NBA picks July 29 as date for this season’s draft

<p>NEW YORK &mdash; The NBA has scheduled this year’s draft for July 29, though it has yet to announce the location for the event.</p>
<p>Other key dates going into the draft were also revealed Monday: The draft combine is scheduled for June 21 through June 27, the draft lottery will be held June 22 and July 19 is the deadline for early-entry candidates to withdraw from the draft.</p>
<p>Early-entry candidates must apply for the draft by May 30, the NBA said.</p>
<p>The locations for the draft combine and lottery are also still undecided. In recent years prior to the pandemic, those events took place in Chicago and the lottery preceded a game in either the Eastern or Western conference finals.</p>
<p>This season’s NBA Finals, if they go the full seven games, are scheduled to end July 22.</p>
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