Traded Second-Round Picks For 2017 NBA Draft
The 2017 NBA draft is still more than nine months away, but with the start of the regular season fast approaching, it’s worth taking stock of how this season’s results will affect next year’s draft. Depending on how certain teams perform during the 2016/17 campaign, other clubs will have the opportunity to pick up an extra selection or two.
Earlier this week, we looked at the first-round picks that could change hands during the 2017 draft. A few more first-rounders will likely be involved in trades prior to the trade deadline, or leading up to next year’s draft night, but there are already several picks that are ticketed for new teams, depending on where they land.
That’s even more true of the second round — more than half of the league’s second-round picks for 2017 have been involved in trades so far, and while some of those picks will ultimately remain with the sending teams due to protection conditions, many will move to the receiving teams.
Below, you’ll find a breakdown of the second-round picks that could (or will) change hands. For each selection, we make a note of which team is sending and receiving it, the protection or conditions on the pick, and what will happen if the protection language prevents the pick from being conveyed. For instance, the Heat will send their second-rounder to either the Hawks or Grizzlies, depending on where it lands. The team that doesn’t get a pick from Miami this year will get the Heat’s second-rounder in 2018.
Here are 2017’s traded second-round picks:
Atlanta Hawks
- From: Brooklyn Nets
- Protection: None
Boston Celtics
- From: Cleveland Cavaliers
- Protection: None
Boston Celtics
- From: Los Angeles Clippers
- Protection: None
Boston Celtics
- From: Minnesota Timberwolves
- Protection: None
Brooklyn Nets
- From: Boston Celtics
- Conditions: Nets will receive pick (protected 31-45) if Celtics swap first-rounders with Nets.
- If not conveyed: Celtics’ obligation to Nets is extinguished.
Brooklyn Nets
- From: Indiana Pacers
- Protection: 45-60
- If not conveyed: Nets will have opportunity to get Pacers’ second-rounder (protected 45-60) in 2018.
Denver Nuggets
- From: Memphis Grizzlies
- Protection: 31-35
- If not conveyed: Nuggets will receive Grizzlies’ 2018 second-rounder (unprotected).
Denver Nuggets
- From: Oklahoma City Thunder
- Protection: 31-35
- If not conveyed: Nuggets will receive Thunder’s 2018 second-rounder (unprotected).
Houston Rockets
- From: Denver Nuggets
- Protection: None
Houston Rockets
- From: Portland Trail Blazers
- Protection: None
Memphis Grizzlies
- From: Miami Heat
- Protection: 41-60
- If not conveyed: Grizzlies will receive Heat’s 2018 second-rounder (unprotected).
New York Knicks
- From: Chicago Bulls
- Protection: None
New York Knicks
- From: Houston Rockets
- Protection: None
Philadelphia 76ers
- From: Miami Heat
- Protection: 31-40
- If not conveyed: Sixers will receive Heat’s 2018 second-rounder (unprotected).
Philadelphia 76ers
- From: Two of Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz.
- Conditions: Sixers will receive the most and least favorable of these four picks.
Phoenix Suns
- From: Toronto Raptors
- Protection: None
Sacramento Kings
- From: Philadelphia 76ers
- Protection: None
Utah Jazz
- From: Two of Detroit Pistons, Golden State Warriors, New York Knicks, and Utah Jazz.
- Conditions: Jazz will receive the second- and third-most favorable of these four picks, including their own.
The following teams technically acquired second-round draft picks via trade and could receive those selections in 2017. However, these picks are heavily protected and won’t be conveyed to the receiving team unless the sending team finishes with a top-five record in the NBA. If that doesn’t happen, the receiving team is out of luck. The details:
Atlanta Hawks
- From: Phoenix Suns
- Protection: 31-55
- If not conveyed: Suns’ obligation to Hawks is extinguished.
Cleveland Cavaliers
- From: Charlotte Hornets
- Protection: 31-55
- If not conveyed: Hornets’ obligation to Cavaliers is extinguished.
