document_title: 2018 NBA draft

question_text: who was the first pick in the nba draft 2018

text: 2018 NBA draft

text: Draft selections[edit]

text:
PG

Point guard

SG

Shooting guard

SF

Small forward

PF

Power forward

C

Center

text:
*

Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game and All-NBA Team

+

Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-Star Game

x

Denotes player who has been selected for at least one All-NBA Team

#

Denotes player who never played in the NBA regular season or playoffs

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Rnd.

Pick

Player

Pos.

Nationality[n 1]

Team

School / club team

1

1

Deandre Ayton

C

 Bahamas

Phoenix Suns

Arizona (Fr.)

1

2

Marvin Bagley III

PF

 United States

Sacramento Kings

Duke (Fr.)

1

3

Luka Dončić

SG/SF

 Slovenia

Atlanta Hawks (traded to Dallas)[a]

Real Madrid (Spain)

1

4

Jaren Jackson Jr.

PF

 United States

Memphis Grizzlies

Michigan State (Fr.)

1

5

Trae Young

PG

 United States

Dallas Mavericks (traded to Atlanta)[a]

Oklahoma (Fr.)

1

6

Mohamed Bamba

C

 United States

Orlando Magic

Texas (Fr.)

1

7

Wendell Carter Jr.

C

 United States

Chicago Bulls

Duke (Fr.)

1

8

Collin Sexton

PG

 United States

Cleveland Cavaliers (from Brooklyn via Boston)[A]

Alabama (Fr.)

1

9

Kevin Knox

SF

 United States

New York Knicks

Kentucky (Fr.)

1

10

Mikal Bridges

SF

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (from L.A. Lakers via Phoenix;[B] traded to Phoenix[b])

Villanova (Jr.)

1

11

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

PG

 Canada

Charlotte Hornets (traded to the L.A. Clippers)[c]

Kentucky (Fr.)

1

12

Miles Bridges

SF

 United States

Los Angeles Clippers (from Detroit,[C] traded to Charlotte)[c]

Michigan State (So.)

1

13

Jerome Robinson

SG

 United States

Los Angeles Clippers

Boston College (Jr.)

1

14

Michael Porter Jr.#

SF

 United States

Denver Nuggets

Missouri (Fr.)

1

15

Troy Brown Jr.

SF

 United States

Washington Wizards

Oregon (Fr.)

1

16

Zhaire Smith#

SG

 United States

Phoenix Suns (from Miami;[D] traded to Philadelphia[b])

Texas Tech (Fr.)

1

17

Donte DiVincenzo

SG

 United States

Milwaukee Bucks

Villanova (So.)

1

18

Lonnie Walker IV#

SG

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

Miami (Fr.)

1

19

Kevin Huerter

SG

 United States

Atlanta Hawks (from Minnesota)[E]

Maryland (So.)

1

20

Josh Okogie

SG

 United States Nigeria[n 2]

Minnesota Timberwolves (from Oklahoma City via Utah)[F]

Georgia Tech (So.)

1

21

Grayson Allen

SG

 United States

Utah Jazz

Duke (Sr.)

1

22

Chandler Hutchison

SF/SG

 United States

Chicago Bulls (from New Orleans)[G]

Boise State (Sr.)

1

23

Aaron Holiday

PG

 United States

Indiana Pacers

UCLA (Jr.)

1

24

Anfernee Simons#

SG

 United States

Portland Trail Blazers

IMG Academy (Bradenton, Florida; HSPg.)

1

25

Moritz Wagner#

PF

 Germany

Los Angeles Lakers (from Cleveland via Portland and Cleveland)[H]

Michigan (Jr.)

1

26

Landry Shamet

PG

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers

Wichita State (So.)

1

27

Robert Williams

PF

 United States

Boston Celtics

Texas A&M (So.)

1

28

Jacob Evans

SG

 United States

Golden State Warriors

Cincinnati (Jr.)

1

29

Džanan Musa

SF

 Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brooklyn Nets (from Toronto)[I]

Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia)

1

30

Omari Spellman

PF

 United States

Atlanta Hawks (from Houston via L.A. Clippers)[J]

Villanova (Fr.)

2

31

Élie Okobo

PG

 France

Phoenix Suns

Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France)

2

32

Jevon Carter#

PG

 United States

Memphis Grizzlies

West Virginia (Sr.)

2

33

Jalen Brunson

PG

 United States

Dallas Mavericks

Villanova (Jr.)

2

34

Devonte' Graham

PG

 United States

Atlanta Hawks  (traded to Charlotte)[d]

Kansas (Sr.)

2

35

Melvin Frazier#

SF

 United States

Orlando Magic

Tulane (Jr.)

2

36

Mitchell Robinson

C

 United States

New York Knicks (from Chicago via Oklahoma City)[K]

Chalmette HS (Chalmette, Louisiana; HS Sr.)[n 3]

2

37

Gary Trent Jr.#

SG

 United States

Sacramento Kings (traded to Portland)[e]

Duke (Fr.)

2

38

Khyri Thomas#

SG

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (from Brooklyn,[L] traded to Detroit)[f]

Creighton (Jr.)

2

39

Isaac Bonga#

SF

 Germany

Philadelphia 76ers (from New York[M], traded to the L.A. Lakers)[N]

Frankfurt Skyliners (Germany)

2

40

Rodions Kurucs

SF

 Latvia

Brooklyn Nets (from L.A. Lakers via Orlando and Toronto)[O][I]

FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain)

2

41

Jarred Vanderbilt#

SF

 United States

Orlando Magic (from Charlotte via Memphis and Phoenix,[P][Q] traded to Denver)[g]

Kentucky (Fr.)

2

42

Bruce Brown Jr.

SG

 United States

Detroit Pistons

Miami (So.)

2

43

Justin Jackson#

SF

 Canada

Denver Nuggets (from L.A. Clippers via Philadelphia and New York,[R][M][S] traded to Orlando)[g]

Maryland (So.)

2

44

Issuf Sanon#

PG

 Ukraine

Washington Wizards

Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)

2

45

Hamidou Diallo

SG

 United States

Brooklyn Nets (from Milwaukee,[T] traded to Oklahoma City via Charlotte)

Kentucky (Fr.)

2

46

De'Anthony Melton

SG

 United States

Houston Rockets (from Miami via Memphis)[P][U]

USC (So.)

2

47

Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk

SG

 Ukraine

Los Angeles Lakers (from Denver via Utah and Chicago)[V][W]

Kansas (Sr.)

2

48

Keita Bates-Diop

SF

 United States

Minnesota Timberwolves

Ohio State (Jr.)

2

49

Chimezie Metu

PF

 United States

San Antonio Spurs

USC (Jr.)

2

50

Alize Johnson

PF

 United States

Indiana Pacers

Missouri State (Sr.)

2

51

Tony Carr#

PG

 United States

New Orleans Pelicans (previously from Chicagovia New Orleans, Miami, and New Orleans)[X][G]

Penn State (So.)

2

52

Vincent Edwards#

SF

 United States

Utah Jazz (traded to Houston)[h]

Purdue (Sr.)

2

53

Devon Hall#

SG

 United States

Oklahoma City Thunder

Virginia (Sr.)

2

54

Shake Milton#

PG

 United States

Dallas Mavericks (from Portland via Denver,[Y][S] traded to Philadelphia)[i]

SMU (Jr.)

2

55

Arnoldas Kulboka#

SF

 Lithuania

Charlotte Hornets (from Cleveland via Brooklyn and Philadelphia)[Z][L][AA]

Orlandina Basket (Italy)[n 4]

2

56

Ray Spalding

PF

 United States

Philadelphia 76ers (traded to Dallas)[i]

Louisville (Jr.)

2

57

Kevin Hervey#

PF

 United States

Oklahoma City Thunder (from Boston)[AB]

Texas-Arlington (Sr.)

2

58

Thomas Welsh

C

 United States

Denver Nuggets (from Golden State)[V]

UCLA (Sr.)

2

59

George King#

SG

 United States

Phoenix Suns (from Toronto)[AC]

Colorado (Sr.)

2

60

Kostas Antetokounmpo#

SF/PF

 Greece

Philadelphia 76ers (from Houston,[AD] traded to Dallas)[i]

Dayton (Fr.)

text: Notable undrafted players[edit]

text: These players were not selected in the 2018 NBA draft, but have played at least one game in the NBA.

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Player

Pos.

Nationality

School/club team

Jaylen Adams

PG

 United States

St. Bonaventure (Sr.)

Gary Clark

PF

 United States

Cincinnati (Sr.)

Drew Eubanks

PF/C

 United States

Oregon State (Jr.)

Zach Lofton

SG

 United States

New Mexico State (Sr.)

Daryl Macon

SG

 United States

Arkansas (Sr.)

Theo Pinson

SG/SF

 United States

North Carolina (Sr.)

Duncan Robinson

SG/SF

 United States

Michigan (Sr.)

Allonzo Trier

SG

 United States

Arizona (Jr.)

Yuta Watanabe

SF

 Japan

George Washington (Sr.)

Johnathan Williams

PF

 United States

Gonzaga (Sr.)

