Live Update: Every Pick From the 2026 NBA Draft - Page 3

Live Update: Every Pick From the 2026 NBA Draft

The 2026 NBA Draft is officially underway, and this year’s class is being called one of the most talented in recent memory. The Washington Wizards won the Draft Lottery, earning the top selection in a class that has been widely praised as historically deep.

The Draft Lottery settled the order for the first four picks, with Washington landing No. 1 ahead of the Utah Jazz, Memphis Grizzlies, and Chicago Bulls, with the rest of the field slotting in by reverse order of their regular-season record.

Round 1 tips off tonight at 8 p.m. ET with Round 2 following on June 24 also at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN, from Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Here’s every selection as it happens, updated pick by pick.

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Round 1

1. Washington Wizards – AJ Dybantsa, forward, BYU

2. Utah Jazz – Darryn Peterson, guard, Kansas

3. Memphis Grizzlies – Cameron Boozer, forward, Duke

4. Chicago Bulls – Caleb Wilson, forward, North Carolina

5. Los Angeles Clippers (from Indiana) – Keaton Wagler, guard, Illinois

6. Brooklyn Nets – Mikel Brown Jr., guard, Louisville

7. Sacramento Kings – Darius Acuff Jr., guard, Arkansas

8. Atlanta Hawks (from New Orleans) – Kingston Flemings, guard, Houston

9. Dallas Mavericks – Morez Johnson Jr., forward, Michigan

10. Milwaukee Bucks – Brayden Burries, guard, Arizona

11. Golden State Warriors – Yaxel Lendeborg, forward, Michigan

12. Oklahoma City Thunder (from LA Clippers) – Aday Mara, center, Michigan

13. Miami Heat – Nate Ament, forward, Tennessee; traded to Milwaukee Bucks

14. Charlotte Hornets – Hannes Steinbach, forward, Washington

15. Chicago Bulls (from Portland) – Dailyn Swain, guard, Texas

16. Memphis Grizzlies (from Phoenix via Orlando) – Bennett Stirtz, guard, Iowa; traded to Oklahoma City Thunder

17. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Philadelphia) – Ebuka Okorie, guard, Stanford; traded to Detroit Pistons

18. Charlotte Hornets (from Orlando via Phoenix) – Christian Anderson, guard, Texas Tech

19. Toronto Raptors – Allen Graves, forward, Santa Clara

20. San Antonio Spurs (from Atlanta) – Jayden Quaintance, center, Kentucky

21. Detroit Pistons (from Minnesota) – Karim Lopez, forward, Mexico; traded to Memphis Grizzlies

22. Philadelphia 76ers (from Houston via Oklahoma City) – Labaron Philon Jr., guard, Alabama

23. Atlanta Hawks (from Cleveland) – Zuby Ejiofor, forward, St. John’s

24. New York Knicks – Cameron Carr, guard, Baylor; reportedly traded to Los Angeles Lakers

25. Los Angeles Lakers – Sergio de Larrea, forward, Spain; reportedly traded to Dallas Mavericks via New York Knicks

26. Denver Nuggets – Tarris Reed Jr., center, UConn; reportedly traded to San Antonio Spurs

27. Boston Celtics – Chris Cenac Jr., forward, Houston

28. Minnesota Timberwolves – Joshua Jefferson, forward, Iowa State; traded to Brooklyn Nets

29. Cleveland Cavaliers (from San Antonio via Atlanta) – Alex Karaban, forward, UConn; reportedly traded to San Antonio Spurs

30. Dallas Mavericks (from Oklahoma City via Washington and Philadelphia) – Koa Peat, forward, Arizona; reportedly traded to Phoenix Suns

Round 2

31. New York Knicks (from Washington via Oklahoma City and Houston) – Bruce Thornton, guard, Ohio State; traded to Houston Rockets

32. Memphis Grizzlies (from Indiana via Milwaukee) – Richie Saunders, guard, BYU

33. Minnesota Timberwolves (from Brooklyn) – Isaiah Evans, guard, Duke

34. Sacramento Kings – Meleek Thomas, guard, Arkansas; reportedly traded to Cleveland Cavaliers

35. San Antonio Spurs (from Utah via Minnesota) – Trevon Brazile, forward, Arkansas; reportedly traded to Denver Nuggets

36. LA Clippers (from Memphis via Atlanta and Utah) – Baba Miller, forward, Cincinnati

37. Oklahoma City Thunder (from Dallas) – Ryan Conwell, guard, Louisville; traded to Miami Heat

38. Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans via Boston, Detroit, and Portland) – Braden Smith, guard, Purdue; traded to Indiana Pacers

39. Houston Rockets (from Chicago via Washington) – Jack Kayil, guard, Germany; traded to New York Knicks

40. Boston Celtics (from Milwaukee via Orlando) – Dillon Mitchell, forward, St. John’s

41. Miami Heat (from Golden State via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta) – Otega Oweh, guard, Kentucky; traded to Oklahoma City Thunder

42. San Antonio Spurs (from Portland via New Orleans) – Ja’Kobi Gillespie, guard, Tennessee

43. Brooklyn Nets (from LA Clippers via Houston) – Tyler Bilodeau, forward, UCLA

44. San Antonio Spurs (from Miami via Indiana) – Maliq Brown, forward, Duke

45. Sacramento Kings (from Charlotte via San Antonio, Atlanta, and New York) – Emanuel Sharp, guard, Houston

46. Orlando Magic – Felix Okpata, forward, Tennessee; reportedly traded to Washington Wizards

47. Phoenix Suns (from Philadelphia via Houston and Oklahoma City) – Tyler Nickel, forward, Vanderbilt; traded to New York Knicks

48. Dallas Mavericks (from Phoenix via Washington) – Tobi Lawal, forward, Virginia Tech

49. Denver Nuggets (from Atlanta via Brooklyn and Golden State) – Bryce Hopkins, forward, St. John’s

50. Toronto Raptors – Jaden Bradley, guard, Arizona

51. Washington Wizards (from Minnesota via Detroit and New York) – Izaiyah Nelson, forward, South Florida; reportedly traded to Orlando Magic

52. LA Clippers (from Cleveland) – Henri Veesaar, center, North Carolina; reportedly traded to Atlanta Hawks

53. Houston Rockets – Ugonna Onyenso, center, Virginia; traded to Detroit Pistons via New York Knicks

54. Golden State Warriors (from Los Angeles Lakers via Toronto, Miami, and Cleveland) – Lajae Jones, guard, Florida State

55. New York Knicks – Nick Martinelli, forward, Northwestern; reportedly traded to Los Angeles Clippers via Houston Rockets

56. Chicago Bulls (from Denver via Minnesota, Phoenix, Charlotte, and Phoenix) – Vsevolod Ishchenko, guard, Russia; reportedly traded to Dallas Mavericks via Los Angeles Lakers

57. Atlanta Hawks (from Boston) – Narcisse Ngoy, forward, France; reportedly traded to Los Angeles Clippers

58. New Orleans Pelicans (from Detroit via New York, Brooklyn, Phoenix, Orlando, and LA Clippers) – Jaron Pierre Jr., guard, SMU

59. Minnesota Timberwolves (from San Antonio via Indiana) – Trey Kaufman-Renn, forward, Purdue

60. Washington Wizards (from Oklahoma City via San Antonio and Miami) – Malique Lewis, forward, Trinidad & Tobago; reportedly traded to Milwaukee Bucks via Orlando Magic