Month: November 2024

The 2024 NBA draft is still over 10 months away, but a number of teams have already traded away their first round picks for ’24, and more clubs may do so before this season’s trade deadline.

We’ll use the space below to keep tabs on each team’s first round pick for 2024, continually updating it as necessary throughout the year.

We’ve listed all 30 teams here, so even if a team hasn’t traded its first round pick, that will be noted. We’ll also provide details on the protections for each traded pick, including what happens to the pick in 2025 if it doesn’t change hands in 2024.

Here’s the full breakdown on the status of each 2024 first round pick:

Note: Teams marked with an asterisk (*) have traded away their 2025 first round pick (either unprotected or with protection) and can’t freely trade away their 2024 first-rounder due to the Stepien Rule.

Atlantic

• Boston Celtics: Own pick.
• Brooklyn Nets: Traded to Rockets (unprotected).
  
• New York Knicks: Own pick.
• Philadelphia 76ers (*): Own pick.
• Toronto Raptors: Traded to Spurs (top-six protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Raptors would owe the Spurs their 2025 first round pick (top-six protected).

Central

• Chicago Bulls (*): Own pick.
• Cleveland Cavaliers (*): Own pick.
• Detroit Pistons: Traded to Knicks (top-18 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Pistons would owe the Knicks their 2025 first round pick (top-13 protected).
• Indiana Pacers: Traded to Raptors (top-three protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Pacers would send the Raptors a 2024 second-round pick and their 2025 second-round pick.
• Milwaukee Bucks (*): Traded swap rights to Pelicans (unprotected).

Southeast

• Atlanta Hawks (*): Own pick.
• Charlotte Hornets: Traded to Spurs (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Hornets would owe the Spurs their 2025 first round pick (top-14 protected).
• Miami Heat (*): Own pick.
• Orlando Magic: Own pick.
• Washington Wizards: Traded to Knicks (top-12 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Wizards would owe the Knicks their 2025 first-round pick (top-10 protected) and would have the right to swap their own 2024 pick for the Suns’ 2024 first-rounder. Details on swap rights outlined below.

Northwest

• Denver Nuggets (*): Own pick.
• Minnesota Timberwolves (*): Own pick.
• Oklahoma City Thunder: Possibly traded to Jazz or Wizards.
  • Details outlined below.
• Portland Trail Blazers: Traded to Bulls (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Trail Blazers would owe the Bulls their 2025 first round pick (top-14 protected).
• Utah Jazz: Possibly traded to Thunder or Wizards (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Jazz would owe the Thunder their 2025 first round pick (top-10 protected).
  • Thunder/Jazz details outlined below.

Pacific

• Golden State Warriors: Traded to Trail Blazers (top-four protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Warriors would owe the Trail Blazers their 2025 first round pick (top-one protected).
• Los Angeles Clippers: Traded to Thunder, Jazz, or Wizards (unprotected).
  • Details outlined below.
• Los Angeles Lakers: Traded to Pelicans (unprotected).
  • The Pelicans will have the right to defer this traded pick to 2025.
    
• Phoenix Suns (*): Traded swap rights to Wizards and Grizzlies (unprotected).
  • Details outlined below.
• Sacramento Kings: Traded to Hawks (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Kings would owe the Hawks their 2025 first round pick (top-12 protected).

Southwest

• Dallas Mavericks: Traded to Knicks (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Mavericks would owe the Knicks their 2025 first round pick (top-10 protected).
• Houston Rockets: Traded to Thunder, Jazz, or Wizards (top-four protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Rockets would owe the Thunder their 2025 second round pick.
  • Thunder/Raptors details outlined below.
• Memphis Grizzlies: Own pick.
  • The Grizzlies have the ability to swap their pick for a more favorable first-rounder. Details outlined below.
• New Orleans Pelicans: Own pick.
  • The Pelicans have the ability to swap their pick with the Bucks’ 2024 first-rounder.
• San Antonio Spurs: Own pick.

Details on Wizards/Grizzlies/Suns swap rights:

If the Wizards‘ pick lands within the top 12, they’ll hang onto it and would have the ability to swap it with the Suns‘ first round pick. If the Wizards’ pick lands outside the top 12, it would be sent to the Knicks, who would not have the right to swap it with the Suns’ first-rounder.

The Grizzlies will subsequently have the right to swap their own first round pick for the Wizards’ or Suns’ first-rounder, whichever is least favorable. If the Wizards’ pick is traded to the Knicks, the Grizzlies would simply have the ability to swap their own first round pick for the Suns’ first-rounder.

Details on Thunder’s picks:

The Thunder control four first-rounders:

• Their own first round pick.
• The Clippers’ first round pick (unprotected).
• The Rockets’ first round pick (top-4 protected).
• The Jazz’s first round pick (top-10 protected).

Of those picks, the Jazz will receive the least favorable and the Wizards will receive the second-least favorable, while the Thunder will receive the others.

For instance, if the Rockets’ and Jazz’s picks both fall within their protected range, the Wizards would receive the most favorable of the Thunder’s pick and the Clippers’ pick, while the Jazz would receive the least favorable of the two.

If the Rockets’ pick lands outside of the top four and the Jazz’s pick lands outside of the top 10, Utah would receive the least favorable of the four picks, Washington would receive the second-least favorable, and the Thunder would receive the two most favorable.

Information from RealGM was used in the creation of this post.