Basketball player selection The 2017 NBA draft was held on June 22, 2017, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players. 315,010 views on June 23, 2017 — Wikipedia's most-read article that day. Also most read: KitKat, Transformers: The Last Knight, Lonzo Ball, Tubelight (disambiguation). Wiki link