The 2015 NBA draft will be held on June 25 in New York City at either the Barclays Center in Brooklyn or Madison Square Garden in Manhattan. it will be televised nationally by ESPN.
| 2015 NBA draft | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Date(s) | June 25, 2015 |
| Time | 7:00 PM ET |
| Location | New York City Barclays Center |
| Network(s) | ESPN |
Eligibility and entrants
The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's new 2011 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its players union. The CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes.[1] As of 2014, the basic eligibility rules for the draft are listed below.
- All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players eligible for the 2015 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1996.[2]
- Any player who is not an "international player", as defined in the CBA, must be at least one year removed from the graduation of his high school class.[2] The CBA defines "international players" as players who permanently resided outside the United States for three years prior to the draft, did not complete high school in the U.S., and have never enrolled at a U.S. college or university.[3]
Early entrants
College underclassmen
- Cliff Alexander – F, Kansas (freshman)[4]
- Brandon Ashley – F, Arizona (junior)[5]
- Devin Booker – G, Kentucky (freshman)[6]
- Willie Cauley-Stein – F, Kentucky (junior)[7]
- Michael Frazier – G, Florida (junior)[8]
- Montrezl Harrell – F, Louisville (junior)[9]
- Aaron Harrison – G, Kentucky (sophomore)[10]
- Andrew Harrison – G, Kentucky (sophomore)[10]
- Tyler Harvey – G, Eastern Washington (junior)[11]
- Jerome Hill – F, Gardner-Webb (junior)[12]
- Rondae Hollis-Jefferson – F, Arizona (sophomore)[13]
- R. J. Hunter – G, Georgia State (junior)[14]
- Vince Hunter – G, UTEP (sophomore)[15]
- Dakari Johnson – C, Kentucky (sophomore)[16]
- Kevon Looney – F, UCLA (freshman)[17]
- Trey Lyles – F, Kentucky (freshman)[18]
- Jarell Martin – F, LSU (sophomore)[19]
- Chris McCullough – F, Syracuse (freshman)[20]
- Jordan Mickey – F, LSU (sophomore)[21]
- Jahlil Okafor – C, Duke (Freshman)[22]
- Kelly Oubre, Jr. – F, Kansas (freshman)[23]
- Cameron Payne – G, Murray State (sophomore)[24]
- Walter Pitchford – F, Nebraska (junior)[25]
- Terry Rozier – G, Louisville (sophomore)[26]
- Jherrod Stiggers – G, Houston (junior)[27]
- Aaron Thomas – G, Florida State (junior)[28]
- J. P. Tokoto – F, North Carolina (junior)[29]
- Karl-Anthony Towns – C, Kentucky (freshman)[30]
- Myles Turner – F, Texas (freshman)[31]
- Rashad Vaughn – G, UNLV (freshman)[32]
Automatically eligible entrants
Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:[33]
- They have completed 4 years of their college eligibility.
- If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.
Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:
- They are least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1992 are automatically eligible for the 2015 draft.[34]
- They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team outside of the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.[35]
Draft lottery
The NBA conducts an annual draft lottery to determine the draft order for teams that did not make the playoffs in the preceding season. Each team that missed the playoffs has a chance at winning a top three pick, but teams with worse records have a better chance at winning a top three pick. After the lottery selects the teams that receive a top three pick, the other teams receive a pick based on their winning percentage from the preceding season. The table below shows each non-playoff team's chances (based on their record at the end of the season) of receiving picks 1-14. The 2015 lottery will be held on May 19th.[36]
| Seed | Chances | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th |
| 1 | 250 | .250 | .215 | .178 | .357 | ||||||||||
| 2 | 199 | .199 | .188 | .171 | .319 | .123 | |||||||||
| 3 | 156 | .156 | .157 | .152 | .226 | .265 | .040 | ||||||||
| 4 | 119 | .119 | .126 | .133 | .099 | .351 | .160 | .012 | |||||||
| 5 | 88 | .088 | .097 | .107 | .261 | .360 | .084 | .004 | |||||||
| 6 | 63 | .063 | .071 | .081 | .439 | .305 | .040 | .001 | |||||||
| 7 | 43 | .043 | .049 | .058 | .599 | .232 | .018 | .000 | |||||||
| 8 | 28 | .028 | .033 | .039 | .724 | .168 | .008 | .000 | |||||||
| 9 | 17 | .017 | .020 | .024 | .813 | .122 | .004 | .000 | |||||||
| 10 | 11 | .011 | .013 | .016 | .870 | .089 | .002 | .000 | |||||||
| 11 | 8 | .008 | .009 | .012 | .907 | .063 | .001 | .000 | |||||||
| 12 | 7 | .007 | .008 | .010 | .935 | .039 | .000 | ||||||||
| 13 | 6 | .006 | .007 | .009 | .960 | .018 | |||||||||
| 14 | 5 | .005 | .006 | .007 | .982 |
Trades involving draft picks
Pre-draft trades
On June 30, 2012, the Sacramento Kings acquired JJ Hickson from the Cleveland Cavaliers in exchange, the Cavaliers received Omri Casspi and a 2013 lottery-protected pick; it became a top twelve protected pick in 2014, and is currently a top ten protected pick for 2015. Should the Kings retain this pick in 2015, it becomes a first round selection in 2016, top ten protected; or a first round selection in 2017, top ten protected. It becomes a second round selection in 2017, in the event that by 2017, the first round selection is not conveyed. On January 6, 2014, this selection was traded by the Cavaliers to the Chicago Bulls as part of a transaction to acquire Luol Deng.
On July 11, 2012, the Los Angeles Lakers acquired Steve Nash from the Phoenix Suns. In exchange, the Suns received the Lakers' first round pick in 2013, and the Lakers' first round pick in 2015 conditional on the pick not being a top five selection. Should the Lakers retain this pick in 2015, it becomes a first round selection in 2016, top three protected; or a first round selection in 2017 top three protected; or an unprotected first round selection in 2018. On February 19, 2015, the Philadelphia 76ers acquired this pick in a three-team trade involving the Suns and the Milwaukee Bucks.
On July 11, 2012, the Brooklyn Nets gave the Atlanta Hawks the rights to swap first round picks for both the 2014 and 2015 NBA Drafts, as part of the trade to acquire Joe Johnson.
On July 15, 2014, the Houston Rockets traded their first and second round picks in 2015 NBA draft and Jeremy Lin to the Los Angeles Lakers for cash.
As part of a three-team trade on January 5, 2015, the Oklahoma City Thunder traded their first round pick in the 2015 draft to the Cleveland Cavaliers.[37]
Notes
References
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