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National Basketball Association Draft
The NBA draft is an annual National Basketball Association's (NBA) event, dating back to 1947, in which the teams in the league draft players to join their organizations who are eligible and who declare for the draft. The NBA consists of 30 teams, and all thirty have at least one draft pick throughout the two draft rounds. Historically, the vast majority of players drafted into the NBA are college basketball players. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: NBA draftA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Does experience always make experts? Evaluating the influence of managerial experience on player selection outcomes in the NBA draftInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Tip-OffThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Sunk Costs in the NBA: Why Draft Order Affects Playing Time and Survival in Professional BasketballCited 306 times
- Go sideways: 1966 NBA draftA closely related topic
- Go sideways: 1963 NBA draftA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Sunk Costs in the NBA: Why Draft Order Affects Playing Time and Survival in Professional Basketball
From college to the pros: predicting the NBA amateur player draft
Early Entry in the NBA Draft
Anchoring bias in the evaluation of basketball players: A closer look at NBA draft decision‐making
Left atrial size and strain in elite athletes: A cross‐sectional study at the NBA Draft Combine
Does March Madness lead to irrational exuberance in the NBA draft? High-value employee selection decisions and decision-making bias
The NBA Draft
Jumping to conclusions – an analysis of the NBA Draft Combine athleticism data and its influence on managerial decision-making
🆕 Influential since 2022
Does experience always make experts? Evaluating the influence of managerial experience on player selection outcomes in the NBA draft
White men can't jump, but do they still get picked first? Race and player selection in the NBA draft, 1980–2021
Should I Stay or Should I Go? The Effect of NIL and Transfer Rule Changes on College Basketball Players Entering the NBA Draft
Resource deprivation, decision stakes, and the selection of foreign players in the NBA draft
Adjusting for teammate effects in evaluating college prospects for the NBA draft
📚 Books worth reading
Tip-OffFilip Bondy · 2007- 📕Mai Dire DraftDavide Moroni · 2016
Basketball now!Adam Elliott Segal · 2015
Basketball AnalyticsStephen M. Shea · 2013
Upon further reviewMike Pesca · 2018
Zion WilliamsonJackson Carter · 2019
Rick Barry's Pro Basketball Bible: 1995-96Rick Barry · 1995
NBA Live 2000Mark Cohen · 1999
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