The 2019 NBA Draft takes place tonight at the Barclays Center, Brooklyn, New York and as is the norm thanks to the numerous trades that have taken place some teams will be busy while others needn’t bother turning up. Four teams have no draft picks in either of the two rounds these being the Denver Nuggets, Houston Rockets, Los Angeles Lakers & Milwaukee Bucks. Their fans can have a quiet night unless they are rooting for a second team.
The draft is dominated by the New Orleans Pelicans who as well as striking it lucky in the Draft lottery (which may as well have been called the Zion Williamson Lottery as he is nailed on as the no 1 pick) they also have the no 4 pick thanks to the blockbuster Anthony Davis trade. They have 2 second round picks as well so are well-placed to do some trading or add more depth.
The most picks award belongs jointly to the Atlanta Hawks who need all the help they can get having only managed 29 wins in 2019, and the Philadelphia 76ers – who were a buzzer beater away from knocking out the eventual NBA Champions. Atlanta picks 8, 10 & 17 in round one, while the 76ers pick 24 but could package up their 4-second rounders if they wanted to move up a bit to grab a particularly coveted rookie. Other teams with multiple first-round picks include the Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Detroit Pistons, Memphis Grizzlies & San Antonio Spurs. Overall nine teams including those with no picks at all have no first rounder.
The Sacramento Kings have who have no round one selections do have three second round, with their opener being the much-traded 40th pick – not likely to catapult them into the playoffs, while five teams can go home early as they will have finished their drafting after round one. Anyway, the draft order as it stands is below and we can expect a few changes as inevitably one or more players will fall a little further than expected.
2019 NBA Draft Current Order (as at 20/06/2019)
Round One
1 New Orleans Pelicans
2 Memphis Grizzlies
3 New York Knicks
4 New Orleans Pelicans (from L.A. Lakers)
5 Cleveland Cavaliers
6 Phoenix Suns
7 Chicago Bulls
8 Atlanta Hawks
9 Washington Wizards
10 Atlanta Hawks (from Dallas)
11 Minnesota Timberwolves
12 Charlotte Hornets
13 Miami Heat
14 Boston Celtics (from Sacramento via Philadelphia)
15 Detroit Pistons
16 Orlando Magic
17 Atlanta Hawks (from Brooklyn)
18 Indiana Pacers
19 San Antonio Spurs
20 Boston Celtics (from L.A. Clippers via Memphis)
21 Oklahoma City Thunder
22 Boston Celtics
23 Memphis Grizzlies(from Utah Jazz)
24 Philadelphia 76ers
25 Portland Trail Blazers
26 Cleveland Cavaliers (from Houston)
27 Brooklyn Nets (from Denver)
28 Golden State Warriors
29 San Antonio Spurs (from Toronto)
30 Detroit Pistons (from Milwaukee Bucks)
Round Two
31 Brooklyn Nets (from New York via Philadelphia)
32 Phoenix Suns
33 Philadelphia 76ers (from Cleveland via New York and Orlando)
34 Philadelphia 76ers (from Chicago via L.A. Lakers)
35 Atlanta Hawks
36 Charlotte Hornets (from Washington via Atlanta, Denver, and Orlando)
37 Dallas Mavericks
38 Chicago Bulls (from Memphis)
39 New Orleans Pelicans
40 Sacramento Kings (from Minnesota via Cleveland and Portland)
41 Atlanta Hawks (from L.A. Lakers via Indiana and Cleveland)
42 Philadelphia 76ers (from Sacramento via Milwaukee and Brooklyn)
43 Minnesota Timberwolves (from Miami via Charlotte)
44 Miami Heats (from Atlanta Hawks)
45 Detroit Pistons (from Detroit via Oklahoma City and Boston)
46 Orlando Magic (from Brooklyn via Charlotte and Memphis)
47 Sacramento Kings (from Orlando via New York)
48 Los Angeles Clippers
49 San Antonio Spurs
50 Indiana Pacers
51 Boston Celtics
52 Charlotte Hornets (from Oklahoma City)
53 Utah Jazz
54 Philadelphia 76ers
55 New York Knicks (from Houston)
56 Los Angeles Clippers (from Portland via Orlando and Detroit)
57 New Orleans Pelicans (from Denver via Milwaukee)
58 Golden State Warriors
59 Toronto Raptors
60 Sacramento Kings
