2021 NBA Draft to be held at Barclays Center, in-person Green Room returns

The NBA will hold the 2021 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, sources tell The Athletic. Invites for an in-person Green Room are going out now, after a virtual Green Room last year due to the pandemic.

Source: Shams Charania/The Athletic

ANALYSIS: Last year's draft took place at ESPN's studios in Bristol, CT., with the COVID-19 pandemic in full force. Barclays Center has been the traditional recent home of the NBA Draft, and this year's draft will take place on July 29 at 8:00 p.m. ET.

The NBA announced that ticket sales for the draft will go on sale July 19. The even will be televised on ESPN, and for the first time, also on ABC.