The NBA Draft is coming back to Brooklyn again.
The two-day event on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26 will take place at Barclays Center with coverage on both nights via ESPN platforms starting at 8 p.m. ET. Similar to the 2024 draft, there is a five-minute time limit between first round picks and a four-minute time limit between second rounders.
The NBA announced today that the NBA Draft 2025 presented by State Farm will take place on Wednesday, June 25 and Thursday, June 26 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. pic.twitter.com/wMjnflFuZX
— NBA Communications (@NBAPR) January 28, 2025
This will be the 12th time the Nets' arena is home to the draft, with the spectacle being held there annually since 2013, other than the 2020 COVID-19 virtual event. Even prior to its move to Barclays Center, the draft utilized Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey for two years (2011-2012), because as the Nets recently proved with an immaculate, golden-standard jersey retirement celebration for Hall of Famer Vince Carter, they’re not too shabby at playing host.
From 2001-2010, New York also welcomed the draft to Madison Square Garden. It hasn’t really moved around much since the 1990s when it graced a different location for 10-straight years, either. But why? It’s likely because the league is consistently able to secure attendance from top prospects in the spotlight of New York, also not far from the NBA’s headquarters in Manhattan or its NBA Entertainment and NBA TV studios in Secaucus.
NBA Draft History
2024 No. 1 pick — Zaccharie Risacher (Atlanta Hawks)
2023 No. 1 pick — Victor Wembanyama (San Antonio Spurs)
2022 No. 1 pick — Paolo Banchero (Orlando Magic)
2021 No. 1 pick — Cade Cunningham (Detroit Pistons)
2020 No. 1 pick — Anthony Edwards (Minnesota Timberwolves)
2019 No. 1 pick — Zion Williamson (New Orleans Pelicans)
2018 No. 1 pick — Deandre Ayton (Phoenix Suns)
2017 No. 1 pick — Markelle Fultz (Philadelphia 76ers)
2016 No. 1 pick — Ben Simmons (Philadelphia 76ers)
2015 No. 1 pick — Karl-Anthony Towns (Minnesota Timberwolves)
2014 No. 1 pick — Andrew Wiggins (Cleveland Cavaliers)
2013 No. 1 pick — Anthony Bennett (Cleveland Cavaliers)
2012 No. 1 pick — Anthony Davis (New Orleans Hornets)
2011 No. 1 pick — Kyrie Irving (Cleveland Cavaliers)
2010 No. 1 pick — John Wall (Washington Wizards)
2025 NBA Lottery Odds
The Brooklyn Nets currently have the fifth-best odds (10.5%) to win the No. 1 overall pick this year, only two games back from the top three, behind Charlotte (12.5%), New Orleans (14%), Utah (14%) and Washington (14%). Falling into top-three odds would give Brooklyn, which has four first-round picks in 2025, a 52.1 percent chance of earning a top-four selection.