Minnesota Timberwolves
- From: New Orleans Pelicans
- Protection: 31-55
- If not conveyed: Pelicans’ obligation to Timberwolves is extinguished.
Orlando Magic
- From: Sacramento Kings
- Protection: 31-55
- If not conveyed: Kings’ obligation to Magic is extinguished.
San Antonio Spurs
- From: Atlanta Hawks
- Protection: 31-55
- If not conveyed: Hawks’ obligation to Spurs is extinguished.
Finally, there is one team with swap rights on a second-round pick in 2017. The details:
Philadelphia 76ers
- Can swap with: Atlanta Hawks
- Protection: Sixers won’t have chance to swap if Hawks’ pick falls in the 56-60 range.
- Details: The Sixers will have the ability to swap the worst of the Pistons/Warriors/Knicks/Jazz second-round picks for the Hawks’ second-rounder. Practically speaking, this will likely result in Philadelphia swapping the Warriors’ pick for the Hawks’ pick.
RealGM’s database of future traded pick details was used in the creation of this post.
Traded First-Round Picks For 2017 NBA Draft
The 2017 NBA draft is still more than nine months away, but with the start of the regular season fast approaching, it’s worth taking stock of how this season’s results will affect next year’s draft. Depending on how certain teams perform during the 2016/17 campaign, other clubs will have the opportunity to pick up an extra first-round selection, or to swap first-rounders with those teams.
There’s a good chance that a few more 2017 first-round selections will change hands before the 2017 trade deadline, or on draft night next June, but many picks have already been included in trades. Five teams currently have the opportunity to grab an extra first-rounder in 2017, while two other teams could have the chance to move up in the first round by swapping picks with another club.
Below, you’ll find a breakdown of the first-round picks that could (or will) change hands. For each selection, we make a note of which team is sending and receiving it, the protection on the pick, and what will happen if the protection language prevents the pick from being conveyed. For instance, the Bulls are on track to receive the Kings’ first-round pick, but only if it falls outside the top 10. If Sacramento’s pick is a top-10 selection, the Bulls will instead receive the Kings’ second-rounder.
Here’s a breakdown of the traded first-round picks for 2017:
Traded first-round picks:
Brooklyn Nets
- From: Washington Wizards
- Protection: 1-14
- If not conveyed: Nets will have chance to get Wizards’ 2018 first-rounder (protected 1-14).
Chicago Bulls
- From: Sacramento Kings
- Protection: 1-10
- If not conveyed: Bulls will instead receive Kings’ second-round pick (protected 56-60).
Los Angeles Lakers
- From: Houston Rockets
- Protection: None
Orlando Magic
- From: Los Angeles Clippers or Toronto Raptors (less favorable)
- Protection: 1-14 (Clippers pick)
- If not conveyed: In the unlikely event that the Clippers’ pick gets protected and the Magic receive Toronto’s pick, the Raptors would have a chance to get the Clippers’ 2018 first-rounder (protected 1-14).
Philadelphia 76ers
- From: Dallas Mavericks
- Protection: 1-18
- If not conveyed: Sixers will instead Mavericks’ 2017 second-rounder (protected 56-60) and Mavericks’ 2018 second-rounder (protected 56-60).
Philadelphia 76ers
- From: Los Angeles Lakers
- Protection: 1-3
- If not conveyed: Sixers will get Lakers’ 2018 first-rounder (unprotected).
Portland Trail Blazers
- From: Cleveland Cavaliers
- Protection: None
Portland Trail Blazers
- From: Memphis Grizzlies
- Protection: 1-5
- If not conveyed: Trail Blazers will have chance to get Grizzlies’ 2018 first-rounder (protected 1-5).
Sacramento Kings
- From: New Orleans Pelicans
- Protection: 1-3
- If not conveyed: Kings will have chance to get Pelicans’ 2018 first-rounder (protected only for No. 1 pick).
