What time does NBA draft start? Estimated time for every team's Round 1 pick
And the NBA offseason is officially underway.
The Boston Celtics have had their victory lap. The parade is over. The bunting, confetti, and drunk Bostonians have all been removed from the streets, and it's officially time for all 30 teams to start looking ahead to 2025.
The NBA Draft starts tonight. Several college and international players will have their professional basketball dreams come true tonight when they hear Adam Silver call their names. For fans, tonight and tomorrow will dictate their favorite team's future and whether or not they should feel proud to support the organization they root for.
All those mocks, predictions, and rumors come down to tonight. The Atlanta Hawks are just hours away from making the first overall pick. Here's when the draft officially starts.
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What time does the draft start and when do teams pick?
The first round begins tonight at 8 p.m. ET, with the first pick being made shortly after. The second round begins tomorrow afternoon, at 4 p.m. ET.
During the draft, each team will have five minutes to make their selections in the first round. That number decreases to four minutes in the second round. All in all, the first round should take between three and four hours with television commercial time included.
Here is how the order shakes out, with each team drafting roughly five minutes after the other.
2024 NBA Draft Order
First Round:
- Atlanta Hawks
- Washington Wizards
- Houston Rockets (from BKN)
- San Antonio Spurs
- Detroit Pistons
- Charlotte Hornets
- Portland Trail Blazers
- San Antonio Spurs (from TOR)
- Memphis Grizzlies
- Utah Jazz
- Chicago Bulls
- Oklahoma City Thunder (from HOU)
- Sacramento Kings
- Portland Trail Blazers (from GSW viz BOS, MEM)
- Miami Heat
- Philadelphia 76ers
- Los Angeles Lakers
- Orlando Magic
- Toronto Raptors (from IND)
- Cleveland Cavaliers
- New Orleans Pelicans (from MIL)
- Phoenix Suns
- Milwaukee Bucks (from NOP)
- New York Knicks (from DAL)
- New York Knicks
- Washington Wizards (from LAC via DAL, OKC)
- Minnesota Timberwolves
- Denver Nuggets
- Utah Jazz (from OKC via TOR, IND)
- Boston Celtics
Second Round:
- Toronto Raptors (from DET via NY, LAC)
- Utah Jazz (from WAS via DET, BKN)
- Milwaukee Bucks (from POR via SAC)
- Portland Trail Blazers (from CHA via DEN,OKC, NOP)
- San Antonio Spurs
- Indiana Pacers (from TOR via PHI, LAC, NOP)
- Minnesota Timberwolves (From MEM via LAL, WAS, OKC)
- New York Knicks (via UTA)
- Memphis Grizzlies (from BKN via HOU)
- Portland Trail Blazers (from ATL)
- Philadelphia 76ers (from CHI via BOS, SAS, NOP)
- Charlotte Hornets (from HOU via OKC)
- Miami Heat
- Houston Rockets (from GSW via ATL)
- Sacramento Kings
- Los Angeles Clippers (from IND via MEM, MIL)
- Orlando Magic
- San Antonio Spurs (from LAL via MEM)
- Indiana Pacers (from CLE)
- Indiana Pacers (from NOP)
- Washington Wizards (from PHX)
- Golden State Warriors (from MIL via IND)
- Detroit Pistons (from NYK via PHI, CHA)
- Boston Celtics (from DAL via SAC)
- Los Angeles Lakers (from LAC)
- Denver Nuggets (from MIN via OKC)
- Memphis Grizzlies (from OKC via HOU, ATL)
- Dallas Mavericks (from BOS via CHA)
When is the 2024 NBA Draft? TV and streaming
- Where: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York (first round); ESPN Manhattan studio, New York (second round)
- Cable TV: ESPN, ABC
- Streaming: ESPN+, YouTube TV, fuboTV