The 2024 NBA Draft will feel different than the 2023 NBA Draft with Victor Wembanyama. One massive change is the event may get longer.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the 2024 NBA Draft is “preparing to move to days” for this upcoming class. That means the first-round picks will hear their names called at Barclays Center in Brooklyn on June 26 and then second-round picks will get selected the following day on June 27.
While it’s not uncommon for a professional sports draft to last multiple days (with the NFL Draft spanning three days long), fans were not initially thrilled with the report about the switch in the NBA.
Here is how many reacted when they saw the long-rumored speculation confirmed by Woj.
If there is one thing I have always thought about the NBA Draft, it's that it should be even longer. https://t.co/En2m45GPzX
— Yaya Dubin (@JADubin5) January 11, 2024
Best thing about the NBA Draft is its one day. Long day but one day. Wouldn't surprise if this is related to the TV rights negotiations…
Take it from someone who had to watch NFL Drafts for 5 years. Watching it over 3 days is long, tedious, and draining.
— Evan Barnes (@evan_b) January 11, 2024
This is so extra and unnecessary
Two-day NBA draft, for two rounds? https://t.co/aUdg6nzwgf
— Niko (@nikotaughtyou) January 11, 2024
There’s no reason for the NBA to turn the draft into a 2 day event. Stop trying to fix things that aren’t broken
— Kate Limit Exceeded (@KateBDoll) January 11, 2024
This unnecessary. The NBA Draft is the most boring live professional sporting event I’ve ever been to. https://t.co/CwXTPwmj77
— Justin Catchens (@JayCatch) January 11, 2024
The mistake here is assuming people care about the second round. This is not an event.
Especially when half the second round is players being drafted by the "wrong" team because the NBA's archaic rules make draft night the most confusing event in sports. https://t.co/Qylej48uW6
— Anthony Amico (@amicsta) January 11, 2024
The NBA Draft being two days is silly, but:
1. Day 1 should be lottery picks only. That's the only way to still have some juice/intrigue for Day 2.
2. The Play-In Tournament champ should get the first pick outside the lottery—No. 15—and the first round should have 31 total picks https://t.co/1mJZpikLB6— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) January 11, 2024
The NBA Draft absolutely does not need a second night https://t.co/tPHYlBGdB1
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) January 11, 2024
