The 2020 NBA Draft is officially in the books, and it did not disappoint. The Minnesota Timberwolves kept us in suspense until the final moments before the start of Wednesday’s draft, but ultimately wound up selecting Georgia guard Anthony Edwards No. 1 overall. Memphis center James Wiseman and guard LaMelo Ball soon followed to the Warriors and Hornets respectively, but after that? Chaos.
Florida State forward Patrick Williams jumped all the way up to No. 4 after generally being viewed as a late lottery pick. The Phoenix Suns, with DeAndre Ayton in tow and the surprising decision to keep the cap holds of Dario Saric and Aron Baynes rather than opening up cap space, chose yet another big man in Maryland’s Jalen Smith at No. 10. Meanwhile, some of the draft’s most highly regarded overall prospects fell much further than expected. Tyrese Haliburton, mocked as high as No. 4 overall, landed with Sacramento at No. 12. Saddiq Bey tumbled to No. 19, and Desmond Bane, one of the best shooters in the class, just barely stayed in the first round at No. 30 to Memphis.
The rookies didn’t have all of the fun, though. There was plenty of veteran movement alongside the picks. The Clippers nabbed Luke Kennard in a three-way deal that sent Landry Shamet to Brooklyn. Ricky Rubio is headed back where it all began as rejoining the Timberwolves. And in the biggest deal of the night, Dallas and Philadelphia swapped starting guards: Josh Richardson to the Mavericks, Seth Curry to the 76ers.
Free agency is on the horizon as teams will have only 36 hours to prepare for the next major offseason milestone, but for now, let’s focus on the draft that was. Below you’ll find our in-the-moment analysis of the 2020 NBA Draft.
2020 NBA Draft selections
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R1TeamSelectionR2TeamSelection1Minnesota Anthony Edwards, SG, Georgia 31Dallas Tyrell Terry, PG, Stanford 2Golden State James Wiseman C, Memphis 32Charlotte Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke 3Charlotte LaMelo Ball, PG, USA33Minnesota Daniel Oturu, C, Minnesota4Chicago Patrick Williams SF, Florida St. 34Philadelphia* Theo Maledon, PG, France 5Cleveland Isaac Okoro SF, Auburn 35Sacramento Xavier Tillman, PF, Michigan St. 6Atlanta Onyeka Okongwu C, USC 36Philadelphia* Tyler Bey, SG, Colorado 7Detroit Killian Hayes, PG, France 37Washington* Vit Krejci, PG, Czech Rep. 8New York Obi Toppin, PF, Dayton38Utah* Saben Lee, SG, Vanderbilt 9Washington Deni Avdija, SF, Israel39New Orleans* Elijah Hughes, SF, Syracuse 10Phoenix Jalen Smith, C, Maryland 40Memphis* Robert Woodard II, SG, Miss. State 11San Antonio Devin Vassell, SF, Florida St. 41San Antonio Tre Jones, PG, Duke 12Sacramento Tyrese Haliburton, PG, Iowa St.42New Orleans*Nick Richards, C, Kentucky 13New Orleans Kira Lewis Jr., PG, Alabama 43Sacramento Jahmi’us Ramsey, SG, Texas Tech 14Boston Aaron Nesmith, SF, Vanderbilt 44Chicago Marko Simonovic, PF, Serbia 15Orlando Cole Anthony, PG, UNC 45Milwaukee Jordan Nwora, SF, Louisville 16Portland* Isaiah Stewart, C, Washington 46Portland CJ Elleby, SF, Washington St. 17Minnesota* Aleksej Pokusevski, C, Serbia 47Boston Yam Madar, PG, Israel 18Dallas Josh Green, SG, Arizona 48Golden State Nico Mannion, PG, Arizona 19Brooklyn* Saddiq Bey, SF, Villanova 49Philadelphia Isaiah Joe, SG, Arkansas 20Miami Precious Achiuwa, PF, Memphis50Atlanta Skylar Mays, SG, LSU 21Philadelphia Tyrese Maxey, SG, Kentucky 51Golden State Justinian Jessup, SG, Boise St. 22Denver Zeke Nnaji, C, Arizona 52Sacramento* Kenyon Martin Jr., SF, IMG Academy 23New York Leandro Bolmaro, SF, Argentina 53Oklahoma City* Cassius Winston, SG, Michigan St. 24Milwaukee* R.J. Hampton, SG, USA 54Indiana Cassius Stanley, SG, Duke 25Oklahoma City* Immanuel Quickley, SG, Kentucky 55Brooklyn* Jay Scrubb, SF, John A. Logan College 26Boston Payton Pritchard, PG, Oregon 56Charlotte Grant Riller, PG, Charleston 27Utah Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas 57L.A. Clippers* Reggie Perry, PF, Miss. State 28L.A. Lakers* Jaden McDaniels, PF, Washington 58Philadelphia Paul Reed, PF, DePaul 29Toronto Malachi Flynn, PG, San Diego St 59Toronto Jalen Harris, SF, Nevada 30Boston* Desmond Bane, SF, TCU 60New Orleans Sam Merrill, SG, Utah St.
* pick reportedly to be traded, check our trade tracker for details