Kenrich Williams

SF

 United States

TCU (Sr.)

text: Combine[edit]

text: The invitation-only NBA Draft Combine was held in Chicago from May 16 to 20. The on-court element of the combine took place on May 18 and 19. A total of 69 players were invited for the NBA Draft Combine, with two top talents in Deandre Ayton and Luka Dončić declining invitations for the event this year, with the latter player being involved with the 2018 EuroLeague Final Four at the time.[58] Both mystery man Mitchell Robinson and Chandler Hutchison would remove themselves from the event at the last minute, although two other players would enter the event instead of them, leaving the proper number of official participants at 69.[59] At the end of the draft deadline for international players, 12 players that entered the NBA Draft Combine that year ultimately withdrew from the NBA Draft, with 11 players returning to college and Brian Bowen planning on playing professionally before trying another NBA Draft instead.

text: Draft lottery[edit]

text: The NBA draft lottery took place during the playoffs on May 15, 2018. This year will be the last time it uses what was originally the updated system for the NBA draft lottery to upgrade draft odds for teams in the lower regions of the NBA. Starting in 2019 onward, the newer updated draft lottery will give the bottom 3 teams equal odds for the No. 1 pick, while some of the teams higher up the NBA draft would get an increased chance for a top-four pick instead of a top-three pick like in this year, thus hoping to discourage teams from potentially losing games on purpose for higher draft picks (and potentially better talent in the process). There were also two tiebreakers involved for lottery odds this season; the first involved the Dallas Mavericks having one more result favoring them having the No. 1 pick over the Atlanta Hawks after splitting the odds together, while the second tiebreaker had the Chicago Bulls splitting odds with the Sacramento Kings, resulting in the Bulls having slightly better odds on their end in the process. Funnily enough, both of the teams mentioned that lost the tiebreakers would wind up being in the Top 3 at the end of the NBA draft lottery. Furthermore, the Hawks would trade their Top 3 selection to Dallas for their selection in the draft instead.

text: Denotes the actual lottery result

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Team

2017–18record

Lotterychances

Lottery probabilities

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th

Phoenix Suns

21–61
250
.250
.215
.178
.358
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Memphis Grizzlies

22–60
199
.199
.188
.171
.319
.124
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Dallas Mavericks

24–58
138
.138
.142
.145
.238
.290
.045
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Atlanta Hawks

24–58
137
.137
.142
.145
.085
.323
.155
.013
—
—
—
—
—
—
—

Orlando Magic

25–57
88
.088
.096
.106
—
.262
.359
.084
.004
—
—
—
—
—
—

Chicago Bulls

27–55
53
.053
.060
.070
—
—
.440
.331
.045
.001
—
—
—
—
—

Sacramento Kings

27–55
53
.053
.060
.070
—
—
—
.573
.226
.018
.000
—
—
—
—

Brooklyn Nets1[›]

28–54
28
.028
.033
.039
—
—
—
—
.725
.168
.008
.000
—
—
—

New York Knicks

29–53
17
.017
.020
.024
—
—
—
—
—
.813
.122
.004
.000
—
—

Los Angeles Lakers2[›]

35–47
11
.011
.013
.016
—
—
—
—
—
—
.870
.089
.002
.000
—

Charlotte Hornets

36–46
8
.008
.009
.012
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
.908
.063
.001
.000

Detroit Pistons3[›]

39–43
7
.007
.008
.010
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
.935
.039
.000

Los Angeles Clippers

42–40
6
.006
.007
.009
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
.960
.018

Denver Nuggets

46–36
5
.005
.006
.007
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
.982

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^ 1: The Brooklyn Nets' pick was automatically conveyed to the Cleveland Cavaliers this year.[A]
^ 2: The Los Angeles Lakers' pick was conveyed to the Philadelphia 76ers since the pick turned unprotected for them this year and wasn't in the Nos. 2-5 range.[B]
^ 3: The Detroit Pistons' pick was conveyed to the Los Angeles Clippers since it was outside the top 4.[C]

text: Eligibility and entrants[edit]

text: The draft is conducted under the eligibility rules established in the league's 2017 collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with its player's union. The previous CBA that ended the 2011 lockout instituted no immediate changes to the draft, but called for a committee of owners and players to discuss future changes.

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All drafted players must be at least 19 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players who are eligible for the 2018 draft must be born on or before December 31, 1999.
Since the 2016 draft, the following rules, as implemented by the NCAA Division I council for that division, are:[60]
Declaration for the draft no longer results in automatic loss of college eligibility. As long as a player does not sign a contract with a professional team outside the NBA, or sign with an agent, he will retain college eligibility as long as he makes a timely withdrawal from the draft.
NCAA players now have until 10 days after the end of the NBA Draft Combine to withdraw from the draft. Since the combine is held in mid-May, the current deadline is about five weeks after the previous mid-April deadline.
NCAA players may participate in the draft combine, and are allowed to attend one tryout per year with each NBA team without losing college eligibility.
NCAA players may now enter and withdraw from the draft up to two times without loss of eligibility. Previously, the NCAA treated a second declaration of draft eligibility as a permanent loss of college eligibility.

text: The NBA has since expanded the draft combine to include players with remaining college eligibility (who, like players without college eligibility, can only attend by invitation).[61]

text: Early entrants[edit]

text: Players who are not automatically eligible have to declare their eligibility for the draft by notifying the NBA offices in writing no later than 60 days before the draft. For the 2018 draft, the date fell on April 22. After that date, "early entry" players are able to attend NBA pre-draft camps and individual team workouts to show off their skills and obtain feedback regarding their draft positions. Under the CBA a player may withdraw his name from consideration from the draft at any time before the final declaration date, which is 10 days before the draft. Under current NCAA rules, players had until May 30 (10 days after the draft combine) to withdraw from the draft and retain college eligibility.

text: A player who has hired an agent forfeits his remaining college eligibility regardless of whether he is drafted.

text: College underclassmen[edit]

text: A record-high 236 underclassed draft prospects (i.e., players with remaining college eligibility) had declared by the April 22 deadline, with 181 of these players being from college.[62] The names listed here mean they have hired an agent, or have announced that they plan to do so before the night of the draft. At the end of the deadline, 77 players declared their intentions to enter the draft with an agent (with one player announcing his entry after the deadline) while 100 players announced their return to college for at least one more season.[63] Meanwhile, Matur Maker, Brian Bowen, Micah Seaborn and Tavarius Shine did not enter the draft after letting their deadlines to retain college eligibility expire. These players instead decided to enter in 2019 via either the NBA G League or another professional league.[64]

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/ Deng Adel – F, Louisville (junior)
 Rawle Alkins – G, Arizona (sophomore)
 Mike Amius – F, Western Carolina (junior)
 Kostas Antetokounmpo – F, Dayton (freshman)
 Deandre Ayton – C, Arizona (freshman)
 Marvin Bagley III – F/C, Duke (freshman)
 Mohamed Bamba – C, Texas (freshman)
 Keita Bates-Diop – F, Ohio State (junior)
 Tashawn Berry – G, Dakota College (sophomore)
 Leron Black – F, Illinois (junior)
 Jordan Brangers – G, South Plains College (sophomore)
 Mikal Bridges – F, Villanova (junior)
 Miles Bridges – F, Michigan State (sophomore)
 Bruce Brown Jr. – G, Miami (sophomore)
 Troy Brown Jr. – F, Oregon (freshman)
 Jalen Brunson – G, Villanova (junior)
 Elijah Bryant – G, BYU (junior)
 Tony Carr – G, Penn State (sophomore)
 Wendell Carter – F/C, Duke (freshman)
 Kameron Chatman – G/F, Detroit (junior)
 Bryant Crawford – G, Wake Forest (junior)
 Eric Davis – G, Texas (junior)
/ Tyler Davis – C, Texas A&M (junior)
 Marcus Derrickson – F, Georgetown (junior)
 Hamidou Diallo – G, Kentucky (freshman)
 Donte DiVincenzo – G, Villanova (sophomore)
 Dikembe Dixson – F, UIC (sophomore)
 Trevon Duval – G, Duke (freshman)
 Drew Eubanks – F, Oregon State (junior)
 Jacob Evans – G/F, Cincinnati (junior)
 Tremaine Fraiser – G, Westchester CC (sophomore)
 Melvin Frazier – G/F, Tulane (junior)
/ Wenyen Gabriel – F, Kentucky (sophomore)
 Kaiser Gates – F, Xavier (junior)
 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander – G, Kentucky (freshman)
 D. J. Hogg – F, Texas A&M (junior)
 Aaron Holiday – G, UCLA (junior)
 Kevin Huerter – G, Maryland (sophomore)
 DeAngelo Isby – G/F, Utah State (junior)
 Jaren Jackson Jr. – F, Michigan State (freshman)
 Justin Jackson – F/G, Maryland (sophomore)
 Ismaila Kane – F, Atlanta Metropolitan State College (freshman)
 Devonte Klines – G, Montana State (junior)
 Kevin Knox – F, Kentucky (freshman)
 Terry Larrier – F, Connecticut (junior)
 Marquez Letcher-Ellis – F, Nevada (sophomore)
 Makinde London – F, Chattanooga (junior)
 Brandon McCoy – C, UNLV (freshman)
 De'Anthony Melton – G, USC (sophomore)
 Chimezie Metu – F, USC (junior)
 Shake Milton – G, SMU (junior)
 Max Montana – F, San Diego State (junior)
 Doral Moore – C, Wake Forest (junior)
 Malik Newman – G, Kansas (sophomore)
/ Josh Okogie – G, Georgia Tech (sophomore)
 Ajdin Penava – F, Marshall (junior)
 Michael Porter Jr. – F, Missouri (freshman)
 Jerome Robinson – G, Boston College (junior)
 Mitchell Robinson – C, Western Kentucky (freshman)
 Brandon Sampson – G, LSU (junior)
 Corey Sanders – G, Rutgers (junior)
 Collin Sexton – G, Alabama (freshman)
 Landry Shamet – G, Wichita State (sophomore)
/ Yankuba Sima – F, Oklahoma State (junior)
 Anfernee Simons – G, IMG Academy (Postgraduate)
 Fred Sims – G, Chicago State (junior)
 Zhaire Smith – G/F, Texas Tech (freshman)
 Ray Spalding – F/C, Louisville (junior)
 Omari Spellman – F/C, Villanova (freshman)
 Khyri Thomas – G, Creighton (junior)
 Gary Trent Jr. – G, Duke (freshman)
 Allonzo Trier – G, Arizona (junior)
 Jarred Vanderbilt – F, Kentucky (freshman)
 Moritz Wagner – F, Michigan (junior)
 Lonnie Walker IV – G, Miami (freshman)
 Robert Williams – F/C, Texas A&M (sophomore)
 Trae Young – G, Oklahoma (freshman)

text: International players[edit]

text: International players that had declared this year and did not previously declare in another prior year can drop out of the draft about 10 days before the draft begins on June 11. Initially, there were 55 players who originally expressed interest in entering the 2018 draft, one of which was a player who came directly out of high school from Canada. However, by the end of the deadline, 43 of those players (including the aforementioned Canadian high schooler) would ultimately pull their names out of the draft, leaving only 11 true international players entering the NBA Draft this year (the NBA link mentions LiAngelo Ball as an international player in the loosest sense of the word, but not Billy Preston there).[65] Combining both the number of players listed previously and both LiAngelo Ball and Billy Preston as now automatically eligible underclassmen under unique situations, the total number of underclassmen rounds out to 90 overall players.

