NBA – For the first time in its history, the 2024 NBA Draft will take place over two days. The 79th edition of the ceremony will first be held on the night of Wednesday to Thursday at the Barclays Center at 2 a.m. for the first round, the second will begin the next day at 10 p.m. in the ESPN studios. GMs will therefore have more time to make their choices and consider trades.
Draft night is one of the most important moments of a season, especially for bottom-of-the-table teams. Now is the time to find the future talent that will allow a franchise to rebuild or strengthen itself. The order of the first 14 choices is decided in a draw, the « Lottery », the odds are distributed so that the worse a team was during the regular season, the more likely it is to pick first. This year, they are Hawks d’Atlanta, 10th worst record of the season, who leave with the 1st pick. The remaining 16 first-round picks are determined by each franchise’s ranking during the season.
This year the Draft changes format, like the NFL it will take place over two days and not just one. We will therefore be entitled to the first 30 choices on the night of Wednesday to Thursday and the rest the next day. According to Shams Charania The goal of this change is to allow teams to have more time to think about their choices and potential trades.
The concept has been increasingly discussed in recent meetings as team executives believe they could better utilize more time for both first and second rounds.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 8, 2023
One of the other changes this year is that franchises will have 4 minutes to name their picks in the second round, compared to 2 minutes previously. We all remember (or not) the draft of a certain Serbian center during an ad Taco Bell… It is very likely that one of the reasons for these format changes is to shine a little more light on the second round, the potential pick of LeBron James’ son, Bronny Jamesduring this second round would it have played in favor of a change this year?
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Obviously, it’s hard to imagine that the financial benefits of having two draft nights weren’t taken into account. Two days of events, therefore more advertising and viewers, these are necessarily important elements in the objective of developing the NBA product.
No matter which franchise you support, you will now have to be there two evenings, this Wednesday and this Thursday, to start planning for the future of your team. Some will make a big hold-up, others will be entitled to a nice bust, answer this week.
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