The NBA Draft takes place this Thursday night, the 23rd, and is considered as the biggest gateway for players to the main basketball league in the world.
The NBA Draft takes place this Thursday night, the 23rd, at 21:00 (Brasília time), at the Barclays Center in New York. Considered as the biggest gateway for young talent to the world’s top basketball league, the selection this time does not have a consensus name to occupy the top position.
According to the website “GE”, the favorite to go on stage and wear the Orlando Magic it’s the wingman Jabari Smith, coming from Auburn University. In that regard, Chet Holmgrenin gonzagaand Paolo Bancheroin Duke, end up running outside. It is worth noting that the three are pointed out as the greatest talents of a generation that did not have the same success as the newcomers of 2021.
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On the occasion, they were led by Cade Cunningham, Evan Mobley, Jalen Green and Scottie Barnes, the latter being elected as the freshman of the year. Despite this, Holmgren and Banchero are strong, tall and versatile wingers just like Smith, but in this case they can still end up playing as pivots, depending on the strategy of the team and the opponent in question.
The publication also highlights that the Oklahoma City Thunder it’s the Houston Rockets will make choices two and three, which end up being the probable destinations of the athletes. Soon after, come the Sacramento Kings, Detroit Pistons and Indiana Pacersbut this is maintained only if we do not have negotiation of choices in the hours before the ceremony and even throughout the event.
It is worth remembering that this is something already quite common in the history of the American basketball league. In 2021, for example, Russell Westbrook ended up stopping at Los Angeles Lakers in the night of NBA Draftin a trade that involved pick 22. Thus, two trades would have already taken place even before the event started.
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In that sense, the wing Jerami Grant left Detroit Pistons and went to Portland Trail Blazers, in a negotiation that involved the choices of this year’s second round. In addition to it, the pivot Christian Wood will defend the Dallas Mavericksas Houston Rockets receiving the four least rated players and also the 26th pick of this draft.
How does the draft work?
The 2022 NBA Draft will be hosted by the league commissioner, Adam Silver, and consists of two rounds. In the first, 30 players are chosen who will have their contracts with their teams. In the second, theoretically there would be another 30, but Miami Heat and Milwaukee Bucks were punished with the loss of picks for violating the free agent negotiation period.
Because of this, only 28 athletes will be selected, and they may or may not win a contract with the franchises that will retain their rights. The 14 teams that didn’t make it to the playoffs last season participated in a sort of draw that ended up defining the order of the picks.
The three teams with the worst campaign had the same chance of being drawn first as the others. After that, the odds got higher depending on which franchise was worse. The 16 teams that went to the postseason have their picks defined by their placements, with 30 being pick for the best team, 29 for the second best and so on.
order of choices
- Orlando Magic;
- Oklahoma City Thunder;
- Houston Rockets;
- Sacramento Kings;
- Detroit Pistons;
- Indiana Pacers;
- Portland Trail Blazers;
- New Orleans Pelicans;
- San Antonio Spurs;
- Washington Wizards;
- New York Knicks;
- Oklahoma City Thunder;
- Charlotte Hornets;
- Cleveland Cavaliers;
- Charlotte Hornets;
- Atlanta Hawks;
- Houston Rockets;
- Chicago Bulls;
- Minnesota Timberwolves;
- San Antonio Spurs;
- Denver Nuggets;
- Memphis Grizzlies;
- Philadelphia 76ers;
- Milwaukee Bucks;
- San Antonio Spurs;
- Dallas Mavericks;
- Miami Heat;
- Golden State Warriors;
- Memphis Grizzlies;
- Oklahoma City Thunder.
Source: sportbuzz
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