<Tr> <Th> First selection </Th> <Td> Deandre Ayton, Phoenix Suns </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> ← 2017 NBA draft 2019 → </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2018 NBA draft was held on June 21, 2018, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York . National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur United States college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players . It was televised nationally by ESPN . This draft was the last to use the original weighted lottery system that gives teams near the bottom of the NBA draft better odds at the top three picks of the draft while teams higher up had worse odds in the process; the rule was agreed upon by the NBA on September 28, 2017, but would not be implemented until the 2019 draft . With the last year of what was, at the time, the most recent lottery system (with the NBA draft lottery being held in Chicago instead of in New York), the Phoenix Suns won the first overall pick on May 15, 2018, with the Sacramento Kings at the second overall pick and the Atlanta Hawks at third overall pick . The Suns' selection is their first No. 1 overall selection in franchise history . They would use that selection on the Bahamian center DeAndre Ayton from the nearby University of Arizona . </P> <P> This draft was also notable for its lack of draft - day trades involving NBA veterans . An average of more than five veterans per year were traded on the day of the last three drafts, but this draft was the first since 2003 in which no such trades were announced . </P>

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