Building Around Cooper: A Backward-Looking Thought Experiment

[F Gump]

Let's say OKC's Clippers pick lands at 16. Would you swap the Lakers' pick for it straight up?  I'm assuming OKC is in both a financial and roster crunch and may want to roll present day assets to the future. 

I'd jump at anyone looking to move off of picks this year. 

Peat, Cenac, Yessoufou, Anderson or Burries could make for a nice secondary pick.

Maybe. 

I wouldn't do any of it blindly. It would depend on who is available at that point. But that is the kind of thing I would be looking at. I would be exploring the price for picks, and whether I think they would be worth it.

RE the LAC pick this season, that's almost certainly going to be OKC's BEST pick this year, and my assumption is that they'll put a higher price on the better of the 2 and a lower price on the worse. So what would the other one cost? What would it cost for BOTH? If I am trading the Laker first for current considerations, can I get a pick back in the same year of some sort?