Sources: '24 NBA Draft to be two-night event

The NBA is "finalizing plans to turn the 2024 draft into a two-night event in Brooklyn," according to sources. The draft would "split into first and second rounds on successive nights" -- June 26-27. Sources said that the league "must still get final approval" from the NBPA before the plan can be made official, and the league and the union "have been in regular conversation." Among the reasons for the expansion of the event is "programming for television rights partners." The NBA and teams also are "hopeful that the hours between Wednesday night's first round and Thursday's second round will give teams more time to make trades and plan out strategies for the second night" (ESPN.com, 1/11).