Why is 2024 NBA Draft two nights? New format, schedule, dates for change Adam Silver calls ‘no-brainer’

The 2024 NBA Draft started Wednesday with the first round as basketball fans watched the Atlanta Hawks select Zaccharie Risacher as the No. 1 overall pick. While this year’s draft didn’t have a consensus top pick (here’s out latest mock), and doesn’t appear to be as deep as the last couple of draft classes, that doesn’t mean we won’t be in store for a memorable event filled with surprises and exciting moments.

But unlike every draft before this one, where both rounds took place on the same night, the NBA announced back in January that the draft would expand to a two-night affair. The first round was held Wednesday, June 26, and the second round will be Thursday, June 27, as the action starts at 4 p.m. ET.

Here’s all the info you need to know for the two-day 2024 NBA Draft.

2024 NBA Draft details

Round 1

Date: Wednesday, June 26 | Time: 8 p.m. ET
Location: Barclays Center, BrooklynPicks: 1-30TV channel: ABC | Live stream: fubo (try for free)

Round 2

Date: Thursday, June 27 | Time: 4 p.m. ET
Location: ESPN’s Seaport District Studios, New YorkPicks: 31-58TV channel: ESPN | Live stream: fubo (try for free)

Why did NBA make the draft two nights?

It was a somewhat surprising move, but one that commissioner Adam Silver said back in February came with support from teams around the league.

“We did hear from our teams that these second-round picks have become increasingly important,” Silver said during All-Star Weekend. “And their ability to reset, not just to have more time, which we’ve offered between picks in the second round, going from two minutes to four minutes, but, in addition, the opportunity to reset after the first round in the draft, to reassess what their needs are and have that data, consider that, was something they were very interested. That was from the team standpoint.”

Teams will have four minutes between picks in the second round. That number used to be just two minutes. Teams will continue to get five minutes on the clock between first-round picks.

Not only are second-round draft picks important from a trade perspective, as…

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Author : Jasmyn Wimbish

Publish date : 2024-06-27 17:07:11

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