Month: August 2022

The 2023 NBA draft is still over 10 months away, but a number of teams have already traded away their first round picks for ’23, 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 2023, 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 2024 if it doesn’t change hands in 2023.

Here’s the full breakdown on the status of each 2023 first round pick:

Note: Teams marked with an asterisk (*) have traded away their 2024 first round pick (either unprotected or with protection) and can’t freely trade away their 2023 first rounder due to the Stepien rule.

Atlantic

• Boston Celtics: Traded to Pacers (top-12 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Celtics would send the Spurs a 2023 second round pick.
• Brooklyn Nets (*): Traded swap rights to Rockets.
  • The Nets will have either their own first round pick, the Rockets’ pick, or the Sixers’ pick. They’ll receive the Sixers’ pick if it’s the most favorable of the three; otherwise, they’d get the second-most favorable pick of the three. The Jazz will receive the least favorable of the three.
    
• New York Knicks: Traded to Trail Blazers (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Knicks would send the Trail Blazers the Pistons’ 2024 second-round pick, either the Timberwolves’ or Knicks’ 2026 second-round pick (whichever is least favorable), and the Knicks’ own 2027 and 2028 second-round picks.
• Philadelphia 76ers: Traded to Nets or Jazz.
  • The Nets will receive the Sixers’ first round pick if it’s the most or second-most favorable of the Sixers’, Nets’, and Rockets’ 2023 first rounders. If it’s the least favorable of the three, the Jazz will receive it.
• Toronto Raptors: Own pick.

Central

• Chicago Bulls: Traded to Magic (top-4 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Bulls would owe the Magic their 2024 first round pick (top-3 protected).
• Cleveland Cavaliers: Traded to Pacers (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Cavaliers would send the Pacers their 2025 second round pick and the Lakers’ 2026 second round pick.
• Detroit Pistons: Traded to Knicks (top-18 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Pistons would owe the Knicks their 2024 first round pick (top-18 protected).
• Indiana Pacers: Own pick.
• Milwaukee Bucks: Traded to Rockets or Clippers (unprotected).
  • The Rockets have the ability to swap the Bucks’ pick with the Clippers’ 2023 first rounder (top-six protected).

Southeast

• Atlanta Hawks: Own pick.
• Charlotte Hornets: Traded to Spurs (top-16 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Hornets would owe the Spurs their 2024 first round pick (top-14 protected).
• Miami Heat: Own pick.
• Orlando Magic: Own pick.
• Washington Wizards: Traded to Knicks (top-14 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Wizards would owe the Knicks their 2024 first-round pick (top-12 protected).

Northwest

• Denver Nuggets: Traded to Hornets (top-14 protected).
  
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Nuggets would owe the Hornets their 2024 first round pick (top-14 protected).
• Minnesota Timberwolves: Traded to Jazz (unprotected).
• Oklahoma City Thunder: Own pick.
  • The Thunder have the ability to swap their pick with the Clippers’ 2023 first rounder.
• 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 2024 first round pick (top-14 protected).
• Utah Jazz (*): Own pick.

Pacific

• Golden State Warriors (*): Own pick.
• Los Angeles Clippers (*): Traded swap rights to Thunder.
  • The Clippers will have either their own first round pick, the Thunder’s pick, or the Bucks’ pick, whichever is least favorable. If the Thunder’s and Clippers’ picks both land in the top six, the Clippers would instead receive the second-most favorable of those three picks.
    
• Los Angeles Lakers (*): Traded swap rights to Pelicans.
  • The Lakers will have either their own first round pick or the Pelicans’ pick, whichever is least favorable.
• Phoenix Suns: Traded to Nets (unprotected).
• Sacramento Kings (*): Own pick.

Southwest

• Dallas Mavericks: Traded to Knicks (top-10 protected).
  • If this pick lands in its protected range, the Mavericks would owe the Knicks their 2024 first round pick (top-10 protected).
• Houston Rockets: Own pick.
  • The Rockets have the ability to swap their pick with the Nets’ 2023 first rounder.
• Memphis Grizzlies: Own pick.
• New Orleans Pelicans: Own pick.
  • The Pelicans have the ability to swap their pick with the Lakers’ 2023 first rounder.
• San Antonio Spurs: Own pick.

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