The NBA successfully completed its second season during the coronavirus pandemic and now the 2021 NBA Draft is here.
The league will return to an in-person draft after last year’s virtual edition. Fans will once again be allowed in-person access to the draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.
The No. 1 draft pick is presumed to be Oklahoma State star Cade Cunningham, but USC’s Evan Mobley, Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs, and Jonathan Kuminga and Jalen Green — both players in the NBA G League Ignite — have been ranked interchangeably at the second, third, and fourth draft picks.
The NBA Draft will take place on Thursday, July 29 at 8 p.m. ET, and will be broadcast on ABC and ESPN.
Here is the full order of draft picks, 1-60:
2021 NBA Draft order — Round 1
Cade Cunningham has long been presumed the top pick in the 2021 NBA Draft. AP Photo1. Detroit Pistons 2. Houston Rockets 3. Cleveland Cavaliers 4. Toronto Raptors 5. Orlando Magic 6. Oklahoma City Thunder
7. Golden State Warriors (from Minnesota Timberwolves) 8. Orlando Magic (from Chicago Bulls) 9. Sacramento Kings 10. New Orleans Pelicans 11. Charlotte Hornets 12. San Antonio Spurs 13. Indiana Pacers 14. Golden State Warriors 15. Washington Wizards 16. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Boston Celtics) 17. Memphis Grizzlies 18. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Miami Heat via the Los Angeles Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers and Phoenix Suns) 19. New York Knicks
20. Atlanta Hawks 21. New York Knicks (from Dallas Mavericks) 22. Los Angeles Lakers 23. Houston Rockets (from Portland Trail Blazers) 24. Houston Rockets (from Milwaukee Bucks) 25. Los Angeles Clippers 26. Denver Nuggets 27. Brooklyn Nets 28. Philadelphia 76ers 29. Brooklyn Nets (from Phoenix Suns) 30. Utah Jazz
Round 2
Jalen Suggs is expected to be a top-5 pick on Thursday night. AP Photo31. Milwaukee (from Houston)32. New York (from Detroit via the LA Clippers and Philadelphia)33. Orlando34. Oklahoma City35. New Orleans (from Cleveland via Atlanta)36. Oklahoma City (from Minnesota via Golden State)37. Charlotte (from Detroit via Toronto and Brooklyn)38. Chicago (from New Orleans)**39. Sacramento40. New Orleans (from Chicago)**41. San Antonio42. Detroit (from Charlotte via New York)43. New Orleans (from Washington via Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Utah)44. Brooklyn (from Indiana)45. Boston46. Toronto (from Memphis via Sacramento)47. Toronto (from Golden State via Utah and New Orleans)48. Atlanta (from Miami via Sacramento and Portland)49. Brooklyn (from Atlanta)50. Philadelphia (from New York)
51. Memphis (from Portland via Dallas, Detroit, and Cleveland)52. Detroit (from Los Angeles Lakers via Sacramento, Houston, and Detroit)53. Philadelphia (from New Orleans via Dallas)54. Indiana (from Milwaukee via Houston and Cleveland)55. Oklahoma City (from Denver via Golden State and Philadelphia)56. Charlotte (from LA Clippers)57. Detroit (from Charlotte via Brooklyn)58. New York (from Philadelphia)59. Brooklyn (from Phoenix)60. Indiana (from Utah)
** Order assumes that Chicago exercises its right to swap the #40 pick for the #38 pick.
