(01-15-2025, 02:45 PM)Chicagojk Wrote: This is pretty incredible. Here am I thinking Mavs may have a decent asset by having Philly's second round pick. Only to find out OKC has Philly's first round pick protection from 1-6. Look at their other potential picks this draft.
2025 1 - PHI
Protected 1-6
2025 1 - HOU or LAC
OKC has the right to swap its 2025 1st round pick for HOU's 2025 1st round pick protected for selections 1-10 or the LAC' 2025 1st round pick; HOU then has the right to swap its pick or the OKC pick to BKN for PHX's 2025 1st round pick; if the HOU pick falls within its protected range, then HOU's obligation to OKC will be extinguished and HOU will instead have the right to swap its pick to BKN for the PHX pick [LAC-OKC, 7/10/2019; HOU-OKC, 7/16/2019; BKN-CLE-HOU-IND, 1/16/2021; BKN-IND-MIL-PHX, 2/9/2023; BKN-HOU, 6/26/2024]
2025 1 - Own
2025 1 - UTA
Protected 1-10
2025 1 - MIA
Protected 1-14
The question is how OKC will be able to keep a slew of picks, since they already have a full roster. And a secondary question is whether they end up with good picks or bad picks (or no picks, in some cases). Right now they would get 8, 22, and 29 and PHI may already be tanking to keep what's now pick 8.
Here's the situation:
UTA pick - No pick due to protections, and UTA will tank to protect it
PHI pick - right now PHI is at draft slot 8, but the team has been mediocre and could opt to tank to keep their pick (PHI keeps the pick if it is 1-6) - PHI is 3-7 over the last 10. The ideal outcome for the Mavs is for PHI to tank to keep their pick, in which case the Mavs get a very good SRP.
MIA pick - No pick currently (MIA must make the playoffs, and currently sits 9th for a play-in). If MIA rises in the standings, the pick could be no better than 15, and they could feasibly ascend 1.5 games to having EC seed 5 and pick 23.
HOU/LAC pick - currently pick 22 (OKC gets whichever is better)
OKC pick - pick 29