2018 NBA draft

Draft selections

Notable undrafted players

Combine

Draft lottery

Eligibility and entrants

• All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who are eligible for the 2018 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1999.
• Since the 2016 draft, the following rules, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division, are:
• *Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA, or sign with an agent, he will retain college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
• *NCAA players have until 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
• *NCAA players may participate in the draft combine, and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
• *NCAA players may enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.

Early entrants

College underclassmen

• / Deng Adel – F, Louisville
• Rawle Alkins – G, Arizona
• Mike Amius – F, Western Carolina
• / Kostas Antetokounmpo – F, Dayton
• Deandre Ayton – C, Arizona
• Marvin Bagley III – F/C, Duke
• Mohamed Bamba – C, Texas
• Keita Bates-Diop – F, Ohio State
• Tashawn Berry – G, Dakota College
• Leron Black – F, Illinois
• Jordan Brangers – G, South Plains College
• Mikal Bridges – F, Villanova
• Miles Bridges – F, Michigan State
• Bruce Brown Jr. – G, Miami
• Troy Brown Jr. – F, Oregon
• Jalen Brunson – G, Villanova
• Elijah Bryant – G, BYU
• Tony Carr – G, Penn State
• Wendell Carter Jr. – F/C, Duke
• Kameron Chatman – G/F, Detroit
• Bryant Crawford – G, Wake Forest
• Eric Davis – G, Texas
• / Tyler Davis – C, Texas A&M
• Marcus Derrickson – F, Georgetown
• Hamidou Diallo – G, Kentucky
• Donte DiVincenzo – G, Villanova
• Dikembe Dixson – F, UIC
• Trevon Duval – G, Duke
• Drew Eubanks – F, Oregon State
• Jacob Evans – G/F, Cincinnati
• Tremaine Fraiser – G, Westchester CC
• Melvin Frazier Jr. – G/F, Tulane
• / Wenyen Gabriel – F, Kentucky
• Kaiser Gates – F, Xavier
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – G, Kentucky
• D. J. Hogg – F, Texas A&M
• Aaron Holiday – G, UCLA
• Kevin Huerter – G, Maryland
• DeAngelo Isby – G/F, Utah State
• Jaren Jackson Jr. – F, Michigan State
• Justin Jackson – F/G, Maryland
• Ismaila Kane – F, Atlanta Metropolitan State College
• Devonte Klines – G, Montana State
• Kevin Knox – F, Kentucky
• Terry Larrier – F, Connecticut
• Marquez Letcher-Ellis – F, Nevada
• Makinde London – F, Chattanooga
• Brandon McCoy – C, UNLV
• De'Anthony Melton – G, USC
• Chimezie Metu – F, USC
• Shake Milton – G, SMU
• Max Montana – F, San Diego State
• Doral Moore – C, Wake Forest
• Malik Newman – G, Kansas
• / Josh Okogie – G, Georgia Tech
• Ajdin Penava – F, Marshall
• Michael Porter Jr. – F, Missouri
• Jerome Robinson – G, Boston College
• Mitchell Robinson – C, Western Kentucky
• Brandon Sampson – G, LSU
• Corey Sanders – G, Rutgers
• Collin Sexton – G, Alabama
• Landry Shamet – G, Wichita State
• / Yankuba Sima – F, Oklahoma State
• Anfernee Simons – G, IMG Academy
• Fred Sims – G, Chicago State
• Zhaire Smith – G/F, Texas Tech
• Ray Spalding – F/C, Louisville
• Omari Spellman – F/C, Villanova
• Khyri Thomas – G, Creighton
• Gary Trent Jr. – G, Duke
• Allonzo Trier – G, Arizona
• Jarred Vanderbilt – F, Kentucky
• Moritz Wagner – F, Michigan
• Lonnie Walker IV – G, Miami
• Robert Williams – F/C, Texas A&M
• Trae Young – G, Oklahoma

  International players

• Isaac Bonga – G, Frankfurt Skyliners
• Luka Dončić – G/F, Real Madrid
• Tryggvi Hlinason – C, Valencia Basket
• Michał Kolenda – F, Trefl Sopot
• Arnoldas Kulboka – F, Betaland Capo d'Orlando
• Rodions Kurucs – F, FC Barcelona Lassa
• Džanan Musa – F, Cedevita Zagreb
• Williams Narace – SLUC Nancy Basket
• Élie Okobo – G, Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez
• Issuf Sanon – G, Olimpija Ljubljana
• Filip Zagrajski – G, Vrijednosnice Osijek

  Automatically eligible entrants

• They have completed four years of their college eligibility.
• If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.

• They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1996 are automatically eligible for the 2018 draft.
• They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

Player		Note	Ref.
LiAngelo Ball	Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas	Removed himself from UCLA in 2017.
Darin Johnson	Delaware 87ers	Left Cal State Northridge in 2017; playing professionally since 2017–18 season.
Will Magnay	Brisbane Bullets	Left Tulsa in 2017; playing professionally since 2017–18 season.
Billy Preston	Igokea Laktaši	Removed himself from Kansas in 2018.
Maverick Rowan	Lakeland Magic	Left NC State in 2017; playing professionally since 2017–18 season.

Trades involving draft picks

Pre-draft trades

Draft-day trades

Invited attendees

• Deandre Ayton, Arizona
• Marvin Bagley III, Duke
• Mohamed Bamba, Texas
• Mikal Bridges, Villanova
• Miles Bridges, Michigan State
• Wendell Carter Jr., Duke
• Donte DiVincenzo, Villanova
• Luka Dončić, Real Madrid
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
• Aaron Holiday, UCLA
• Chandler Hutchison, Boise State
• Jaren Jackson Jr., Michigan State
• Kevin Knox, Kentucky
• Michael Porter Jr., Missouri
• Jerome Robinson, Boston College
• Collin Sexton, Alabama
• Zhaire Smith, Texas Tech
• Lonnie Walker, Miami
• Robert Williams, Texas A&M
• Trae Young, Oklahoma