The National Basketball League is very close to making the 2024 NBA Draft a 2-night event in the Big Apple.
Report: The 2024 NBA Draft will take place over two days:https://t.co/gWxfSGFkIT
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The draft would split into 1st and 2nd rounds on consecutive nights – June 26th and June 27th-. Still, to do so, the NBA must get approval from the National Basketball Players Association before doing so.
The league and the basketballers’ union have been discussing this matter recently.
Among several reasons for making the draft 2-night event, including better revenue from broadcasting, the league and the franchises believe that the hours between Wednesday night’s 1st round and Thursday’s 2nd round will give organizations additional time to trade and prepare for the 2nd night.
Franchises are not happy with the swift speed of the 2nd round and think that having an additional day between the 1st and the 2nd round will help the process.