The Barclays Center down in Brooklyn, New York will be the center of attention of NBA teams and fans this Thursday night with the 75th iteration of the NBA Draft all set to happen at the home of the Brooklyn Nets. There are plenty of questions that will be answered in this draft. But one we can answer right now is what the look of the 2021 NBA Draft order is. We'll also look at the 2021 second round NBA Draft order.

2021 NBA Draft Order

Check out the 2021 NBA Draft order below, per the official site of the NBA. As you can see, the Detroit Pistons will hold the first pick, which they will likely spend on Cade Cunningham of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, but we should also be prepared for any surprises.

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1. Detroit Pistons
2. Houston Rockets
3. Cleveland Cavaliers
4. Toronto Raptors
5. Orlando Magic
6. Oklahoma City Thunder
7. Golden State (via the Minnesota Timberwolves)
8. Orlando (via the Chicago Bulls)
9. Sacramento Kings
10. New Orleans Pelicans
11. Charlotte Hornets
12. San Antonio Spurs
13. Indiana Pacers
14. Golden State Warriors
15. Washington Wizards
16. Oklahoma City Thunder (via the Boston Celtics)
17. Memphis Grizzlies
18. Oklahoma City (from the Miami Heat via the LA Clippers, Philadelphia 76ers, and Phoenix Suns)
19. New York Knicks
20. Atlanta Hawks
21. New York (via the Dallas Mavericks)
22. Los Angeles Lakers
23. Houston Rockets (via the Portland Trail Blazers)
24. HoustonRockets (from the Milwaukee Bucks)
25. LA Clippers
26. Denver Nuggets
27. Brooklyn Nets
28. Philadelphia 76ers
29. Phoenix Suns
30. Utah Jazz

The second round 2021 NBA Draft Order

31. Milwaukee (from Houston)
32. New York (from Detroit via the LA Clippers and Philadelphia)
33. Orlando
34. Oklahoma City
35. New Orleans (from Cleveland via Atlanta)
36. Oklahoma City (from Minnesota via Golden State)
37. Detroit (from Toronto via Brooklyn)
38. Chicago (from New Orleans)
39. Sacramento
40. New Orleans (from Chicago)
41. San Antonio
42. Detroit (from Charlotte via New York)
43. New Orleans (from Washington via Milwaukee, Cleveland, and Utah)
44. Brooklyn (from Indiana)
45. Boston
46. Toronto (from Memphis via Sacramento)
47. Toronto (from Golden State via Utah and New Orleans)
48. Atlanta (from Miami via Sacramento and Portland)
49. Brooklyn (from Atlanta)
50. Philadelphia (from New York)
51. Memphis (from Portland via Dallas, Detroit, and Cleveland)
52. Detroit (from Los Angeles Lakers via Sacramento, Houston, and Detroit)
53. New Orleans (from Dallas)
54. Indiana (from Milwaukee via Houston and Cleveland)
55. Oklahoma City (from Denver via Golden State and Philadelphia)
56. Charlotte (from LA Clippers)
57. Charlotte (from Brooklyn)
58. New York (from Philadelphia)
59. Brooklyn (from Phoenix)
60. Indiana (from Utah)