Utah Jazz
- From: Golden State Warriors
- Protection: None
Pick swaps are rarer than simple pick trades, but they’re often included in deals to get around the fact that teams can’t trade consecutive future first-round picks. For instance, in the Nets/Celtics blockbuster that saw Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett land in Brooklyn, Boston received the Nets’ 2014, 2016, and 2018 first-rounders, plus first-round swap rights in 2017. The Nets couldn’t leave themselves without first-round picks in back-to-back future seasons, so giving the Celtics the right to swap selections ensured that the Nets would still have a 2017 first-rounder — either their own or Boston’s.
That pick swap is one of two that could be in play this season. Here they are:
Potential first-round pick swaps:
Boston Celtics
- Can swap with: Brooklyn Nets
- Protection: None
- If Celtics choose to swap, they’d owe Nets their second-round pick (protected 31-45).
Philadelphia 76ers
- Can swap with: Sacramento Kings
- Protection: 11-30 (can only swap if Kings’ pick falls in top 10)
- If Kings’ pick falls between 11-30, their obligation to Sixers is extinguished.
RealGM’s database of future traded pick details was used in the creation of this post.
NBA Teams In Or Near Tax Territory For 2016/17
The NBA salary cap’s enormous, unprecedented jump from $70MM in 2015/16 to $94.143MM in 2016/17 has received a ton of attention this summer, as free agents signed massive contracts that reflected the league’s new financial reality. In addition to allowing teams extra flexibility to sign and acquire players, that cap jump also significantly increased the luxury tax threshold for NBA franchises.
A year ago, clubs exceeding $84.74MM in total team salary were subject to tax penalties, but this year, that threshold has increased by nearly $30MM, to $113.287MM. The result? It has become a little more difficult for teams to spend so much that they surpass that threshold and get into tax territory. Still, a few clubs have managed to do it so far, and several others are getting close.
Those teams over or near the luxury tax line will surely keep a careful eye on their spending going forward, since tax penalties under the league’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement can be severe, particularly for repeat offenders. Our glossary entry on the subject features details on the specifics.
Here’s the full breakdown on teams over the tax threshold, or close to it:
Teams currently in the tax:
- Total team salary: $116,494,181
- Total guaranteed salary: $114,628,849
- There are avenues for the Cavaliers to get out of tax territory if they really want to, but the team doesn’t yet have a full roster and still expects to re-sign J.R. Smith, so odds are Cleveland’s tax bills will only get larger as the club’s payroll gets even higher.
- Total team salary: $114,740,032
- Total guaranteed salary: $114,740,032
- The Clippers have a full 15-man roster, so they shouldn’t have to add much more salary before the season — perhaps just modest partial guarantees for a few camp invitees. Assuming they stay within $2MM or so of the tax line, it will be interesting to see how the Clips approach the 2017 trade deadline. A cost-cutting deal or two could could the club out of the tax, but if L.A. is competing for a top spot in the West, it may be necessary to add a little salary to acquire another impact player.
Portland Trail Blazers
- Total team salary: $114,678,517
- Total guaranteed salary: $112,354,979
- No team has more money committed to its 2017/18 cap than Portland, which is on the hook for nearly $124MM in guaranteed money already. Since there’s a good chance the Trail Blazers will be over the tax threshold next year, the team may want to avoid that fate this year. The Blazers’ close proximity to the tax might be good news for someone like Tim Quarterman, who already has a partial guarantee on his contract and would be owed a very small rookie salary if he makes the team. Other back-of-the-roster players like Luis Montero and Grant Jerrett would have slightly larger cap hits and aren’t currently owed any guaranteed money, so those factors may improve Quarterman’s odds of earning Portland’s final roster spot.
- Note: The Blazers would sneak below the tax line by cutting Jerrett and Quarterman, or Jerrett and Montero. The team would remain in the tax if Montero and Quarterman are cut.
