The 2024 NBA Draft begins Wednesday night with the first round in Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets in New York. This year the NBA stretches the draft over two days with the second round taking place at 3 p.m. Thursday at ESPN’s Studios-Seaport in New York.
Many analysts have considered this to be a weaker draft class. There isn’t a generational talent like Victor Wembanyama last year as the obvious top pick. The Atlanta Hawks control the No. 1 pick and have taken French big man Zaccharie Risacher. French forward Alex Sarr went No. 2 to the Washington Wizards and the sharpshooting guard from Kentucky, Reed Sheppard, was take third overall by the Houston Rockets.
Also unclear is what the Bulls will do with the No. 11 pick. With many needs, the team can go in a variety of directions. Joe Cowley, predicted they would select Ron Holland, a forward from G League Ignite, in his latest mock draft, but Holland went fifth to the Detroit Pistons. Instead they went with Chicago-born Matas Buzelis, from the G League Ignite.
2024 NBA Draft first-round picks
Atlanta Hawks — Zaccharie Risacher, forward, JL Bourg (France), 6-9, 215Washington Wizards — Alex Sarr, forward, Perth Wildcats (Australia), 7-0, 224Houston Rockets (from BKN) — Reed Sheppard. guard, Kentucky, 6-2, 182San Antonio Spurs — Stephon Castle, guard, Connecticut, 6-6, 210 Detroit Pistons — Ron Holland, forward, G League Ignite, 6-7, 197 Charlotte Hornets — Tidjane Salaün, forward, Cholet Basket (France), 6-9, 207Portland Trail Blazers — Donovan Clingan, center, Connecticut, 7-2, 282Minnesota Timberwolves (from TOR, SA) — Rob Dillingham, guard, Kentucky, 6-1, 164Memphis Grizzlies — Zach Edey, center, Purdue, 7-4, 299Utah Jazz — Cody Williams, guard-forward, Colorado, 6-7, 178 Chicago Bulls — Matas Buzelis, forward, G League Ignite, 6-9, 197Oklahoma City Thunder — Nikola Topić, guard, Crvena zvezda (Serbia), 6-6, 190Sacramento Kings — Devin Carter, guard, Providence, 6-2, 193Washington Wizards (from GS, POR) — Bub Carrington, guard, Pittsburgh, 6-4, 195Miami Heat — Kel’el Ware, center, Indiana, 7-0, 230Philadelphia 76ers — Jared McCain, guard, Duke, 6-2, 203 Los Angeles Lakers — Dalton Knecht, guard, Tennessee, 6-5, 212Orlando Magic — Tristan da Silva, forward, Colorado, 6-8, 217 Toronto Raptors (from IND) — Ja’Kobe Walter, guard, Baylor, 6-4, 198Cleveland Cavaliers — Jaylon Tyson, guard, California, 6-6, 218New Orleans Pelicans (from MIL) — Yves Missi, center, Baylor, 6-11, 229Denver Nuggets (from PHX) — DaRon Holmes II, forward, Dayton, 6-10, 235 Milwaukee Bucks (from NO) — AJ Johnson, guard, Illawarra Hawks, NBL (Australia), 6-5, 165 Washington Wizards (from DAL, NY) — Kyshawn George, guard/forward, Miami, 6-7, 209New York Knicks — Pacome Dadiet, forward, ratiopharm Ulm (Germany), 6-7, 187Oklahoma City Thunder (from LAC, WAS, NY) — Dillon Jones, forward, Weber State, 6-5, 237 Minnesota Timberwolves — Terrence Shannon Jr., guard, Illinois, 6-6, 219Phoenix Suns (from DEN) — Ryan Dunn, forward, Virginia, 6-6, 214Utah Jazz (from OKC) — Isaiah Collier, guard/forward, USC, 6-3, 205
Boston Celtics — Baylor Scheierman, guard, Creighton, 6-6, 202