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Isaac Bonga – G, Frankfurt Skyliners (Germany)
 Luka Dončić – G/F, Real Madrid (Spain)
 Tryggvi Hlinason – C, Valencia Basket (Spain)
 Michał Kolenda – F, Trefl Sopot (Poland)
 Arnoldas Kulboka – F, Betaland Capo d'Orlando (Italy)
 Rodions Kurucs – F, FC Barcelona Lassa (Spain)
 Džanan Musa – F, Cedevita Zagreb (Croatia)
 Williams Narace – SLUC Nancy Basket (France)
 Élie Okobo – G, Élan Béarnais Pau-Lacq-Orthez (France)
 Issuf Sanon – G, Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia)
 Filip Zagrajski – G, Vrijednosnice Osijek (Croatia)

text: Automatically eligible entrants[edit]

text: Players who do not meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:[66]

text:
They have completed four years of their college eligibility.
If they graduated from high school in the U.S., but did not enroll in a U.S. college or university, four years have passed since their high school class graduated.
They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA, anywhere in the world, and have played under that contract.

text: Players who meet the criteria for "international" players are automatically eligible if they meet any of the following criteria:[66]

text:
They are at least 22 years old during the calendar year of the draft. In terms of dates, players born on or before December 31, 1996 are automatically eligible for the 2018 draft.
They have signed a contract with a professional basketball team not in the NBA within the United States, and have played under that contract.

text:
Other automatically eligible players

Player
Team
Note
Ref.

 LiAngelo Ball

Vytautas Prienai–Birštonas (Lithuania)
Removed himself from UCLA in 2017.
[67]

 Darin Johnson

Delaware 87ers (NBA G League)
Left Cal State Northridge in 2017;playing professionally since 2017–18 season.

 Billy Preston

Igokea Laktaši (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Removed himself from Kansas in 2018.
[62]

 Maverick Rowan

Lakeland Magic (NBA G League)
Left NC State in 2017;playing professionally since 2017–18 season.

text: Trades involving draft picks[edit]

text: Pre-draft trades[edit]

text: Prior to the day of the draft, the following trades were made and resulted in exchanges of draft picks between the teams below.

text:
^ Jump up to: a b July 12, 2013: Brooklyn Nets to Boston Celtics[7]
Boston acquired Gerald Wallace, Kris Humphries, Keith Bogans, MarShon Brooks, Kris Joseph, a 2014 first-round pick, a 2016 first-round pick, the option to swap 2017 first-round picks, and a 2018 first-round pick
Brooklyn acquired Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Jason Terry and D. J. White; Brooklyn also acquired Boston's 2017 second-round pick for compensation after the 2015–16 season ended.
August 30, 2017: Boston Celtics to Cleveland Cavaliers[8][9]
Cleveland acquired Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Žižić, the Brooklyn Nets' 2018 first-round pick, and the Miami Heat's 2020 second-round pick (latter pick added as compensation for Thomas' failed physical)
Boston acquired Kyrie Irving

^ Jump up to: a b July 7, 2012: Los Angeles Lakers to Phoenix Suns[10]
Phoenix acquired a 2013 first-round pick, a 2013 second-round pick, a 2014 second-round pick, and an unprotected 2018 first-round pick
L.A. Lakers acquired Steve Nash
February 19, 2015: Phoenix Suns to Philadelphia 76ers (three-team trade with Milwaukee)[11]
Philadelphia acquired the L.A. Lakers' 2018 first-round pick from Phoenix
Phoenix acquired Brandon Knight and Kendall Marshall from Milwaukee
Milwaukee acquired Michael Carter-Williams from Philadelphia, Miles Plumlee and Tyler Ennis from Phoenix

^ Jump up to: a b January 29, 2018: Detroit Pistons to Los Angeles Clippers[14]
L.A. Clippers acquired Avery Bradley, Tobias Harris, Boban Marjanović, and a top-4 protected 2018 first-round pick
Detroit acquired Blake Griffin, Brice Johnson, and Willie Reed

Jump up ^ February 19, 2015: Miami Heat to Phoenix Suns (three-team trade with New Orleans Pelicans)[15]
Phoenix acquired John Salmons from New Orleans, Danny Granger, a top-7 protected 2018 first-round pick, a 2021 unprotected first-round pick, and a traded player exception from Miami
Miami acquired Goran Dragić and Zoran Dragić from Phoenix
New Orleans acquired Norris Cole, Shawne Williams, Justin Hamilton, and cash considerations from Miami

Jump up ^ February 10, 2015: Minnesota Timberwolves to Atlanta Hawks[16]
Atlanta acquired a lottery protected 2018 first-round pick
Minnesota acquired Adreian Payne

Jump up ^ February 19, 2015: Oklahoma City Thunder to Utah Jazz (three-team trade with Detroit Pistons)[18]
Utah acquired a 2017 second-round pick from Detroit, Kendrick Perkins, Grant Jerrett, the player rights to Tibor Pleiß, and a lottery protected 2018 first-round pick from Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City acquired Enes Kanter and Steve Novak, D. J. Augustin, Kyle Singler, and a 2019 second-round pick from Detroit
Detroit acquired Reggie Jackson
June 30, 2017: Utah Jazz to Minnesota Timberwolves[19]
Minnesota acquired a lottery protected 2018 Oklahoma City first-round pick
Utah acquired Ricky Rubio

^ Jump up to: a b February 1, 2018: New Orleans Pelicans to Chicago Bulls[20]
Chicago acquired Tony Allen, Jameer Nelson, Ömer Aşık, a top-5 protected 2018 first-round pick, and the rights to swap 2021 second-round picks
New Orleans acquired Nikola Mirotić and reacquired their 2018 second-round pick once again

Jump up ^ February 18, 2016: Cleveland Cavaliers to Portland Trail Blazers[21]
Portland acquired Anderson Varejão and a 2018 protected first-round pick
Cleveland acquired a 2020 second round pick
January 6, 2017: Portland Trail Blazers to Cleveland Cavaliers[22]
Cleveland reacquired their rights to that 2018 protected first-round pick (protections removed)
Portland acquired a 2017 first round pick
February 8, 2018: Cleveland Cavaliers to Los Angeles Lakers[23]
L.A. Lakers acquired Isaiah Thomas, Channing Frye and a top-3 protected 2018 first-round pick
Cleveland acquired Jordan Clarkson and Larry Nance Jr.

^ Jump up to: a b July 13, 2017: Toronto Raptors to Brooklyn Nets[24]
Brooklyn acquired DeMarre Carroll, a lottery protected 2018 first-round pick, and the worst 2018 second-round pick between Orlando and the L.A. Lakers
Toronto acquired Justin Hamilton

Jump up ^ June 28, 2017: Houston Rockets to Los Angeles Clippers[25]
L.A. Clippers acquired Patrick Beverley, Sam Dekker, Montrezl Harrell, Darrun Hilliard, DeAndre Liggins, Lou Williams, Kyle Wiltjer, and a top-3 protected 2018 first-round pick
Houston acquired Chris Paul
July 7, 2017: Los Angeles Clippers to Atlanta Hawks (three-team trade with Denver Nuggets)[26]
Atlanta acquired Jamal Crawford, Diamond Stone, a top-3 protected 2018 Houston first-round pick and cash considerations from the L.A. Clippers
L.A. Clippers acquired Danilo Gallinari from Denver
Denver acquired the Washington Wizards' 2019 second-round pick from Atlanta

Jump up ^ February 23, 2017: Chicago Bulls to Oklahoma City Thunder[27]
Oklahoma City acquired Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott, and a 2018 second round pick
Chicago acquired Joffrey Lauvergne, Anthony Morrow, and Cameron Payne
September 25, 2017: Oklahoma City Thunder to New York Knicks[28]
New York acquired Enes Kanter, Doug McDermott, and Chicago's 2018 second round pick
Oklahoma City acquired Carmelo Anthony

^ Jump up to: a b December 11, 2014: Brooklyn Nets to Philadelphia 76ers[30]
Philadelphia acquired Andrei Kirilenko, Jorge Gutiérrez, the right to swap 2018 second-round picks between Cleveland and Brooklyn, a 2020 second-round pick, and cash considerations
Brooklyn acquired Brandon Davies and the Cleveland Cavaliers' 2018 second-round pick

^ Jump up to: a b October 27, 2014: New York Knicks to Philadelphia 76ers[32]
Philadelphia acquired Travis Outlaw, the right to swap 2018 second-round picks between New York and the L.A. Clippers, and a 2019 second-round pick
New York acquired Arnett Moultrie

Jump up ^ June 20, 2018: Philadelphia 76ers to Los Angeles Lakers[33]
L.A. Lakers acquired New York's second-round pick
Philadelphia acquired Chicago's 2019 second-round pick from Los Angeles and cash considerations

Jump up ^ August 10, 2012: Los Angeles Lakers to Orlando Magic (four-team trade with Philadelphia and Denver)[34]
Orlando acquired Arron Afflalo, Al Harrington, a 2013 second-round pick, and the worse of Denver's and New York's 2014 first-round picks from Denver; Nikola Vučević, Maurice Harkless, and a 2015 conditional first-round pick that was conveyed in 2017 for the Sacramento Kings from Philadelphia; Josh McRoberts, Christian Eyenga, a 2015 protected second-round pick, and the Lakers' 2017 protected first-round pick (converted to the Lakers' 2017 second-round pick and 2018 second-round pick) from the L.A. Lakers
L.A. Lakers acquired Dwight Howard, Earl Clark, and Chris Duhon from Orlando
Philadelphia acquired Jason Richardson from Orlando and Andrew Bynum from the L.A. Lakers
Denver acquired Andre Iguodala from Philadelphia
May 25, 2017: Orlando Magic to Toronto Raptors[35]
Toronto acquired the worse 2018 second-round pick between Orlando and the L.A. Lakers;
Orlando acquired the contractual release of Toronto general manager Jeff Weltman, whom the Magic immediately signed as their new president of basketball operations

