NBA Draft 2021: With the NBA Draft Lottery just around the corner, Cade Cunningham is the player that outshines everyone in this year’s draft roster.
With the NBA releasing the key dates schedule for the NBA 2021-22 season, it seems that we are back to the normal schedule with the regular season starting in October. The NBA Draft 2021 is said to be on the 29th of July, 2021.
What is the NBA Draft?
The NBA Draft is an annual event wherein teams select players from American colleges and International Leagues to strengthen their roster. The Draft lets teams fill their roster with young talents, some of which are set to be future NBA Stars.
Schedule of the NBA Draft 2021:
Date: July 29, 2021
Where can you watch the NBA Draft?
ESPN and Turner are the Official Broadcasting Partners of the NBA.
Fans can watch the NBA Draft Live here.
Sept. 28: Training camp starts
Oct. 19: Regular season starts
April 16: Playoffs start
June 2: Finals Game 1
June 19: Finals Game 7
June 23: 2022 NBA Draft Lottery
How does the NBA Draft work?
There are two rounds in the NBA Draft. On the day of the draft, each of the 30 NBA teams gets a pick per round. A total of 60 players are selected in every NBA Draft.
The first 14 picks are selected by the NBA Draft Lottery to provide leverage to the teams who failed to make the NBA Playoffs in the previous regular season.
The NBA Draft Lottery was introduced to prevent teams from losing intentionally to get a higher pick in the NBA Draft.
The remaining 16 picks are thereafter decided by the last regular season’s standings in the opposite order. To put things into perspective, the team with the best record last season will get the 30th pick, the team with the 2nd best record will get the 29th pick, and so on.
Similarly, teams pick players in the reverse order for the second round of the NBA Draft. There is no Lottery system.
NBA Draft 2021: All-Time NBA Draft History
2020s
2020 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves) | Full Draft
2010s
2019 | No. 1 pick — Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans) | Full Draft
2018 | No. 1 pick — Deandre Ayton (Phoenix Suns) | Full Draft
2017 | No. 1 pick — Markelle Fultz (Philadelphia 76ers) | Full Draft
2016 | No. 1 pick — Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers) | Full Draft
2015 | No. 1 pick — Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves) | Full Draft
2014 | No. 1 pick — Andrew Wiggins (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Drafts
2013 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Draft
2012 | No. 1 pick — Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets) | Full Draft
2011 | No. 1 pick — Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Draft
2010 | No. 1 pick — John Wall (Washington Wizards) | Full Draft
2000s
2009 | No. 1 pick — Blake Griffin (LA Clippers) | Full Draft
2008 | No. 1 pick — Derrick Rose (Chicago Bulls) | Full Draft
2007 | No. 1 pick — Greg Oden (Portland Trail Blazers) | Full Draft
2006 | No. 1 pick — Andrea Bargnani (Toronto Raptors) | Full Draft
2005 | No. 1 pick — Andrew Bogut (Milwaukee Bucks) | Full Draft
2004 | No. 1 pick — Dwight Howard (Orlando Magic) | Full Draft
2003 | No. 1 pick — LeBron James (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Draft
2002 | No. 1 pick — Yao Ming (Houston Rockets) | Full Draft
2001 | No. 1 pick — Kwame Brown (Washington Wizards) | Full Draft
2000 | No. 1 pick — Kenyon Martin (New Jersey Nets) | Full Draft
1990s
1999 | No. 1 pick — Elton Brand (Chicago Bulls) | Full Draft