Teams currently near the tax line:
- Total team salary: $112,909,960
- Total guaranteed salary: $107,062,933
- Total team salary: $111,447,750
- Total guaranteed salary: $109,563,866
- Total team salary: $108,850,684
- Total guaranteed salary: $106,854,557
San Antonio Spurs
- Total team salary: $108,677,758
- Total guaranteed salary: $107,347,345
Toronto Raptors
- Total team salary: $108,151,883
- Total guaranteed salary: $106,077,999
For most of the teams in this group, there will be little chance of sneaking into tax territory with in-season free agent signings, so they should be safe unless they take on salary in a trade. However, clubs the Grizzlies and Mavericks – who are inching closer to that tax line – will have to be careful about in-season signings. If those franchises have to waive multiple players on guaranteed salaries due to injuries and then sign replacements for those players, their team salaries could start to approach the tax threshold.
Salary information from Basketball Insiders was used in the creation of this post.
Vince Carter Still Hopes To Play Two More Years
Vince Carter is currently under contract with the Grizzlies, and while his salary is only partially guaranteed for now, he’s expected to stick with the team and continue his career as he enters his 19th NBA season. Speaking to ESPN at the Alcorn State/Bethune Cookman game in Daytona Beach this weekend, Carter said his “love for the game” is what keeps him going at age 39, adding that he hopes to put off retirement for at least a couple more years.
“I just love to play,” Carter said. “It’s not out of me yet. When I don’t want to play and don’t want to put the work in, that’s when I’ll step away from the game, but right now I still love it. … [Year] 19 is definitely going down and I’m shooting for 20. We’ll go from there after that.”
The fifth overall pick way back in 1998, Carter has seen his production dip significantly during his last couple years with the Grizzlies. After never averaging less than 10.1 PPG in his first 16 seasons, he has scored just 6.2 PPG in 126 regular-season contests in Memphis. However, he’s also only playing 16.6 minutes per game (a career low), and he has still been somewhat effective in that part-time role.
Only $2MM of Carter’s $4.264MM salary for 2016/17 is currently guaranteed, but if the Grizzlies wanted to move on from him, they likely would have done so by now. New coach David Fizdale recently admitted that he didn’t want to take on a rebuilding project when he accepted a head coaching job, so he’ll likely value Carter’s experience and veteran leadership this year.
Carter’s contract will expire in 2017, so if he wants to play for a 20th season – as he stated earlier this summer as well – he’ll have to sign a new deal next year.
David Fizdale Wasn’t Interested In Rebuilding Project
New Grizzles head coach David Fizdale will be taking over a playoff roster this year in Memphis, and the amount of veteran talent on the team’s roster, including notable free agent signee Chandler Parsons, is rare for a first-time head coach. As Fizdale explains to Gary Washburn of The Boston Globe, he may not have left his assistant job in Miami for a team that was still in the rebuilding stage.
“That was the only way I wanted it, to be honest with you,” Fizdale said of the Grizzlies. “I didn’t want to take over a restart. I’m not afraid to coach guys. But I am going to coach them to win and I am going to hold them to a high standard. I was OK with that. If I don’t have any other strength, I’m pretty good at building relationships.
“I don’t know if people were looking at that Memphis job the way it should have been looked at. A lot of guys in my situation very rarely get a situation with this many proven players. … I saw an opportunity to take a team from being good to great. If I could have any situation, that was the one I wanted.”
The Grizzlies finished with a modest 42-40 record, and were quickly dispatched from the postseason after finishing as the No. 7 seed in the Western Conference. However, the club’s roster was decimated by injuries down the stretch, and the team that fell to the Spurs in the first round wasn’t the same team that started the season.
In his first year in Memphis, Fizdale will be taking over a roster that includes longtime Grizzlies like Mike Conley, Zach Randolph, Tony Allen, and Marc Gasol, in addition to newcomers such as Parsons and incoming rookies Wade Baldwin and Deyonta Davis. With the new head coach looking to take the team from “good to great,” a top-four seed in the West figures to be the goal.
Tony Wroten Contract Details
- By re-signing with the Grizzlies, Tony Wroten received a $25K guarantee and a second non-guaranteed year, tweets Pincus. Wroten’s previous contract included several guarantee dates, but those have been removed — the point guard will get his full 2016/17 salary if he remains under contract through January 10.