^ Jump up to: a b February 16, 2016: Charlotte Hornets to Memphis Grizzlies (three-team trade with Miami)[36]
Memphis acquired P.J. Hairston, a 2018 second-round pick, and Brooklyn's 2019 second-round pick from Charlotte; Chris Andersen, a 2018 second-round pick, and a top-55 protected 2019 second-round pick from Miami
Charlotte acquired Courtney Lee and cash considerations from Memphis
Miami acquired Brian Roberts from Charlotte

Jump up ^ September 22, 2017: Memphis Grizzlies to Phoenix Suns[37]
Phoenix acquired Troy Daniels and a 2018 second-round pick for the middle choice between Charlotte, Memphis, and Miami
Memphis acquired a top-55 protected 2018 Phoenix second-round pick (which would not be conveyed)
February 8, 2018: Phoenix Suns to Orlando Magic[38]
Orlando acquired a 2018 second-round pick for the middle choice between Charlotte, Memphis, and Miami
Phoenix acquired Elfrid Payton

Jump up ^ February 20, 2014: Los Angeles Clippers to Philadelphia 76ers[41]
Philadelphia acquired Byron Mullens and a 2018 second-round pick (which would later be swapped with the New York Knicks)
L.A. Clippers acquired a protected 2014 second-round pick (which ultimately wasn't conveyed)

^ Jump up to: a b February 8, 2018: Denver Nuggets to Dallas Mavericks (three-team trade with New York)[42]
Dallas acquired Doug McDermott and the Portland Trail Blazers' 2018 second-round pick from Dallas
Denver acquired Devin Harris from Dallas and the L.A. Clippers' 2018 second-round pick from New York
New York acquired Emmanuel Mudiay from Denver

Jump up ^ February 5, 2018: Milwaukee Bucks to Brooklyn Nets[43]
Brooklyn acquired Rashad Vaughn and a 2018 protected second-round pick
Milwaukee acquired Tyler Zeller

Jump up ^ June 22, 2017: Memphis Grizzlies to Houston Rockets[44]
Houston acquired the worst 2018 second-round pick between Charlotte, Memphis, and Miami
Memphis acquired the draft rights to Dillon Brooks

^ Jump up to: a b July 10, 2013: Utah Jazz to Denver Nuggets (three-team trade with Golden State)[45]
Utah acquired a 2018 second-round pick from Denver, Andris Biedriņš, Richard Jefferson, Brandon Rush, a 2014 first-round pick, a 2016 second-round pick, a 2017 first-round pick, a 2017 second-round pick, and cash considerations from Golden State;
Denver acquired Randy Foye from Utah and a 2018 second-round pick from Golden State;
Golden State acquired Andre Iguodala from Denver via sign-and-trade and Kevin Murphy from Utah

Jump up ^ February 18, 2016: Utah Jazz to Chicago Bulls (three-team trade with Atlanta)[46]
Chicago acquired Justin Holiday from Atlanta and a 2018 second-round pick from Utah;
Utah acquired Shelvin Mack from Atlanta;
Atlanta acquired Kirk Hinrich from Chicago
July 7, 2016: Chicago Bulls to Los Angeles Lakers[47]
L.A. Lakers acquired José Calderón, Denver's 2018 second-round pick, and Chicago's 2019 second-round pick;
Chicago acquired the player rights to Ater Majok

Jump up ^ February 18, 2016: New Orleans Pelicans to Miami Heat[48]
Miami acquired a top-55 protected 2018 second-round pick
New Orleans acquired Jarnell Stokes and cash considerations
July 10, 2016: Miami Heat to New Orleans Pelicans[49]
New Orleans reacquired their own 2018 second-round pick (protections removed)
Miami acquired Luke Babbitt
September 1, 2017: New Orleans Pelicans to Chicago Bulls[50]
Chicago acquired Quincy Pondexter, a 2018 second-round pick, and cash considerations
New Orleans acquired the player rights to Ater Majok

Jump up ^ February 12, 2017: Portland Trail Blazers to Denver Nuggets[52]
Denver acquired Mason Plumlee, the least favorable 2018 second-round pick between Portland and Sacramento, and cash considerations
Portland acquired Jusuf Nurkić and Memphis' 2017 first-round pick

Jump up ^ September 27, 2014: Cleveland Cavaliers to Philadelphia 76ers[54]
Philadelphia acquired Keith Bogans and a 2018 second-round pick
Cleveland acquired a conditional 2015 second-round pick (that ultimately wasn't conveyed)

Jump up ^ June 25, 2015: Brooklyn Nets to Charlotte Hornets[55]
Charlotte acquired the least valuable 2018 second-round pick between Brooklyn and Cleveland, a 2019 second-round pick, and cash considerations
Brooklyn acquired the draft rights to Juan Pablo Vaulet

Jump up ^ July 14, 2015: Boston Celtics to Oklahoma City Thunder[56]
Oklahoma City acquired a top-55 protected 2018 second-round pick
Boston acquired Perry Jones, a 2019 second-round pick, and cash considerations

Jump up ^ February 23, 2017: Toronto Raptors to Phoenix Suns[57]
Phoenix acquired Jared Sullinger, a 2017 second-round pick, and a 2018 second-round pick
Toronto acquired P.J. Tucker

Jump up ^ June 28, 2017: Houston Rockets to Philadelphia 76ers[25]
Philadelphia acquired a 2018 second-round pick and cash considerations
Houston acquired Shawn Long

text: Draft-day trades[edit]

text: Draft-day trades occurred on June 21, 2018, the day of the draft.

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^ Jump up to: a b
June 21, 2018: Atlanta Hawks to Dallas Mavericks[6]
Dallas acquired Atlanta's first round pick (No. 3 - Luka Dončić)
Atlanta acquired Dallas' first round pick (No. 5 - Trae Young) and a protected 2019 first round selection

^ Jump up to: a b
June 21, 2018: Philadelphia 76ers to Phoenix Suns[12]
Phoenix acquired Philadelphia's first round pick (No. 10 - Mikal Bridges)
Philadelphia acquired Phoenix's first round pick (No. 16 - Zhaire Smith) and the Miami Heat's 2021 first round selection

^ Jump up to: a b
June 21, 2018: Charlotte Hornets to Los Angeles Clippers[13]
Los Angeles Clippers acquired Charlotte's first round pick (No. 11 - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander)
Charlotte acquired the Los Angeles Clippers' first round pick (No. 12 - Miles Bridges) and two future second round selections

Jump up ^
June 21, 2018: Atlanta Hawks to Charlotte Hornets[13]
Charlotte acquired Atlanta's second round pick
Atlanta acquired Charlotte's 2019 and 2023 second round selections

Jump up ^ June 21, 2018: Sacramento Kings to Portland Trail Blazers[29]
Portland acquired Sacramento's second round pick
Sacramento acquired two future second round selections and cash considerations

Jump up ^ June 21, 2018: Philadelphia 76ers to Detroit Pistons[31]
Detroit acquired Philadelphia's second-round pick
Philadelphia acquired two future second round selections

^ Jump up to: a b June 21, 2018: Orlando Magic to Denver Nuggets[39][40]
Denver acquired Orlando's second-round pick (No. 41 - Jarred Vanderbilt)
Orlando acquired Denver's second-round pick (No. 43 - Justin Jackson) and a future second round selection

Jump up ^ June 21, 2018: Utah Jazz to Houston Rockets [51]
Houston acquired Utah's second-round pick
Utah acquired cash considerations

^ Jump up to: a b c June 21, 2018: Dallas Mavericks to Philadelphia 76ers[53]
Philadelphia acquired Dallas' second round selection (No 54 - Shake Milton)
Dallas acquired two of Philadelphia's second round selections (No. 56 - Ray Spalding and No. 60 - Kostas Antetokounmpo)

text: Invited attendees[edit]

text: The NBA annually invites around 15–20 players to sit in the so-called "green room", a special room set aside at the draft site for the invited players plus their families and agents. When their names are called, the player leaves the room and goes up on stage. Other players who are not invited are allowed to attend the ceremony. They sit in the stands with the fans and walk up on stage when (or if) they are drafted.[68] On June 15, 2018, 19 total players were announced as invites for the NBA Draft that year (all of whom coming out of college this year), while potential top 3 pick Luka Dončić was initially not invited to the event due to the Liga ACB Finals potentially extending through the draft. On June 19, ESPN reported that Dončić would attend the draft after all, following Real Madrid's championship victory the previous night.[69] The following players (listed alphabetically) have been confirmed as invites for the event this year:

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Deandre Ayton, Arizona
 Marvin Bagley III, Duke
 Mohamed Bamba, Texas
 Mikal Bridges, Villanova
 Miles Bridges, Michigan State
 Wendell Carter, Duke
 Donte DiVincenzo, Villanova
 Luka Dončić, Real Madrid (Spain)
 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Kentucky
 Aaron Holiday, UCLA
 Chandler Hutchison, Boise State
 Jaren Jackson Jr., Michigan State
 Kevin Knox, Kentucky
 Michael Porter Jr., Missouri
 Jerome Robinson, Boston College
 Collin Sexton, Alabama
 Zhaire Smith, Texas Tech
 Lonnie Walker, Miami
 Robert Williams, Texas A&M
 Trae Young, Oklahoma

text: Notes[edit]

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Jump up ^ Nationality indicates the player's national team or representative nationality. If a player has not competed at the international level, then the nationality indicates the national team which the player is eligible to represent according to FIBA rules.

Jump up ^ Josh Okogie was born in Nigeria, but raised in Atlanta.[17] He also played for the Under-19 U.S. National Team in 2017.

Jump up ^ Mitchell Robinson tried to attend Western Kentucky University earlier the previous year, but left before attending a single practice there in order to train by himself until draft night. The last place he played for was at Chalmette High School as a proper high school senior.