1998 | No. 1 pick — Michael Olowokandi (LA Clippers) | Full Draft
1997 | No. 1 pick — Tim Duncan (San Antonio Spurs) | Full Draft
1996 | No. 1 pick — Allen Iverson (Philadelphia 76ers) | Full Draft
1995 | No. 1 pick — Joe Smith (Golden State Warriors) | Full Draft
1994 | No. 1 pick — Glenn Robinson (Milwaukee Bucks) | Full Draft
1993 | No. 1 pick — Chris Webber (Orlando Magic) | Full Draft
1992 | No. 1 pick — Shaquille O’ Neal (Orlando Magic) | Full Draft
1991 | No. 1 pick — Larry Johnson (Charlotte Hornets) | Full Draft
1990 | No. 1 pick — Derrick Coleman (New Jersey Nets) | Full Draft
1980s
1989 | No. 1 pick — Pervis Ellison (Sacramento Kings) | Full Draft
1988 | No. 1 pick — Danny Manning (LA Clippers) | Full Draft
1987 | No. 1 pick — David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs) | Full Draft
1986 | No. 1 pick — Brad Daugherty (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Draft
1985 | No. 1 pick — Patrick Ewing (New York Knicks) | Full Draft
1984 | No. 1 pick — Hakeem Olajuwon (Houston Rockets) | Full Draft
1983 | No. 1 pick — Ralph Sampson (Houston Rockets) | Full Draft
1982 | No. 1 pick — James Worthy (Los Angeles Lakers) | Full Draft
1981 | No. 1 pick — Mark Aguirre (Dallas Mavericks) | Full Draft
1980 | No. 1 pick — Joe Barry Carroll (Golden State Warriors) | Full Draft
1970s
1979 | No. 1 pick — Magic Johnson (Los Angeles Lakers) | Full Draft
1978 | No. 1 pick — Mychal Thompson (Portland Trail Blazers) | Full Draft
1977 | No. 1 pick — Kent Benson (Milwaukee Bucks) | Full Draft
1976 | No. 1 pick — John Lucas (Houston Rockets) | Full Draft
1975 | No. 1 pick — David Thompson (Atlanta Hawks) | Full Draft
1974 | No. 1 pick — Bill Walton (Portland Trail Blazers) | Full Draft
1973 | No. 1 pick — Doug Collins (Philadelphia 76ers) | Full Draft
1972 | No. 1 pick — LaRue Martin (Portland Trail Blazers) | Full Draft
1971 | No. 1 pick — Austin Carr (Cleveland Cavaliers) | Full Draft
1970 | No. 1 pick — Bob Lanier (Detroit Pistons) | Full Draft
1960s
1969 | No. 1 pick — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Milwaukee Bucks) | Full Draft
1968 | No. 1 pick — Elvin Hayes (San Diego Rickets) | Full Draft
1967 | No. 1 pick — Jimmy Walker (Detroit Pistons) | Full Draft
1966 | No. 1 pick — Cazzie Russell (New York Knicks) | Full Draft
1965 | No. 1 pick — Fred Hetzel (San Francisco Warriors) | Full Draft
1964 | No. 1 pick — Jim Barnes (New York Knicks) | Full Draft
1963 | No. 1 pick — Art Heyman (New York Knicks) | Full Draft
1962 | No. 1 pick — Bill McGill (Chicago Zephyrs) | Full Draft
1961 | No. 1 pick — Walt Bellamy (Chicago Zephyrs) | Full Draft
1960 | No. 1 pick — Oscar Robertson (Cincinnati Royals) | Full Draft
1950s
1959 | No. 1 pick — Bob Boozer (Cincinnati Royals) | Full Draft
1958 | No. 1 pick — Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis Lakers) | Full Draft
1957 | No. 1 pick — Hot Rod Hundley (Cincinnati Royals) | Full Draft
1956 | No. 1 pick — Si Green (Rochester Royals) | Full Draft
1955 | No. 1 pick — Dick Ricketts (St. Louis Hawks) | Full Draft
1954 | No. 1 pick — Frank Selvy (Baltimore Bullets) | Full Draft
1953 | No. 1 pick — Ray Felix (Baltimore Bullets) | Full Draft
1952 | No. 1 pick — Mark Workman (Milwaukee Hawks) | Full Draft
1951 | No. 1 pick — Gene Melchiorre (Baltimore Hawks) | Full Draft
1950 | No. 1 pick — Chuck Share (Boston Celtics) | Full Draft
1940s
1949 | No. 1 pick — Howie Shannon (Providence Steam Rollers) | Full Draft
1948 | No. 1 pick — Andy Tonkovich (Providence Steam Rollers) | Full Draft
1947 | No. 1 pick — Clifton McNeeley (Pittsburgh Ironmen) | Full Draft