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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
Live updates below | Draft tracker | Grades for each pick | Trade tracker
| R1 | Team | Selection | R2 | Team | Selection |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Minnesota | Anthony Edwards, SG, Georgia | 31 | Dallas | Tyrell Terry, PG, Stanford |
| 2 | Golden State | James Wiseman C, Memphis | 32 | Charlotte | Vernon Carey Jr., C, Duke |
| 3 | Charlotte | LaMelo Ball, PG, USA | 33 | Minnesota | Daniel Oturu, C, Minnesota |
| 4 | Chicago | Patrick Williams SF, Florida St. | 34 | Philadelphia* | Theo Maledon, PG, France |
| 5 | Cleveland | Isaac Okoro SF, Auburn | 35 | Sacramento | Xavier Tillman, PF, Michigan St. |
| 6 | Atlanta | Onyeka Okongwu C, USC | 36 | Philadelphia* | Tyler Bey, SG, Colorado |
| 7 | Detroit | Killian Hayes, PG, France | 37 | Washington* | Vit Krejci, PG, Czech Rep. |
| 8 | New York | Obi Toppin, PF, Dayton | 38 | Utah* | Saben Lee, SG, Vanderbilt |
| 9 | Washington | Deni Avdija, SF, Israel | 39 | New Orleans* | Elijah Hughes, SF, Syracuse |
| 10 | Phoenix | Jalen Smith, C, Maryland | 40 | Memphis* | Robert Woodard II, SG, Miss. State |
| 11 | San Antonio | Devin Vassell, SF, Florida St. | 41 | San Antonio | Tre Jones, PG, Duke |
| 12 | Sacramento | Tyrese Haliburton, PG, Iowa St. | 42 | New Orleans* | Nick Richards, C, Kentucky |
| 13 | New Orleans | Kira Lewis Jr., PG, Alabama | 43 | Sacramento | Jahmi'us Ramsey, SG, Texas Tech |
| 14 | Boston | Aaron Nesmith, SF, Vanderbilt | 44 | Chicago | Marko Simonovic, PF, Serbia |
| 15 | Orlando | Cole Anthony, PG, UNC | 45 | Milwaukee | Jordan Nwora, SF, Louisville |
| 16 | Portland* | Isaiah Stewart, C, Washington | 46 | Portland | CJ Elleby, SF, Washington St. |
| 17 | Minnesota* | Aleksej Pokusevski, C, Serbia | 47 | Boston | Yam Madar, PG, Israel |
| 18 | Dallas | Josh Green, SG, Arizona | 48 | Golden State | Nico Mannion, PG, Arizona |
| 19 | Brooklyn* | Saddiq Bey, SF, Villanova | 49 | Philadelphia | Isaiah Joe, SG, Arkansas |
| 20 | Miami | Precious Achiuwa, PF, Memphis | 50 | Atlanta | Skylar Mays, SG, LSU |
| 21 | Philadelphia | Tyrese Maxey, SG, Kentucky | 51 | Golden State | Justinian Jessup, SG, Boise St. |
| 22 | Denver | Zeke Nnaji, C, Arizona | 52 | Sacramento* | Kenyon Martin Jr., SF, IMG Academy |
| 23 | New York | Leandro Bolmaro, SF, Argentina | 53 | Oklahoma City* | Cassius Winston, SG, Michigan St. |
| 24 | Milwaukee* | R.J. Hampton, SG, USA | 54 | Indiana | Cassius Stanley, SG, Duke |
| 25 | Oklahoma City* | Immanuel Quickley, SG, Kentucky | 55 | Brooklyn* | Jay Scrubb, SF, John A. Logan College |
| 26 | Boston | Payton Pritchard, PG, Oregon | 56 | Charlotte | Grant Riller, PG, Charleston |
| 27 | Utah | Udoka Azubuike, C, Kansas | 57 | L.A. Clippers* | Reggie Perry, PF, Miss. State |
| 28 | L.A. Lakers* | Jaden McDaniels, PF, Washington | 58 | Philadelphia | Paul Reed, PF, DePaul |
| 29 | Toronto | Malachi Flynn, PG, San Diego St | 59 | Toronto | Jalen Harris, SF, Nevada |
| 30 | Boston* | Desmond Bane, SF, TCU | 60 | New Orleans | Sam Merrill, SG, Utah St. |
* pick reportedly to be traded, check our trade tracker for details
