{"id":19051,"date":"2021-03-30T13:29:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:29:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=19051"},"modified":"2021-03-30T13:29:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-30T18:29:56","slug":"nba-draft-2021-presented-by-state-farmr-to-take-place-on-july-29-airing-on-abc-and-espn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/03\/30\/nba-draft-2021-presented-by-state-farmr-to-take-place-on-july-29-airing-on-abc-and-espn\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBA Draft 2021 Presented by State Farm(R)&#8221; to Take Place on July 29, Airing on ABC and ESPN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19052\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NBADraft_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NBADraft_logo.jpg 650w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/NBADraft_logo-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>The NBA announced today that &#8220;NBA Draft 2021 Presented by State Farm(R)&#8221; will take place on Thursday, July 29, at 8PM EDT. 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