As we outline in greater detail in our breakdown of 2026's traded first-round picks, a series of convoluted conditions - including swap rights and protections - make it impossible in many cases to tell this early in the season exactly which first-rounders will end up being sent to which teams.
However, based on the on-court results from the first month-plus of the 2025/26 season, we're starting to get a clearer sense of where teams might land in the standings, which in turn gives us a better idea of which of those traded picks will change hands, which teams will receive them, and which ones will be the most valuable.
With the caveat that plenty could change between now and next May's draft lottery, we're taking a closer look today at which of 2026's traded first-round picks are emerging as high-level assets and which ones are more likely to fall toward the end of the first round or not change hands at all.
Let's dive in...
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