Jump up ^ While his official team was for the Brose Baskets in Germany, throughout the season, Kulboka was mainly loaned to the Orlandina Basket in Italy instead.


document_title: President of the United States

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text: President of the United States

text: Origin

text: In 1776, the Thirteen Colonies, acting through the Second Continental Congress, declared political independence from Great Britain during the American Revolution. The new states, though independent of each other as nation states,[20] recognized the necessity of closely coordinating their efforts against the British.[21] Desiring to avoid anything that remotely resembled a monarchy, Congress negotiated the Articles of Confederation to establish an alliance between the states.[20] As a central authority, Congress under the Articles was without any legislative power; it could make its own resolutions, determinations, and regulations, but not any laws, nor any taxes or local commercial regulations enforceable upon citizens.[21] This institutional design reflected how Americans believed the deposed British system of Crown and Parliament ought to have functioned with respect to the royal dominion: a superintending body for matters that concerned the entire empire.[21] Out from under any monarchy, the states assigned some formerly royal prerogatives (e.g., making war, receiving ambassadors, etc.) to Congress, while severally lodging the rest within their own respective state governments. Only after all the states agreed to a resolution settling competing western land claims did the Articles take effect on March 1, 1781, when Maryland became the final state to ratify them.

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text: In 1783, the Treaty of Paris secured independence for each of the former colonies. With peace at hand, the states each turned toward their own internal affairs.[20] By 1786, Americans found their continental borders besieged and weak and their respective economies in crises as neighboring states agitated trade rivalries with one another. They witnessed their hard currency pouring into foreign markets to pay for imports, their Mediterranean commerce preyed upon by North African pirates, and their foreign-financed Revolutionary War debts unpaid and accruing interest.[20] Civil and political unrest loomed.

text: Following the successful resolution of commercial and fishing disputes between Virginia and Maryland at the Mount Vernon Conference in 1785, Virginia called for a trade conference between all the states, set for September 1786 in Annapolis, Maryland, with an aim toward resolving further-reaching interstate commercial antagonisms. When the convention failed for lack of attendance due to suspicions among most of the other states, Alexander Hamilton led the Annapolis delegates in a call for a convention to offer revisions to the Articles, to be held the next spring in Philadelphia. Prospects for the next convention appeared bleak until James Madison and Edmund Randolph succeeded in securing George Washington's attendance to Philadelphia as a delegate for Virginia.[20][22]

text: When the Constitutional Convention convened in May 1787, the 12 state delegations in attendance (Rhode Island did not send delegates) brought with them an accumulated experience over a diverse set of institutional arrangements between legislative and executive branches from within their respective state governments. Most states maintained a weak executive without veto or appointment powers, elected annually by the legislature to a single term only, sharing power with an executive council, and countered by a strong legislature.[20] New York offered the greatest exception, having a strong, unitary governor with veto and appointment power elected to a three-year term, and eligible for reelection to an indefinite number of terms thereafter.[20] It was through the closed-door negotiations at Philadelphia that the presidency framed in the U.S. Constitution emerged.

text: Powers and duties

text: Article I legislative role

text: The first power the Constitution confers upon the president is the veto. The Presentment Clause requires that any bill passed by Congress to be presented to the president before it can become law. Once the legislation has been presented, the president has three options:

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Sign the legislation within ten days, excluding Sundays – the bill becomes law.
Veto the legislation within the above timeframe and return it to the house of Congress in which it originated, expressing any objections – the bill does not become law, unless both houses of Congress vote to override the veto by a two-thirds vote.
Take no action on the legislation within the above timeframe – the bill becomes law, as if the president had signed it, unless Congress by their adjournment prevents its return, in which case a it does not become law (a legislative maneuver known as a pocket veto).

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text: In 1996, Congress attempted to enhance the president's veto power with the Line Item Veto Act. The legislation empowered the president to sign any spending bill into law while simultaneously striking certain spending items within the bill, particularly any new spending, any amount of discretionary spending, or any new limited tax benefit. Congress could then repass that particular item. If the president then vetoed the new legislation, Congress could override the veto by its ordinary means, a two-thirds vote in both houses. In Clinton v. City of New York, 524 U.S. 417 (1998), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled such a legislative alteration of the veto power to be unconstitutional.

text: Article II executive powers

text: War and foreign affairs powers

text: Perhaps the most important of all presidential powers is the command of the United States Armed Forces as its commander-in-chief. While the power to declare war is constitutionally vested in Congress, the president has ultimate responsibility for direction and disposition of the military. The present-day operational command of the Armed Forces (belonging to the Department of Defense) is normally exercised through the Secretary of Defense, with assistance of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to the Combatant Commands, as outlined in the presidentially approved Unified Command Plan (UCP).[23][24][25] The framers of the Constitution took care to limit the president's powers regarding the military; Alexander Hamilton explains this in Federalist No. 69:

text: The President is to be commander-in-chief of the army and navy of the United States. ... It would amount to nothing more than the supreme command and direction of the military and naval forces ... while that [the power] of the British king extends to the DECLARING of war and to the RAISING and REGULATING of fleets and armies, all [of] which ... would appertain to the legislature.[26] [Emphasis in the original.]

text: Congress, pursuant to the War Powers Resolution, must authorize any troop deployments longer than 60 days, although that process relies on triggering mechanisms that have never been employed, rendering it ineffectual.[27] Additionally, Congress provides a check to presidential military power through its control over military spending and regulation. While historically presidents initiated the process for going to war,[28][29] critics have charged that there have been several conflicts in which presidents did not get official declarations, including Theodore Roosevelt's military move into Panama in 1903,[28] the Korean War,[28] the Vietnam War,[28] and the invasions of Grenada in 1983[30] and Panama in 1990.[31]

text: Along with the armed forces, the president also directs U.S. foreign policy. Through the Department of State and the Department of Defense, the president is responsible for the protection of Americans abroad and of foreign nationals in the United States. The president decides whether to recognize new nations and new governments, and negotiates treaties with other nations, which become binding on the United States when approved by two-thirds vote of the Senate.[citation needed]

text: Administrative powers

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Suffice it to say that the President is made the sole repository of the executive powers of the United States, and the powers entrusted to him as well as the duties imposed upon him are awesome indeed.

William Rehnquist, Nixon v. General Services Administration, 433 U.S. 425 (1977) (dissenting opinion)

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text: The president is the head of the executive branch of the federal government and is constitutionally obligated to "take care that the laws be faithfully executed".[32] The executive branch has over four million employees, including members of the military.[33]

text: Presidents make numerous executive branch appointments: an incoming president may make up to 6,000 before taking office and 8,000 more while serving. Ambassadors, members of the Cabinet, and other federal officers, are all appointed by a president with the "advice and consent" of a majority of the Senate. When the Senate is in recess for at least ten days, the president may make recess appointments.[34] Recess appointments are temporary and expire at the end of the next session of the Senate.

text: The power of a president to fire executive officials has long been a contentious political issue. Generally, a president may remove purely executive officials at will.[35] However, Congress can curtail and constrain a president's authority to fire commissioners of independent regulatory agencies and certain inferior executive officers by statute.[36]

text: The president additionally possesses the ability to direct much of the executive branch through executive orders that are grounded in federal law or constitutionally granted executive power. Executive orders are reviewable by federal courts and can be superseded by federal legislation and Supreme Court's decisions.

text: To manage the growing federal bureaucracy, Presidents have gradually surrounded themselves with many layers of staff, who were eventually organized into the Executive Office of the President of the United States. Within the Executive Office, the President's innermost layer of aides (and their assistants) are located in the White House Office.

text: President also has "unreviewable authority" over the matters of immigration and can ban entry to the USA of foreign nationals who have no “credible claim of a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the United States” at will.[37][38]

text: Juridical powers

text: The president also has the power to nominate federal judges, including members of the United States courts of appeals and the Supreme Court of the United States. However, these nominations require Senate confirmation. Securing Senate approval can provide a major obstacle for presidents who wish to orient the federal judiciary toward a particular ideological stance. When nominating judges to U.S. district courts, presidents often respect the long-standing tradition of senatorial courtesy. Presidents may also grant pardons and reprieves (Bill Clinton pardoned Patty Hearst on his last day in office), as is often done just before the end of a presidential term, but not without controversy.[39][40][41]

text: Historically, two doctrines concerning executive power have developed that enable the president to exercise executive power with a degree of autonomy. The first is executive privilege, which allows the president to withhold from disclosure any communications made directly to the president in the performance of executive duties. George Washington first claimed privilege when Congress requested to see Chief Justice John Jay's notes from an unpopular treaty negotiation with Great Britain. While not enshrined in the Constitution, or any other law, Washington's action created the precedent for the privilege. When Richard Nixon tried to use executive privilege as a reason for not turning over subpoenaed evidence to Congress during the Watergate scandal, the Supreme Court ruled in United States v. Nixon, 418 U.S. 683 (1974), that executive privilege did not apply in cases where a president was attempting to avoid criminal prosecution. When President Bill Clinton attempted to use executive privilege regarding the Lewinsky scandal, the Supreme Court ruled in Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681 (1997), that the privilege also could not be used in civil suits. These cases established the legal precedent that executive privilege is valid, although the exact extent of the privilege has yet to be clearly defined. Additionally, federal courts have allowed this privilege to radiate outward and protect other executive branch employees, but have weakened that protection for those executive branch communications that do not involve the president.[42]

text: The state secrets privilege allows the president and the executive branch to withhold information or documents from discovery in legal proceedings if such release would harm national security. Precedent for the privilege arose early in the 19th century when Thomas Jefferson refused to release military documents in the treason trial of Aaron Burr and again in Totten v. United States 92 U.S. 105 (1876), when the Supreme Court dismissed a case brought by a former Union spy.[43] However, the privilege was not formally recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court until United States v. Reynolds 345 U.S. 1 (1953), where it was held to be a common law evidentiary privilege.[44] Before the September 11 attacks, use of the privilege had been rare, but increasing in frequency.[45] Since 2001, the government has asserted the privilege in more cases and at earlier stages of the litigation, thus in some instances causing dismissal of the suits before reaching the merits of the claims, as in the Ninth Circuit's ruling in Mohamed v. Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc.[44][46][47] Critics of the privilege claim its use has become a tool for the government to cover up illegal or embarrassing government actions.[48][49]

text: Legislative facilitator

text: The Constitution's Ineligibility Clause prevents the President (and all other executive officers) from simultaneously being a member of Congress. Therefore, the president cannot directly introduce legislative proposals for consideration in Congress. However, the president can take an indirect role in shaping legislation, especially if the president's political party has a majority in one or both houses of Congress. For example, the president or other officials of the executive branch may draft legislation and then ask senators or representatives to introduce these drafts into Congress. The president can further influence the legislative branch through constitutionally mandated, periodic reports to Congress. These reports may be either written or oral, but today are given as the State of the Union address, which often outlines the president's legislative proposals for the coming year. Additionally, the president may attempt to have Congress alter proposed legislation by threatening to veto that legislation unless requested changes are made.

