Are there just two rounds (60 players) in the NBA draft?”
1989-Present: Just Two Rounds In the early years of the draft, teams would select players until they ran out of prospects. The 1960 draft went 21 rounds. By 1974, it had stabilized to 10 rounds, which held up until 1985, when the draft was shortened to seven rounds. By agreement with the National Basketball Players’ Association, the drafts from 1989 onward have been limited to two rounds, which gives undrafted players the chance to try out for any team. Since the draft went to two rounds, eight second-round picks have gone on to become All-Stars: Jazz guard Jeff Hornacek (1992), Pistons forward Dennis Rodman (1992), Lakers guard Cedric Ceballos (1995), Raptors center Antonio Davis (2001), Bucks guard Michael Redd (2004), Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas (2005), Spurs guard Manu Ginobili (2005) and Sonics forward Rashard Lewis (2005). In 2003, Detroit’s Ben Wallace and Indiana’s Brad Miller became the first undrafted players to make the All-Star team.
