 They will get an off day tomorrow, but are back in action against the New York Mets on Friday. The NBA draft is tonight. Here's TSN's Jake Ritmo with more for the Rockets. The first round of the NBA draft is set to begin tonight at the Barclays Center in New York. Already ahead of the draft, there have been some blockbuster trades throughout the league. The Brooklyn Nets sent shockwaves across the NBA in trading Mikkel Bridges to the New York Knicks in exchange for a wealth of future picks, but the Nets weren't done as they were also involved in a trade with the Rockets.