The NBA Draft Lottery scheduled for May 19 and the NBA Draft Combine (May 21-24) have been postponed indefinitely, the league announced Friday.
The NBA has indefinitely postponed its NBA Draft Lottery and Draft Combine in May in Chicago due to coronavirus pandemic, sources tell @TheAthleticNBA @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania)
May 1, 2020 The Warriors virtually are guaranteed a top-five pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, but the postponement is no surprise to the Warriors organization.
ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that this was voted on in a conference call today by the NBA's Board of Governors.
The NBA's Board of Governors voted on those items in a conference call today, but held off on formally pushing back the June 25 Draft date -- although sources still expect that will eventually be done.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn)
May 1, 2020 This could mean that the NBA hopes to restart the 2019-20 season with regular-season games.
A positive to take from this is the fact that delaying the draft lottery reinforces that the NBA hopes to restart this season with regular-season gamesCan't have a draft lottery until the 2019-20 NBA standings are final ... and they are clearly not final
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine)
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