text: In the 20th century critics began charging that too many legislative and budgetary powers have slid into the hands of presidents that should belong to Congress. As the head of the executive branch, presidents control a vast array of agencies that can issue regulations with little oversight from Congress. One critic charged that presidents could appoint a "virtual army of 'czars' – each wholly unaccountable to Congress yet tasked with spearheading major policy efforts for the White House".[50] Presidents have been criticized for making signing statements when signing congressional legislation about how they understand a bill or plan to execute it.[51] This practice has been criticized by the American Bar Association as unconstitutional.[52] Conservative commentator George Will wrote of an "increasingly swollen executive branch" and "the eclipse of Congress".[53]

text: According to Article II, Section 3, Clause 2 of the Constitution, the president may convene either or both houses of Congress. If both houses cannot agree on a date of adjournment, the president may appoint a date for Congress to adjourn.

text: Ceremonial roles

text: As head of state, the president can fulfill traditions established by previous presidents. William Howard Taft started the tradition of throwing out the ceremonial first pitch in 1910 at Griffith Stadium, Washington, D.C., on the Washington Senators' Opening Day. Every president since Taft, except for Jimmy Carter, threw out at least one ceremonial first ball or pitch for Opening Day, the All-Star Game, or the World Series, usually with much fanfare.[54]

text: The President of the United States has served as the honorary president of the Boy Scouts of America since the founding of the organization.[55]

text: Other presidential traditions are associated with American holidays. Rutherford B. Hayes began in 1878 the first White House egg rolling for local children.[56] Beginning in 1947 during the Harry S. Truman administration, every Thanksgiving the president is presented with a live domestic turkey during the annual National Thanksgiving Turkey Presentation held at the White House. Since 1989, when the custom of "pardoning" the turkey was formalized by George H. W. Bush, the turkey has been taken to a farm where it will live out the rest of its natural life.[57]

text: Presidential traditions also involve the president's role as head of government. Many outgoing presidents since James Buchanan traditionally give advice to their successor during the presidential transition.[58] Ronald Reagan and his successors have also left a private message on the desk of the Oval Office on Inauguration Day for the incoming president.[59]

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Four ruffles and flourishes and 'Hail to the Chief' (long version)

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text: During a state visit by a foreign head of state, the president typically hosts a State Arrival Ceremony held on the South Lawn, a custom begun by John F. Kennedy in 1961.[60] This is followed by a state dinner given by the president which is held in the State Dining Room later in the evening.[61]

text: The modern presidency holds the president as one of the nation's premier celebrities. Some argue that images of the presidency have a tendency to be manipulated by administration public relations officials as well as by presidents themselves. One critic described the presidency as "propagandized leadership" which has a "mesmerizing power surrounding the office".[62] Administration public relations managers staged carefully crafted photo-ops of smiling presidents with smiling crowds for television cameras.[63] One critic wrote the image of John F. Kennedy was described as carefully framed "in rich detail" which "drew on the power of myth" regarding the incident of PT 109[64] and wrote that Kennedy understood how to use images to further his presidential ambitions.[65] As a result, some political commentators have opined that American voters have unrealistic expectations of presidents: voters expect a president to "drive the economy, vanquish enemies, lead the free world, comfort tornado victims, heal the national soul and protect borrowers from hidden credit-card fees".[66]

text: Critics of presidency's evolution

text: Most of the nation's Founding Fathers expected the Congress, which was the first branch of government described in the Constitution, to be the dominant branch of government; they did not expect a strong executive.[67] However, presidential power has shifted over time, which has resulted in claims that the modern presidency has become too powerful,[68][69] unchecked, unbalanced,[70] and "monarchist" in nature.[71] Critic Dana D. Nelson believes presidents over the past thirty years have worked towards "undivided presidential control of the executive branch and its agencies".[72] She criticizes proponents of the unitary executive for expanding "the many existing uncheckable executive powers – such as executive orders, decrees, memorandums, proclamations, national security directives and legislative signing statements – that already allow presidents to enact a good deal of foreign and domestic policy without aid, interference or consent from Congress".[72] Activist Bill Wilson opined that the expanded presidency was "the greatest threat ever to individual freedom and democratic rule".[73]

text: Selection process

text: Eligibility

text: Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution sets the following qualifications for holding the presidency:

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be a natural-born citizen of the United States;[note 4]
be at least thirty-five years old;
be a resident in the United States for at least fourteen years.

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text: A person who meets the above qualifications is still disqualified from holding the office of president under any of the following conditions:

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Under the Twenty-second Amendment, no person can be elected president more than twice. The amendment also specifies that if any eligible person serves as president or acting president for more than two years of a term for which some other eligible person was elected president, the former can only be elected president once. Scholars disagree over whether a person precluded by the Twenty-second Amendment to being elected president is also precluded from being vice president.[74]
Under Article I, Section 3, Clause 7, upon conviction in impeachment cases, the Senate has the option of disqualifying convicted individuals from holding federal office, including that of president.[75]
Under Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment, no person who swore an oath to support the Constitution, and later rebelled against the United States, can become president. However, this disqualification can be lifted by a two-thirds vote of each house of Congress.

text: Campaigns and nomination

text: The modern presidential campaign begins before the primary elections, which the two major political parties use to clear the field of candidates before their national nominating conventions, where the most successful candidate is made the party's nominee for president. Typically, the party's presidential candidate chooses a vice presidential nominee, and this choice is rubber-stamped by the convention. The most common previous profession of U.S. presidents is lawyer.[76]

text: Nominees participate in nationally televised debates, and while the debates are usually restricted to the Democratic and Republican nominees, third party candidates may be invited, such as Ross Perot in the 1992 debates. Nominees campaign across the country to explain their views, convince voters and solicit contributions. Much of the modern electoral process is concerned with winning swing states through frequent visits and mass media advertising drives.

text: Election and oath

text: The president is elected indirectly. A number of electors, collectively known as the Electoral College, officially select the president. On Election Day, voters in each of the states and the District of Columbia cast ballots for these electors. Each state is allocated a number of electors, equal to the size of its delegation in both Houses of Congress combined. Generally, the ticket that wins the most votes in a state wins all of that state's electoral votes and thus has its slate of electors chosen to vote in the Electoral College.

text: The winning slate of electors meet at its state's capital on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, about six weeks after the election, to vote. They then send a record of that vote to Congress. The vote of the electors is opened by the sitting vice president—acting in that role's capacity as President of the Senate—and read aloud to a joint session of the incoming Congress, which was elected at the same time as the president.

text: Pursuant to the Twentieth Amendment, the president's term of office begins at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. This date, known as Inauguration Day, marks the beginning of the four-year terms of both the president and the vice president. Before executing the powers of the office, a president is constitutionally required to take the presidential oath:

text: I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.[77]

text: Although not required, presidents have traditionally palmed a Bible while swearing the oath and have added, "So help me God!" to the end of the oath.[78] Further, although the oath may be administered by any person authorized by law to administer oaths, presidents are traditionally sworn in by the Chief Justice of the United States.

text: Tenure and term limits

text: The term of office for president and vice president is four years. George Washington, the first president, set an unofficial precedent of serving only two terms. Before Franklin D. Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant and Theodore Roosevelt each unsuccessfully sought a third term. In 1940, Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected to a third term after being "drafted" by his party. In 1941, the United States entered World War II, leading voters to elect Roosevelt to a fourth term in 1944. Roosevelt died on April 12, 1945, 82 days into his fourth term.

text: After the war, and in response to Roosevelt being elected to third and fourth terms, the Twenty-second Amendment was adopted. The amendment bars anyone from being elected president more than twice, or once if that person served more than half of another president's term. Harry S. Truman, president when this amendment was adopted, was exempted from its limitations and briefly sought a third (a second full) term before withdrawing from the 1952 election.

text: Since the amendment's adoption, five presidents have served two full terms: Dwight D. Eisenhower, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Jimmy Carter and George H. W. Bush sought a second term, but were defeated. Richard Nixon was elected to a second term, but resigned before completing it. Lyndon B. Johnson was the only president under the amendment to be eligible to serve more than two terms in total, having served for only fourteen months following John F. Kennedy's assassination. However, Johnson withdrew from the 1968 Democratic Primary, surprising many Americans. Gerald Ford sought a full term, after serving out the last two years and five months of Nixon's second term, but was not elected.

text: Succession, vacancy, or disability

text: Succession to or vacancies in the office of President may arise under several possible circumstances: death, resignation, and removal from office.

text: Article II, Section 4 of the Constitution allows for the removal of high federal officials, including the president, from office for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." Article I, Section 2, Clause 5 gives the House of Representatives the power to impeach such officials by a majority vote. Article I, Section 3, Clause 6 gives the Senate the power to remove impeached officials from office, given a two-thirds vote to convict. The House has thus far impeached two presidents: Andrew Johnson in 1868 and Bill Clinton in 1998. Neither was subsequently convicted by the Senate; however, Johnson was acquitted by just one vote.

text: Under Section 3 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, the president may transfer the presidential powers and duties to the vice president, who then becomes acting president, by transmitting a statement to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate stating the reasons for the transfer. The president resumes the discharge of the presidential powers and duties upon transmitting, to those two officials, a written declaration stating that resumption. This transfer of power may occur for any reason the president considers appropriate; in 2002 and again in 2007, President George W. Bush briefly transferred presidential authority to Vice President Dick Cheney. In both cases, this was done to accommodate a medical procedure that required Bush to be sedated; both times, Bush returned to duty later the same day.[79]

text: Under Section 4 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, the vice president, in conjunction with a majority of the Cabinet, may transfer the presidential powers and duties from the president to the vice president by transmitting a written declaration to the Speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate that the president is unable to discharge the presidential powers and duties. If this occurs, then the vice president will assume the presidential powers and duties as acting president; however, the president can declare that no such inability exists and resume the discharge of the presidential powers and duties. If the vice president and Cabinet contest this claim, it is up to Congress, which must meet within two days if not already in session, to decide the merit of the claim.

