NBA Draft

Returns round, pick, team, player, and player's career stats.

URL

GET /sport/draft.format

Sport

1. nba

Format

1. json

Authorization

Required. A valid access token must be included in the header of the request.

Parameters

Name	Required	Description
season	optional	Return results for specified draft using yyyy format. If omitted, defaults to most recent draft.
team_id	optional	Return results for specified team_id only. The team_id is the full name of the team, all lowercase with spaces replaced by dashes (e.g., los‑angeles‑dodgers, oakland‑athletics, san‑antonio‑spurs). Use the Teams endpoint to return all active team_id values.

Returned Values

Name	Type	Description
draft	array of objects	Array of Basketball Draft objects

Example Request

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" "https://erikberg.com/nba/draft.json?team_id=charlotte‑bobcats&season=2011"

Example Result

[ {
  "sport" : "NBA",
  "season" : "2011",
  "round" : 1,
  "pick" : 9,
  "ordinal_pick" : "9th",
  "overall_pick" : 9,
  "ordinal_overall_pick" : "9th",
  "player" : {
    "last_name" : "Walker",
    "first_name" : "Kemba",
    "display_name" : "Kemba Walker",
    "birthdate" : "1990-05-08",
    "age" : 23,
    "position" : "PG",
    "height_in" : 73,
    "height_cm" : 185.4,
    "weight_lb" : 172,
    "weight_kg" : 78.2,
    "birthplace" : "Bronx, New York, USA",
    "height_formatted" : "6'1\"",
    "height_m" : 1.9
  },
  "team" : {
    "team_id" : "charlotte-bobcats",
    "abbreviation" : "CHA",
    "active" : true,
    "first_name" : "Charlotte",
    "last_name" : "Bobcats",
    "conference" : "East",
    "division" : "Southeast",
    "site_name" : "Time Warner Cable Arena",
    "city" : "Charlotte",
    "state" : "North Carolina",
    "full_name" : "Charlotte Bobcats"
  },
  "games_played" : 148,
  "points" : 2250,
  "assists" : 765,
  "defensive_rebounds" : 434,
  "offensive_rebounds" : 89,
  "steals" : 219,
  "blocks" : 52
}, {
  "sport" : "NBA",
  "season" : "2011",
  "round" : 1,
  "pick" : 19,
  "ordinal_pick" : "19th",
  "overall_pick" : 19,
  "ordinal_overall_pick" : "19th",
  "player" : {
    "last_name" : "Harris",
    "first_name" : "Tobias",
    "display_name" : "Tobias Harris",
    "birthdate" : "1992-07-15",
    "age" : 21,
    "position" : "F",
    "height_in" : 80,
    "height_cm" : 203.2,
    "weight_lb" : 226,
    "weight_kg" : 102.7,
    "birthplace" : "Dix Hills, New York, USA",
    "height_formatted" : "6'8\"",
    "height_m" : 2.0
  },
  "team" : {
    "team_id" : "charlotte-bobcats",
    "abbreviation" : "CHA",
    "active" : true,
    "first_name" : "Charlotte",
    "last_name" : "Bobcats",
    "conference" : "East",
    "division" : "Southeast",
    "site_name" : "Time Warner Cable Arena",
    "city" : "Charlotte",
    "state" : "North Carolina",
    "full_name" : "Charlotte Bobcats"
  },
  "games_played" : 97,
  "points" : 811,
  "assists" : 91,
  "defensive_rebounds" : 285,
  "offensive_rebounds" : 103,
  "steals" : 45,
  "blocks" : 51
}, {
  "sport" : "NBA",
  "season" : "2011",
  "round" : 2,
  "pick" : 9,
  "ordinal_pick" : "9th",
  "overall_pick" : 39,
  "ordinal_overall_pick" : "39th",
  "player" : {
    "last_name" : "Tyler",
    "first_name" : "Jeremy",
    "display_name" : "Jeremy Tyler",
    "birthdate" : "1991-06-02",
    "age" : 22,
    "position" : "C",
    "height_in" : 82,
    "height_cm" : 208.3,
    "weight_lb" : 260,
    "weight_kg" : 118.2,
    "birthplace" : "San Diego, California, USA",
    "height_formatted" : "6'10\"",
    "height_m" : 2.1
  },
  "team" : {
    "team_id" : "charlotte-bobcats",
    "abbreviation" : "CHA",
    "active" : true,
    "first_name" : "Charlotte",
    "last_name" : "Bobcats",
    "conference" : "East",
    "division" : "Southeast",
    "site_name" : "Time Warner Cable Arena",
    "city" : "Charlotte",
    "state" : "North Carolina",
    "full_name" : "Charlotte Bobcats"
  },
  "games_played" : 64,
  "points" : 227,
  "assists" : 17,
  "defensive_rebounds" : 100,
  "offensive_rebounds" : 60,
  "steals" : 17,
  "blocks" : 22
} ]