The 2025 NBA Draft schedule takes place on June 25-26, 025. The draft is being held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York this year and occurs over two days. The picks are shown live on TV at 8PM Eastern Time each day. We have the schedule, 2025 NBA Draft Order, and more for you below.
2025 NBA Draft Schedule
The 2025 NBA Draft Schedule takes place a few days after the 2025 NBA Finals Game 7 concludes.
- Date(s): June 25-26, 2025
- Time: 8 PM ET/5PM PST
- Location: Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
- TV: ABC/ESPN (ESPN only for Day 2)
NBA Draft Facts
Here’s some NBA Draft facts for you as we get ready for the big days coming up.
- The 2025 NBA Draft presented by State Farm will feature a two-night format for the second year in a row.
- The NBA Draft has consisted of two rounds since 1989.
- This year will mark the second time the Dallas Mavericks have made the first pick in the NBA draft (since 1966). They last held the pick in 1981 selecting Mark Aguirre.
- The Mavericks (1.8% chance) had the fourth-lowest odds for an NBA Draft Lottery win- ner since the lottery began in 1985.
- In the 2024-25 season, the Mavericks (39-43) finished in 10th place in the Western Conference.
- If the Mavericks make the pick, it would be their highest selection since choosing Trae Young with the fifth pick in the 2018 NBA Draft. Dallas traded his rights, along with a 2019 first-round pick, to the Atlanta Hawks for 2018 No. 3 pick Luka Dončić.
- The Denver Nuggets famously selected three-time Kia NBA Most Valuable Player Ni- kola Jokić in the second round of the 2014 NBA Draft (41st overall pick).
- Since 1989, 21 players selected in the second round of the NBA Draft have become NBA All-Stars. Eleven of those 21 players have earned multiple NBA All-Star selec- tions: Nikola Jokić (seven), Draymond Green (four), Paul Millsap (four), Gilbert Arenas (three), Marc Gasol (three), Khris Middleton (three), Carlos Boozer (two), Jalen Brun- son (two), Manu Ginóbili (two), Rashard Lewis (two) and Isaiah Thomas (two).
2025 NBA Draft Order – Round 1
Here’s the 2025 NBA Draft Order for the first round. The draft order is current at the time of this writing. The NBA will update the order based on trades and teams exercising their rights to trade picks. The current order assumes that a team will take the most advantageous position possible for their pick. Once the dust settles on the draft, we should see the NBA schedule release in August. The complete 82 game regular season schedule will ber put out, and we’ll get more information on the 2026 NBA Playoff schedule and bracket setup too.
| 1. Dallas Mavericks |
| 2. San Antonio Spurs |
| 3. Philadelphia 76ers |
| 4. Charlotte Hornets |
| 5. Utah Jazz |
| 6. Washington Wizards |
| 7. New Orleans Pelicans |
| 8. Brooklyn Nets |
| 9. Toronto Raptors |
| 10. Houston Rockets (from Phoenix via Brooklyn) |
| 11. Portland Trail Blazers |
| 12. Chicago Bulls |
| 13. Atlanta Hawks (from Sacramento) |
| 14. San Antonio Spurs (from Atlanta) |
| 15. Oklahoma City (from Miami via the LA Clippers) |
| 16. Memphis (from Orlando) |
| 17. Minnesota (from Detroit via New York, Oklahoma City, and Houston) |
| 18. Washington (from Memphis) |
| 19. Brooklyn (from Milwaukee via New York, Detroit, Portland, and New Orleans) |
| 20. Miami (from Golden State) |
| 21. Utah (from Minnesota) |
| 22. Atlanta (from the Los Angeles Lakers via New Orleans) |
| 23. New Orleans (from Indiana) |
| 24. Oklahoma City (from the LA Clippers) |
| 25. Orlando (from Denver) |
| 26. Brooklyn (from New York) |
| 27. Brooklyn (from Houston) |
| 28. Boston |
| 29. Phoenix (from Cleveland via Utah) |
| 30. LA Clippers (from Oklahoma City) |
2025 NBA Draft Order – Round 2
Here’s the 2025 NBA Draft order for the second round. Please note that the New York Knicks forfeited their pick for this round.
| 31. Minnesota (from Utah) |
| 32. Boston (from Washington via Detroit and Brooklyn) |
| 33. Charlotte |
| 34. Charlotte (from New Orleans via San Antonio, Phoenix, and Memphis) |
| 35. Philadelphia |
| 36. Brooklyn |
| 37. Detroit (from Toronto via Dallas and San Antonio) |
| 38. San Antonio |
| 39. Toronto (from Portland via Sacramento) |
| 40. Washington (from Phoenix) |
| 41. Golden State (from Miami via Brooklyn and Indiana) |
| 42. Sacramento (from Chicago via San Antonio) |
| 43. Utah (from Dallas) |
| 44. Oklahoma City (from Atlanta) |
| 45. Chicago (from Sacramento) |
| 46. Orlando |
| 47. Milwaukee (from Detroit via Washington) |
| 48. Memphis (from Golden State via Washington and Brooklyn) |
| 49. Cleveland (from Milwaukee) |
| 50. New York (from Memphis via Oklahoma City and Boston) |
| 51. LA Clippers (from Minnesota via Atlanta and Houston) |
| 52. Phoenix (from Denver via Charlotte and Minnesota) |
| 53. Utah (from the LA Clippers via the Los Angeles Lakers) |
| 54. Indiana |
| 55. Los Angeles Lakers |
| — New York (forfeited) |
| 56. Memphis (from Houston) |
| 57. Orlando (from Boston) |
| 58. Cleveland |
| 59. Houston (from Oklahoma City via Atlanta) |
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