text: The United States Constitution mentions the resignation of the president, but does not regulate its form or the conditions for its validity. Pursuant to federal law, the only valid evidence of the president's resignation is a written instrument to that effect, signed by the president and delivered to the office of the Secretary of State.[80] This has only occurred once, when Richard Nixon delivered a letter to Henry Kissinger to that effect.

text: Section 1 of the Twenty-fifth Amendment states that the vice president becomes president upon the removal from office, death, or resignation of the preceding president. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 provides that if the offices of President and Vice President are each either vacant or are held by a disabled person, the next officer in the presidential line of succession, the Speaker of the House, becomes acting president. The line then extends to the President pro tempore of the Senate, followed by every member of the Cabinet. A person must fulfill all eligibility requirements of the office of President to be eligible to become acting president; ineligible individuals are skipped.

text: Political affiliation

text: Throughout most of its history, politics of the United States have been dominated by political parties. Political parties had not been anticipated when the U.S. Constitution was drafted in 1787, nor did they exist at the time of the first presidential election in 1788–1789. Organized political parties developed in the U.S. in the mid–1790s, but political factions, from which organized parties evolved, began to appear almost immediately after the Federal government came into existence. Those who supported the Washington administration were referred to as "pro-administration" and would eventually form the Federalist Party, while those in opposition joined the emerging Democratic-Republican Party.[81]

text: Greatly concerned about the very real capacity of political parties to destroy the fragile unity holding the nation together, Washington remained unaffiliated with any political faction or party throughout his eight-year presidency. He was, and remains, the only U.S. president never to be affiliated with a political party.[82] Since George Washington, 43 persons have been sworn into office as President, and all have been affiliated with a political party at the time they assumed office. The number of presidents per political party are:

text:
19 with the Republican Party – Chester A. Arthur, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, Calvin Coolidge, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gerald Ford, James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G. Harding, Benjamin Harrison, Rutherford B. Hayes, Herbert Hoover, Abraham Lincoln, William McKinley, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Donald Trump
14 with the Democratic Party – James Buchanan, Jimmy Carter, Grover Cleveland, Bill Clinton, Andrew Jackson, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Barack Obama, Franklin Pierce, James K. Polk, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Martin Van Buren, and Woodrow Wilson
Four with the Democratic-Republican Party – John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and James Monroe
Four with the Whig Party – Millard Fillmore, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, and John Tyler
One with the Federalist Party – John Adams[83]
One with the National Union Party – Andrew Johnson

text: Compensation

text:
Presidential pay history

Date established
Salary
Salary in 2016
dollars

September 24, 1789
$25,000
$702,755

March 3, 1873
$50,000
$1,032,868

March 4, 1909
$75,000
$2,045,483

January 19, 1949
$100,000
$1,008,433

January 20, 1969
$200,000
$1,307,940

January 20, 2001
$400,000
$542,082

Sources:[84][85][86]

text: Since 2001, the president has earned a $400,000 annual salary, along with a $50,000 annual expense account, a $100,000 nontaxable travel account, and $19,000 for entertainment.[87][88] The most recent raise in salary was approved by Congress and President Bill Clinton in 1999 and went into effect in 2001.

text: Residence

text: The White House in Washington, D.C. serves as the official place of residence for the president. As well as access to the White House staff, facilities available to the president include medical care, recreation, housekeeping, and security services. The government pays for state dinners and other official functions, but the president pays for personal, family, and guest dry cleaning and food; the high food bill often amazes new residents.[89] Camp David, officially titled Naval Support Facility Thurmont, is a mountain-based military camp in Frederick County, Maryland, used as a country retreat and for high alert protection of the president and guests. Blair House, located next to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House Complex and Lafayette Park, is a complex of four connected townhouses exceeding 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2) of floor space that serves as the president's official guest house and as a secondary residence for the president if needed.[90]

text: Travel

text: For ground travel, the president uses the presidential state car, which is an armored limousine built on a heavily modified Cadillac-based chassis.[91] One of two identical Boeing VC-25 aircraft, which are extensively modified versions of Boeing 747-200B airliners, serve as long distance travel for the president and are referred to as Air Force One while the president is on board (although any U.S. Air Force aircraft the President is aboard is designated as "Air Force One" for the duration of the flight). In-country trips are typically handled with just one of the two planes, while overseas trips are handled with both, one primary and one backup. Any civilian aircraft the President is aboard is designated Executive One for the flight.[92][93] The president also has access to a fleet of thirty-five U.S. Marine Corps helicopters of varying models, designated Marine One when the president is aboard any particular one in the fleet. Flights are typically handled with as many as five helicopters all flying together and frequently swapping positions as to disguise which helicopter the President is actually aboard to any would-be threats.

text: Protection

text: The U.S. Secret Service is charged with protecting the sitting president and the first family. As part of their protection, presidents, first ladies, their children and other immediate family members, and other prominent persons and locations are assigned Secret Service codenames.[94] The use of such names was originally for security purposes and dates to a time when sensitive electronic communications were not routinely encrypted; today, the names simply serve for purposes of brevity, clarity, and tradition.[95]

text:
Presidential amenities

The White House

Camp David

Blair House

State car

Air Force One

Marine One

text: Post-presidency

text: Under the Former Presidents Act, all living former presidents are granted a pension, an office, and a staff. The pension has increased numerous times with Congressional approval. Retired presidents now receive a pension based on the salary of the current administration's cabinet secretaries, which was $199,700 each year in 2012.[96] Former presidents who served in Congress may also collect congressional pensions.[97] The act also provides former presidents with travel funds and franking privileges. Prior to 1997, all former presidents, their spouses, and their children until age 16 were protected by the Secret Service until the president's death.[98][99] In 1997, Congress passed legislation limiting secret service protection to no more than 10 years from the date a president leaves office.[100] On January 10, 2013, President Obama signed legislation reinstating lifetime secret service protection for him, George W. Bush, and all subsequent presidents.[101] A spouse who remarries is no longer eligible for secret service protection.[100]

text: Some presidents have had significant careers after leaving office. Prominent examples include William Howard Taft's tenure as Chief Justice of the United States and Herbert Hoover's work on government reorganization after World War II. Grover Cleveland, whose bid for reelection failed in 1888, was elected president again four years later in 1892. Two former presidents served in Congress after leaving the White House: John Quincy Adams was elected to the House of Representatives, serving there for seventeen years, and Andrew Johnson returned to the Senate in 1875. John Tyler served in the provisional Congress of the Confederate States during the Civil War and was elected to the Confederate House of Representatives, but died before that body first met.

text: Presidents may use their predecessors as emissaries to deliver private messages to other nations or as official representatives of the United States to state funerals and other important foreign events.[102][103] Richard Nixon made multiple foreign trips to countries including China and Russia and was lauded as an elder statesman.[104] Jimmy Carter has become a global human rights campaigner, international arbiter, and election monitor, as well as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Bill Clinton has also worked as an informal ambassador, most recently in the negotiations that led to the release of two American journalists, Laura Ling and Euna Lee, from North Korea. Clinton has also been active politically since his presidential term ended, working with his wife Hillary on her 2008 and 2016 presidential bids and President Obama on his 2012 reelection campaign.

text:
Living former presidents

Jimmy Carter (age 93)
since 1981

George H. W. Bush (age 93)
since 1993

Bill Clinton (age 71)
since 2001

George W. Bush (age 71)
since 2009

Barack Obama (age 56)
since 2017

text: Presidential libraries

text: Since Herbert Hoover, each president has created a repository known as a presidential library for preserving and making available his papers, records, and other documents and materials. Completed libraries are deeded to and maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); the initial funding for building and equipping each library must come from private, non-federal sources.[105] There are currently thirteen presidential libraries in the NARA system. There are also presidential libraries maintained by state governments and private foundations and Universities of Higher Education, such as the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, which is run by the State of Illinois, the George W. Bush Presidential library and Museum, which is run by Southern Methodist University, the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, which is run by Texas A&M University, and the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library and Museum, which is run by the University of Texas at Austin.

text: As many presidents live for many years after leaving office, several of them have personally overseen the building and opening of their own presidential libraries, some even making arrangements for their own burial at the site. Several presidential libraries therefore contain the graves of the president they document, including the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library, Museum and Boyhood Home in Abilene, Kansas, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda, California, and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California. These grave sites are open to the general public.

text: Timeline of presidents


document_title: List of Saturday Night Live guests

question_text: who has hosted the most saturday night live shows

text: List of Saturday Night Live guests

text: List of Saturday Night Live hosts[edit]

text: Saturday Night Live has featured a wide array of hosts and musical guests. George Carlin served as the show's first host in October 1975;[1] three episodes later, Candice Bergen became the first female host[2] and the first to host more than once.[3] Actor Alec Baldwin holds the record for most times hosting, having performed the duty on seventeen different occasions since 1990; Baldwin took the record from actor Steve Martin who has hosted fifteen times since 1976.[4]

text: Several former cast members have returned to take on hosting duties. Original cast member Chevy Chase has hosted the most times, eight in total. Bill Murray and Tina Fey follow behind, having hosted five times. On December 11, 1982, Eddie Murphy became the only person to host while still a member of the cast, filling the role at the last minute when the scheduled host (his 48 Hours co-star Nick Nolte) became ill.[5][6]

text: Musical guests can be solo acts or bands, who perform two to three musical numbers. Occasionally, the musical guest has also simultaneously served as the host. Paul Simon was the first example, hosting and performing on the second episode on October 18, 1975. As of May 19, 2012, Dave Grohl is the most frequent musical guest, performing on eleven shows since 1992.[7]

text: In 1982, at age 7, Drew Barrymore became the youngest person to host the show. Actress Betty White is the oldest person to host, having done so at 88 years of age on May 8, 2010.[8] Concerned about White's age and possible fatigue, her episode had Tina Fey, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Rachel Dratch and Amy Poehler on standby to replace her; White went on to appear in every sketch.[9] In 2000, singer Britney Spears became the youngest person to both host and simultaneously serve as the show's musical guest, at 18 years and 161 days old.[10]

text: In addition to making cameo appearances, political figures have also hosted the show. Al Gore hosted in 2002, the only former Vice President to do so. Presidential candidates, either former, current, or future, have served as hosts: Ralph Nader in 1977, George McGovern in 1984, Steve Forbes in 1996, Rudy Giuliani in 1997, John McCain in 2002, Al Sharpton in 2003, and Donald Trump in 2004 (promoting the reality TV hit The Apprentice) and again in 2015 as a presidential hopeful.

