12 Facts About NBA draft

NBA draft is an annual event dating back to 1947 in which the teams from the National Basketball Association can draft players who are eligible and wish to join the league.

NBA draft was initially dominated by collegiate players after the draft began in 1950, but in recent years high school seniors were having larger impacts on the draft, players like Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kevin Garnett, Dwight Howard, Tracy McGrady and Amar'e Stoudemire.

One of the first foreign players selected in the draft to play in the NBA was Manute Bol out of the Sudan in 1983 in the 5th round by the San Diego Clippers.

NBA draft holds the record for being the tallest player ever to hit a 3-point field goal.

The top pick in the 1997 NBA draft, Tim Duncan, became the third international player picked number 1 overall—although his designation as "international" is a matter of semantics, as he is a native of the United States Virgin Islands and, like all USVI natives, is a US citizen by birth.

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The 1998 NBA draft saw another foreign player picked first overall, Nigerian Michael Olowokandi, but like Duncan he had played college basketball, in his case at Pacific.

In total, the 2002 NBA draft produced 17 international players, with only three of them having US college experience.

NBA draft's selection was not only a watershed moment for the NBA, but it had a large impact in Yao's homeland of China.

Some most noted NBA draft years are 1984,1996 and 2003: each of those is often referred to as one of, if not the, best NBA draft ever.

The 2003 NBA draft is considered the best draft in the last 20 years, with superstars such as LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Carmelo Anthony and Chris Bosh headlined.

NBA draft has been televised since 1980, the same year the NFL and NHL televised theirs.

NBA draft TV has produced its own coverage since coming under the purview of Turner Sports since 2008.