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2021 NBA Draft Results: Full List of Picks, Teams, and Trades

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Cade Cunningham, 2021 NBA Draft

The 2021 NBA Draft occurred on July 29, 2021, at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The event featured 60 selections across two rounds, with Cade Cunningham being selected first overall by the Detroit Pistons. Below is the complete list of draft picks, organized by round, including team names, player selections, and pre-draft teams or schools.


2021 NBA Draft – Full Results


Round 1


  1. Detroit Pistons – Cade Cunningham, Oklahoma State

  2. Houston Rockets – Jalen Green, G League Ignite

  3. Cleveland Cavaliers – Evan Mobley, USC

  4. Toronto Raptors – Scottie Barnes, Florida State

  5. Orlando Magic – Jalen Suggs, Gonzaga

  6. Oklahoma City Thunder – Josh Giddey, Adelaide 36ers (NBL)

  7. Golden State Warriors – Jonathan Kuminga, G League Ignite

  8. Orlando Magic – Franz Wagner, Michigan

  9. Sacramento Kings – Davion Mitchell, Baylor

  10. New Orleans Pelicans – Ziaire Williams, Stanford (traded to Memphis Grizzlies)

  11. Charlotte Hornets – James Bouknight, Connecticut

  12. San Antonio Spurs – Joshua Primo, Alabama

  13. Indiana Pacers – Chris Duarte, Oregon

  14. Golden State Warriors – Moses Moody, Arkansas

  15. Washington Wizards – Corey Kispert, Gonzaga

  16. Oklahoma City Thunder – Alperen Şengün, Beşiktaş (Turkey) (traded to Houston Rockets)

  17. Memphis Grizzlies – Trey Murphy III, Virginia (traded to New Orleans Pelicans)

  18. Oklahoma City Thunder – Tre Mann, Florida

  19. New York Knicks – Kai Jones, Texas (traded to Charlotte Hornets)

  20. Atlanta Hawks – Jalen Johnson, Duke

  21. New York Knicks – Keon Johnson, Tennessee (traded to Los Angeles Clippers)

  22. Los Angeles Lakers – Isaiah Jackson, Kentucky (traded to Indiana Pacers)

  23. Houston Rockets – Usman Garuba, Real Madrid (Spain)

  24. Houston Rockets – Josh Christopher, Arizona State

  25. Los Angeles Clippers – Quentin Grimes, Houston (traded to New York Knicks)

  26. Denver Nuggets – Bones Hyland, VCU

  27. Brooklyn Nets – Cam Thomas, LSU

  28. Philadelphia 76ers – Jaden Springer, Tennessee

  29. Phoenix Suns – Day'Ron Sharpe, North Carolina (traded to Brooklyn Nets)

  30. Utah Jazz – Santi Aldama, Loyola (MD) (traded to Memphis Grizzlies)


Round 2


  1. Milwaukee Bucks – Isaiah Todd, G League Ignite (traded to Indiana Pacers and then Washington Wizards)

  2. New York Knicks – Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Villanova (traded to Oklahoma City Thunder)

  3. Orlando Magic – Jason Preston, Ohio (traded to Los Angeles Clippers)

  4. Oklahoma City Thunder – Rokas Jokubaitis, Zalgiris (Lithuania) (traded to New York Knicks)

  5. New Orleans Pelicans – Herb Jones, Alabama

  6. Oklahoma City Thunder – Miles McBride, Ohio (traded to New York Knicks)

  7. Detroit Pistons – JT Thor, Auburn (traded to Charlotte Hornets)

  8. Chicago Bulls – Ayo Dosunmu, Illinois

  9. Sacramento Kings – Neemias Queta, Utah State

  10. New Orleans Pelicans – Jared Butler, Baylor (traded to Utah Jazz)

  11. San Antonio Spurs – Joe Wieskamp, Iowa

  12. Detroit Pistons – Isaiah Livers, Michigan

  13. New Orleans Pelicans – Greg Brown III, Texas (traded to Portland Trail Blazers)

  14. Brooklyn Nets – Kessler Edwards, Pepperdine

  15. Boston Celtics – Juhann Begarin, Paris (France)

  16. Toronto Raptors – Dalano Banton, Nebraska

  17. Toronto Raptors – David Johnson, Louisville

  18. Atlanta Hawks – Sharife Cooper, Auburn

  19. Brooklyn Nets – Marcus Zegarowski, Creighton

  20. Philadelphia 76ers – Filip Petrušev, Mega Basket (Serbia)

  21. Memphis Grizzlies – Brandon Boston Jr., Kentucky (traded to Los Angeles Clippers)

  22. Detroit Pistons – Luka Garza, Iowa

  23. Philadelphia 76ers – Charles Bassey, Western Kentucky

  24. Indiana Pacers – Sandro Mamukelashvili, Seton Hall (traded to Milwaukee Bucks)

  25. Oklahoma City Thunder – Aaron Wiggins, Maryland

  26. Charlotte Hornets – Scottie Lewis, Florida

  27. Charlotte Hornets – Balsa Koprivica, Florida State (traded to Detroit Pistons)

  28. New York Knicks – Jericho Sims, Texas

  29. Brooklyn Nets – RaiQuan Gray, Florida State

  30. Indiana Pacers – Georgios Kalaitzakis, Panathinaikos (Greece) (traded to Milwaukee Bucks)

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