text: Five-Timers Club[edit]

text: The Five-Timers Club is the group of performers who have hosted SNL at least five times.[11][12][13][14] The club was first mentioned on the show on December 8, 1990 by Tom Hanks who, in his monologue, touched upon the fact that it was his fifth appearance as host:

text: Believe it or not, this is the fifth Saturday Night Live I have been lucky enough to host. Now, the first time you do the show, you can't believe you're here. You just can't believe it. Your head buzzes with excitement. The second time you do the show, it means you were funny enough to be asked back - and you're pushing a movie. The third time you do the show, the second time didn't go so well, and you have something to prove to yourself. The fourth time you do the show, you're just blatantly pushing a movie. But the fifth time you do the show is the most special time of all, because you get this [holds up a card] ...a membership card in the Five-Timers Club. Come with me... [walks off the stage] I'm gonna give you a chance to look in on one of the most exclusive clubs in the world.[15]

text: After Hanks gave his monologue, the show segued to a sketch featuring Hanks, Steve Martin, Elliott Gould, and Paul Simon in the richly-appointed club. Martin and Gould were both five-time hosts; Simon had only hosted four episodes, but was accepted as a member due to his numerous appearances as a musical guest. The Five-Timers Club was mentioned to have a swimming pool with perfect 80 degree waters. The food that is served there is named after SNL performers. Then-Saturday Night Live writer Conan O'Brien portrayed Sean, the doorman of the club. Jon Lovitz appears as a club waiter. Ralph Nader appears as a former SNL host trying to get into the Five-Timers Club only for Lovitz to tell him and his group to leave.

text: The second time the Five-Timers Club was mentioned was when Danny DeVito was inducted in 1993. It was actually his sixth time hosting, but apparently they did not count the show he co-hosted with his wife Rhea Perlman. The Club was mentioned again after the mark was reached by hosts Alec Baldwin (1994), John Goodman (1994), Christopher Walken (2001), Drew Barrymore (2007), Justin Timberlake (2013), Ben Affleck (2013), Scarlett Johansson (2017) Melissa McCarthy (2017), and Dwayne Johnson (2017); Steve Martin appeared at the end of McCarthy's fifth episode to present her with a jacket, while Alec Baldwin did the same for Dwayne Johnson in the monologue of the season finale. McCarthy had previously mentioned the club on her fourth appearance, when she claimed to be eligible because she had also been in the 40th anniversary special.

text: Justin Timberlake's monologue from March 9, 2013 featured the reappearance of the richly-appointed club. The sketch features Paul Simon, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Alec Baldwin, Tom Hanks, and Candice Bergen. There were portraits of John Goodman and Drew Barrymore in the Five-Timers Club's Hall of Portraits. The staff at the Five-Timers Club are former cast members, with Dan Aykroyd (1975–79) and Martin Short (1984–85) appearing as the club's bartender and waiter, respectively. Future cast member Mike O'Brien makes an appearance as the doorman who greets Justin. The entertainment at the Five-Timers Club involves making the current SNL performers fight each other to the death, with Bobby Moynihan shown fighting Taran Killam.

text: Steve Martin was the fastest to join the Five-Timers club, hosting five times in only 546 days. Buck Henry is the only other member to join in less than four years, hosting five times in 671 days, although, in keeping with his persona on the show of being an undesirable or boring host, is said not to have been told about the club itself. The following people are members of the Five-Timers Club.[citation needed]

text:
Name
Total appearances
as host
First appearance
Fifth appearance
Time to reach club
Most recent appearance

Affleck, BenBen Affleck
05 !5
000000002000-02-19-0000February 19, 2000
000000002013-05-18-0000May 18, 2013
7003483700000000000♠13 years, 88 days
000000002013-05-18-0000May 18, 2013

Baldwin, AlecAlec Baldwin
17
000000001990-04-21-0000April 21, 1990
000000001994-12-10-0000December 10, 1994
7003169400000000000♠4 years, 233 days
000000002017-02-11-0000February 11, 2017

Barrymore, DrewDrew Barrymore
06 !6
000000001982-11-20-0000November 20, 1982
000000002007-02-03-0000February 3, 2007
7003884100000000000♠24 years, 75 days
000000002009-10-10-0000October 10, 2009

Bergen, CandiceCandice Bergen
05 !5
000000001975-11-08-0000November 8, 1975
000000001990-05-19-0000May 19, 1990
7003530600000000000♠14 years, 192 days
000000001990-05-19-0000May 19, 1990

Chase, ChevyChevy Chase
08 !8
000000001978-02-18-0000February 18, 1978
000000001986-12-06-0000December 6, 1986
7003321300000000000♠8 years, 291 days
000000001997-02-15-0000February 15, 1997

DeVito, DannyDanny DeVito
06 !6
000000001982-05-15-0000May 15, 1982
000000001993-01-09-0000January 9, 1993
7003389200000000000♠10 years, 239 days
000000001999-12-11-0000December 11, 1999

Fey, TinaTina Fey
05 !5
000000002008-02-23-0000February 23, 2008
000000002015-12-19-0000December 19, 2015
7003285600000000000♠7 years, 299 days
000000002015-12-19-0000December 19, 2015

Goodman, JohnJohn Goodman[16]
13
000000001989-12-02-0000December 2, 1989
000000001994-05-07-0000May 7, 1994
7003161700000000000♠4 years, 156 days
000000002013-12-14-0000December 14, 2013

Gould, ElliottElliott Gould
06 !6
000000001976-01-10-0000January 10, 1976
000000001980-02-16-0000February 16, 1980
7003149800000000000♠4 years, 37 days
000000001980-11-15-0000November 15, 1980

Hanks, TomTom Hanks[17]
09 !9
000000001985-12-14-0000December 14, 1985
000000001990-12-08-0000December 8, 1990
7003182000000000000♠4 years, 359 days
000000002016-10-22-0000October 22, 2016

Henry, BuckBuck Henry
10
000000001976-01-17-0000January 17, 1976
000000001977-11-19-0000November 19, 1977
7002672000000000000♠1 year, 306 days
000000001980-05-24-0000May 24, 1980

Johansson, ScarlettScarlett Johansson
05 !5
000000002006-01-14-0000January 14, 2006
000000002017-03-11-0000March 11, 2017
7003407400000000000♠11 years, 56 days
000000002017-03-11-0000March 11, 2017

Johnson, DwayneDwayne Johnson
05 !5
000000002000-03-18-0000March 18, 2000
000000002017-05-20-0000May 20, 2017
7003627200000000000♠17 years, 63 days
000000002017-05-20-0000May 20, 2017

Martin, SteveSteve Martin[18]
15
000000001976-10-23-0000October 23, 1976
000000001978-04-22-0000April 22, 1978
7002546000000000000♠1 year, 181 days
000000002009-01-31-0000January 31, 2009

McCarthy, MelissaMelissa McCarthy
05 !5
000000002011-10-01-0000October 1, 2011
000000002017-05-13-0000May 13, 2017
7003205100000000000♠5 years, 224 days
000000002017-05-13-0000May 13, 2017

Murray, BillBill Murray
05 !5
000000001981-03-07-0000March 7, 1981
000000001999-02-20-0000February 20, 1999
7003655900000000000♠17 years, 350 days
000000001999-02-20-0000February 20, 1999

Simon, PaulPaul Simon
04 !4[a][b]
000000001975-10-18-0000October 18, 1975
000000001986-05-10-0000May 10, 1986
7003385700000000000♠10 years, 204 days
000000002011-05-14-0000May 14, 2011

Timberlake, JustinJustin Timberlake
05 !5[c]
000000002003-10-11-0000October 11, 2003
000000002013-03-09-0000March 9, 2013
7003343700000000000♠9 years, 149 days
000000002013-12-21-0000December 21, 2013

Walken, ChristopherChristopher Walken[19]
07 !7
000000001990-01-20-0000January 20, 1990
000000002001-05-19-0000May 19, 2001
7003413700000000000♠11 years, 119 days
000000002008-04-05-0000April 5, 2008

text: a Simon has only guest-hosted four times but has been included in both Five-Timers Club sketches. The show credits him as co-host of the 100th episode even though a host is not officially credited in the opening sequence. His fifth appearance on the show was as a musical guest appearance.

text: b Out of his four appearances as host, Simon acted as both host and musical guest during one episode.

text: c Out of his five appearances as host, Timberlake acted as both host and musical guest during three episodes. During his most recent appearance on December 21, 2013, he was the musical guest while Jimmy Fallon hosted.

text:
Buck Henry was the first person to host five times, with his fifth appearance on November 19, 1977. The most recent to host five times are Scarlett Johansson (as of March 11, 2017), Melissa McCarthy (as of May 13, 2017), and Dwayne Johnson (as of May 20, 2017). This is the most people to join in a single year.
As of February 11, 2017, Alec Baldwin held the record for hosting SNL the most frequently, with 17 episodes, beating out Steve Martin, with 15 episodes. In 2006, both made a cameo appearance when the other hosted, with Martin, up by one at the time, attempting to kill Baldwin before he could tie his record. When Baldwin hosted for the 15th time in 2010, Martin appeared on a television congratulating him during the monologue, but Baldwin turns and pushes him off the stage. On September 24, 2011, Baldwin finally broke Martin's record for most host appearances with his appearance on the 37th-season premiere; Martin appeared during the monologue to administer a drug test (a satirical reference to long-running scandal regarding steroid use in Major League Baseball), wanting to make sure that the person who broke his record had done so fairly.
Chevy Chase was the first SNL cast member to come back and host the show, and the first to join the Five-Timers Club. Cast members Bill Murray and Tina Fey later joined the Club.

text: The Five-Timers Club has been referenced in other media since its creation in 1990. The entertainment channel E! placed it #22 on its list of SNL top moments.[citation needed] The club was also referenced by Fox Sports as the basis behind the creation of the "Favre Backup Club" which seeks to be the "NFL's equivalent" to the Five-Timers Club.[20]