Sources – NBA to expand 2024 draft into two-day event

The NBA has finalized plans to expand the 2024 draft to a two-night event in New York, sources told ESPN on Wednesday.

The draft will be split into first and second rounds on successive nights of June 26 and 27, with the first round taking place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and the second round moving to ESPN's Seaport District studios in Lower Manhattan, sources said. .

The NBA and the National Basketball Players Association had to formalize an agreement to make the changes from the traditional one-night event, and those talks were finalized recently, sources said. The NBA is expected to officially announce the two-night event on Wednesday, sources said.

The first round will continue to have 5 minutes between picks, and the second round will go from 2 minutes to 4 minutes, sources said.

Among the reasons for expanding the event — including programming for television rights partners — the NBA and teams hope the hours between the first and second rounds will allow more time to make trades and plan strategies for the second night. The teams were frustrated by the chaotic pace of the second round and believe there could be more order to the process with one day between rounds.