The 2024 NBA Draft begins Wednesday night with the first round in Barclays Center, the home of the Brooklyn Nets in New York. This year the NBA stretches the draft over two days with the second round taking place at 3 p.m. Thursday at ESPN’s Studios-Seaport in New York.
Many analysts have considered this to be a weaker draft class. There isn’t a generational talent like Victor Wembanyama last year as the obvious top pick. The Atlanta Hawks control the No. 1 pick and have taken French big man Zaccharie Risacher. French forward Alex Sarr went No. 2 to the Washington Wizards and the sharpshooting guard from Kentucky, Reed Sheppard, was take third overall by the Houston Rockets.
Also unclear is what the Bulls will do with the No. 11 pick. With many needs, the team can go in a variety of directions. Joe Cowley, predicted they would select Ron Holland, a forward from G League Ignite, in his latest mock draft, but Holland went fifth to the Detroit Pistons. Instead they went with Chicago-born Matas Buzelis, from the G League Ignite.
2024 NBA Draft first-round picks
- Atlanta Hawks — Zaccharie Risacher, forward, JL Bourg (France), 6-9, 215
- Washington Wizards — Alex Sarr, forward, Perth Wildcats (Australia), 7-0, 224
- Houston Rockets (from BKN) — Reed Sheppard. guard, Kentucky, 6-2, 182
- San Antonio Spurs — Stephon Castle, guard, Connecticut, 6-6, 210
- Detroit Pistons — Ron Holland, forward, G League Ignite, 6-7, 197
- Charlotte Hornets — Tidjane Salaün, forward, Cholet Basket (France), 6-9, 207
- Portland Trail Blazers — Donovan Clingan, center, Connecticut, 7-2, 282
- Minnesota Timberwolves (from TOR, SA) — Rob Dillingham, guard, Kentucky, 6-1, 164
- Memphis Grizzlies — Zach Edey, center, Purdue, 7-4, 299
- Utah Jazz — Cody Williams, guard-forward, Colorado, 6-7, 178
- Chicago Bulls — Matas Buzelis, forward, G League Ignite, 6-9, 197
- Oklahoma City Thunder — Nikola Topić, guard, Crvena zvezda (Serbia), 6-6, 190
- Sacramento Kings — Devin Carter, guard, Providence, 6-2, 193
- Washington Wizards (from GS, POR) — Bub Carrington, guard, Pittsburgh, 6-4, 195
- Miami Heat — Kel’el Ware, center, Indiana, 7-0, 230
- Philadelphia 76ers — Jared McCain, guard, Duke, 6-2, 203
- Los Angeles Lakers — Dalton Knecht, guard, Tennessee, 6-5, 212
- Orlando Magic — Tristan da Silva, forward, Colorado, 6-8, 217
- Toronto Raptors (from IND) — Ja’Kobe Walter, guard, Baylor, 6-4, 198
- Cleveland Cavaliers — Jaylon Tyson, guard, California, 6-6, 218
- New Orleans Pelicans (from MIL) — Yves Missi, center, Baylor, 6-11, 229
- Denver Nuggets (from PHX) — DaRon Holmes II, forward, Dayton, 6-10, 235
- Milwaukee Bucks (from NO) — AJ Johnson, guard, Illawarra Hawks, NBL (Australia), 6-5, 165
- Washington Wizards (from DAL, NY) — Kyshawn George, guard/forward, Miami, 6-7, 209
- New York Knicks — Pacome Dadiet, forward, ratiopharm Ulm (Germany), 6-7, 187
- Oklahoma City Thunder (from LAC, WAS, NY) — Dillon Jones, forward, Weber State, 6-5, 237
- Minnesota Timberwolves — Terrence Shannon Jr., guard, Illinois, 6-6, 219
- Phoenix Suns (from DEN) — Ryan Dunn, forward, Virginia, 6-6, 214
- Utah Jazz (from OKC) — Isaiah Collier, guard/forward, USC, 6-3, 205
Boston Celtics — Baylor Scheierman, guard, Creighton, 6-6, 202
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In this week’s “Polling Place,” we also asked about the Bulls’ offseason and your soccer viewing habits on TV.
The additions of Josh Giddey and Matas Buzelis have not come by accident. The youth movement is alive and well for the Bulls, but now they need help with the start of free agency to continue to push it.
“We don’t know what he’s going to look like in a month or two, so we’re just going to take one step at a time, and hopefully he’s going to be ready for training camp,” Karnisovas said.
