2022 NBA Draft Preview: TV, draft order, key prospects

June 23, 2022 at 12:48AM
NBA deputy commissioner Mark Tatum announces that the Orlando Magic have won the first pick in the 2022 NBA Draft during the 2022 NBA basketball Draft Lottery Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
The Magic hold the first pick in the NBA Draft. (Associated Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

2022 NBA Draft

When: Thursday, 6:30 p.m.

Where: Barclays Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.

TV: Ch. 5 (first round) and ESPN

Format: Two rounds

Top prospects: Chet Holmgren, C, Gonzaga; Jabari Smith, F, Auburn; Paolo Banchero, F, Duke; Jaden Ivey, G, Purdue; Keegan Murray, F, Iowa; Shaedon Sharpe, G, Kentucky.

Timberwolves picks: First round, 19th overall; Second round, 40th, 48th, 50th.

First round order: 1. Orlando; 2. Oklahoma City; 3. Houston; 4. Sacramento; 5. Detroit; 6. Indiana; 7. Portland; 8. New Orleans (from Lakers); 9. San Antonio; 10. Washington; 11. New York; 12. Oklahoma City (from Clippers); 13. Charlotte; 14. Cleveland; 15. Charlotte (from New Orleans); 16. Atlanta; 17. Houston (from Brooklyn); 18. Chicago; 19. Timberwolves; 20. San Antonio (from Toronto); 21. Denver; 22. Memphis (from Utah); 23. Philadelphia; 24. Milwaukee; 25. San Antonio (from Boston); 26. Houston (from Dallas); 27. Miami; 28. Golden State; 29. Memphis; 30. Denver (from Oklahoma City via Phoenix).

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