TWELVE NBA hopefuls have been invited to sit in the green room for this year’s upcoming draft on Wednesday, June 26 – but they may be without family and friends.
The green room is an area in front of the draft podium where potential NBA players sit with their family, friends and agents as they wait to hear their names called.
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Zaccharie Risacher, Alex Sarr, Donovan Clingan, Reed Sheppard, Matas Buzelis, Stephon Castle, Dalton Knecht, Tidjane Salaun, Ron Holland, Cody Williams, Devin Carter and Ja’Kobe Walter received invitations to the green room.
All 12 initially invited players are chosen in the lottery, according to ESPN’s latest mock draft.
Tables may feel a little emptier this year, as players can only bring six people to sit with them.
During last year’s NBA Draft, prospects were able to invite 10 people to sit with them at their table.
This isn’t the only big change happening, as this year’s draft will follow a new format, taking place over two days rather than one night.
The change allows ESPN and the league to move the draft from the same time as the first of the two Biden-Trump debates, which will be presented on CNN.
ESPN will broadcast the first round live from Barclays Center on Wednesday, June 26 at 8 pm ET.
On Thursday, June 27, the draft will move to Disney Network’s Seaport Studios in New York City the next day for the second round at 8 p.m. ET.
Another 11-12 invitations to potential NBA draftees are expected to be sent out next week.
NBA teams are tasked with voting on the top 25 players they believe will be drafted first to determine who will receive the prestigious invite.
This process is done to prevent players from sitting in the green room for a while during the nationally televised event.
Receiving the invite is a positive sign for hopeful stars, but sometimes it doesn’t go as planned.
In recent years, Bol Bol, Deyonta Davis, Nic Claxton, Maciej Lampe, Rashard Lewis and others have received an invitation to sit in the green room, but ended up falling to the second round or later.
Victor Wembanyama, Brandon Miller, Scoot Henderson, Amen Thompson, Ausar Thompson, Cameron Whitmore, Jarace Walker, Anthony Black, Taylor Hendricks, Gradey Dick and others received an invitation to sit in the green room last year.
One of the prospects expected to start this year’s NBA Draft is Alex Sarr.
NBA Draft Order
Below is the order in which teams in the first round of the 2024 NBA Draft will select prospects.
- 1. Atlanta
- 2. Washington
- 3. Houston (from Brooklyn)
- 4. Santo Antônio
- 5. Detroit
- 6. Carlota
- 7. Portland
- 8. Santo Antônio (from Toronto)
- 9. Memphis
- 10. Utah
- 11.Chicago
- 12. Oklahoma City (from Houston)
- 13. Sacramento
- 14. Portland (from Golden State via Boston and Memphis)
- 15.Miami
- 16. Philadelphia
- 17. Los Angeles Lakers
- 18. Orlando
- 19. Toronto (from Indiana)
- 20. Cleveland
- 21. New Orleans (from Milwaukee)
- 22. Phoenix
- 23. Milwaukee (from New Orleans)
- 24. New York (from Dallas)
- 25. New York
- 26. Washington (from LA Clippers via Dallas and Oklahoma City)
- 27. Minnesota
- 28. Denver
- 29. Utah (from Oklahoma City via Toronto and Indiana)
- 30. Boston
Sarr is currently expected to reach third place in the Fox Sports Mock Draft but is projected to reach number one in others.
The 7′ 1″ center is from Toulouse, France and played for the Perth Wildcats of the Australian National Basketball League.
Last season, Carr played in 24 games and played about 17 minutes per game.
The NBA prospect scored a total of 232 points and shot 52% from the field.
Another highly touted prospect that NBA fans have their eye on is Devin Carter, who played three seasons of college basketball.
Carter is the son of former NBA player Anthony Carter and is expected to join the Sacramento Kings, according to NBA.com Consensus Mock Draft.
Throughout his college career, Carter played with the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Providence Friars.
Carter is a 6’2″ point guard who averaged 19.7 points per game in his final season with the Friars.
The versatile guard averaged 14.1 points, 2.7 assists and 5.1 rebounds and shot 44.7% from the field for his career.
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