted in all college seniors having remaining eligibility, leading to the NBA and its players' union agreeing that seniors would have to declare for the 2021 draft.

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, 1999 are automatically eligible for the 2021 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.
Other automatically eligible players
Player Team Note Ref.
Australia Owen Hulland Adelaide 36ers (Australia) Left Hawaii in 2020; playing professionally since the 2020–21 season [28]
Serbia Filip Petrušev Mega Soccerbet (Serbia) Left Gonzaga in 2020; playing professionally since the 2020–21 season [20]
Australia Isaac White Illawarra Hawks (Australia) Left Stanford in 2020; playing professionally since the 2020–21 season [29]
Croatia Filip Vranješ KK Samobor (Croatia) playing professionally since the 2017–18 season [30]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d Oklahoma City may swap its own or Miami's pick for Houston's if it falls to No. 5.
  2. ^ a b c d e Houston may swap any first-round pick it holds for Brooklyn's first-round pick.
  3. ^ a b Golden State will receive this pick if it's not in the top 3.
  4. ^ a b Orlando will receive this pick if it's not in the top 4.
  5. ^ a b Chicago has the right to swap its second-round pick for New Orleans'.

References

  1. ^ "NBA Draft Presented By State Farm To Take Place On July 29". NBA.com. March 29, 2021. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
  2. ^ "NBA, NBPA Reportedly Targeting 2022 Draft to End One-and-Done Rule". Bleacher Report. April 11, 2019.
  3. ^ "NBA won't eliminate one-and-done rule any time soon, with discussions stalled over one key issue, per report". CBS Sports. April 17, 2020.
  4. ^ Goodman, Jeff (January 13, 2016). "College players given extra time to mull NBA draft decision". ESPN.
  5. ^ Givony, Jonathan (February 26, 2021). "Pandemic changes NBA draft rules for seniors". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "Flexibility for going pro and getting a degree". NCAA.org. NCAA.
  7. ^ "Terrence Clarke, Boston native and rising basketball star, dead at 19 after car accident". Boston.com.
  8. ^ "UNC's Armando Bacot to Test NBA Draft Process". 247 Sports. April 6, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  9. ^ "UCLA Bruins' Johnny Juzang entering NBA draft but keeping option to return to school". ESPN.com. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  10. ^ "Wagner College basketball standout Alex Morales to test NBA Draft waters". Associated Press. April 17, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  11. ^ "Alabama's Joshua Primo to enter NBA draft but stay eligible to return to Crimson Tide". ESPN.com. April 21, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  12. ^ "UNC's Day'Ron Sharpe Entering NBA Draft". 247sports.com. March 24, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  13. ^ "Gonzaga Bulldogs star freshman guard Jalen Suggs to enter NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 19, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  14. ^ "Georgia Bulldogs' Sahvir Wheeler entering transfer portal, declaring for NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  15. ^ "Richmond's Blake Francis declares for 2021 NBA Draft". Augusta Free Press. April 13, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  16. ^ "Cameron Krutwig skipping final year of eligibility at Loyola Chicago, turning pro". ESPN.com. April 22, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  17. ^ "Kentucky senior forward Olivier Sarr declares for NBA draft". ESPN.com. April 20, 2020. Retrieved April 25, 2021.
  18. ^ https://twitter.com/MiskoRaznatovic/status/1390365710669516801
  19. ^ "Cibonin dragulj izlazi ove godine na NBA draft". germanijak.hr. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  20. ^ a b c d "Srbija dobila još jednog predstavnika na NBA draftu: Posle Petruševa prijavio se i Dalibor Ilić". MozzartSport (in Serbian). Retrieved May 8, 2021.
  21. ^ "Spain big man Usman Garuba to enter 2021 NBA draft, source says". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 28, 2021.
  22. ^ "Australian guard Josh Giddey, a projected lottery pick, to enter NBA draft". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  23. ^ "Potvrdio menadžer: Kenan Kamenjaš ide na NBA draft 2021!". ba.n1info.com. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  24. ^ https://twitter.com/DraftExpress/status/1392850092030365702
  25. ^ "Brazil's Gui Santos entering 2021 NBA draft". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
  26. ^ "Alperen Sengun, No. 14 basketball prospect in ESPN Top 100, to enter NBA draft". ESPN.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
  27. ^ "Next Yao Ming? Guo Haowen to swap Shanghai Sharks for NBA Draft". South China Morning Post. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  28. ^ "Adelaide 36ers sign young local talent Owen Hulland". Adelaide 36ers. January 7, 2021. Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  29. ^ "Returning College Star Isaac White Joins Hawks". NBL.com.au. July 24, 2020. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
  30. ^ "Filip Vranjes declares himself available for the 2021 NBA draft!". CroHoops.com. May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 30, 2021.

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