Salary Cap Snapshot: Memphis Grizzlies
With the free agent signing period winding down and teams looking ahead to the preseason, we at Hoops Rumors will be tracking the Salary Cap figures for each team around the league. These posts will be maintained throughout the season once financial data is reported. They will be located on the sidebar throughout the year, once all the teams’ cap figures have been relayed. You can always check RosterResource.com for up-to-date rosters for each franchise, with the Grizzlies’ team page accessible here.
Here’s a breakdown of where the Grizzlies currently stand financially:
Guaranteed Salary
- Mike Conley — $26,540,100
- Chandler Parsons — $22,116,750
- Marc Gasol — $21,165,675 [Contract has 15% Trade Kicker]
- Zach Randolph — $10,361,445
- Brandan Wright — $5,709,880 [Contract has 15% Trade Kicker]
- Tony Allen — $5,505,618
- Vince Carter — $4,264,057 [Contract has 15% Trade Kicker]
- Troy Daniels — $3,332,940
- James Ennis — $2,898,000
- Wade Baldwin — $1,793,760
- Deyonta Davis — $1,369,229
- Jarell Martin — $1,286,160
- Jordan Adams — $1,220,900 [Waived by team]
- JaMychal Green — $980,431
- Andrew Harrison — $945,000
- Troy Williams — $543,471 [Waived by team]
- Toney Douglas — $379,159 [Waived by team (Mar 18)]
- Jamaal Franklin — $163,296 [Waived via Stretch Provision]
- Toney Douglas — $100,593 [Waived by team (Dec 15)]
- Wayne Selden — $83,199
- Toney Douglas — $57,672 [10-day contract (Jan 30); actual salary — $77,379]
- Toney Douglas — $57,672 [10-day contract (Feb 9); actual salary — $77,379]
- D.J. Stephens — $35,000 [Waived by team]
- Matt Costello — $31,500 [Waived by team]
- Tony Wroten — $25,000 [Waived by team]
Total Guaranteed Salary= $110,966,507
Cash Sent Out Via Trade: $250K — Sent $250K to Hornets in Troy Daniels trade [Amount Remaining $3.25MM]
Cash Received Via Trade: $0 [Amount Remaining $3.5MM]
Payroll Exceptions Available
- None [Room Exception used to sign James Ennis]
Total Projected Payroll: $110,966,507
Salary Cap: $94,143,000
Estimated Available Cap Space: –$16,823,507
Luxury Tax Threshold: $113,287,000
Total Projected Payroll For Tax Purposes: $111,470,216
Amount Below Luxury Tax: $1,816,784
Last Updated: 3/20/17
The Basketball Insiders salary pages and The Vertical’s salary database were used in the creation of this post.
Western Notes: Parker, Ginobili, Henry, Karl
Longtime Spurs stars Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili both wrapped up their international careers with Olympic losses today in Rio de Janeiro. Parker confirmed that this afternoon’s defeat to Spain was his “last game” for the French team, tweets Marc Stein of ESPN.com. The 34-year-old Parker, whose playing time was limited during this Olympics, added that he’s “not gonna change his mind like that.”
Ginobili, 39, also acknowledged his retirement from international basketball after his Argentinian team was soundly defeated by the United States. He got more of a sendoff than he was expecting, writes Sean Deveney of The Sporting News. “It was emotional,” Ginobili said. “I didn’t want it to be. I was hoping to sneak out and go to the locker room and do what I had to do there, but everybody conspired against it. The coach put me back in to play together one last time, somebody gave me the ball and brought me back in, somebody threw me a shirt. Then my teammates — it got emotional.” Ginobili has already signed with the Spurs for next season, and Parker is under contract until 2017/18.
There’s more news tonight from the Western Conference:
- Former Laker Xavier Henry is optimistic as he continues the long road back from a ruptured left Achilles tendon, writes Joey Ramirez of NBA.com. Henry, who was one of several NBA veterans at L.A.’s mini-camp today, spent last season with the D-League’s Santa Cruz Warriors and credits their coaching and training staffs for helping with his comeback. “I’ve been doing a lot of workouts this summer with a lot of different teams and getting feedback and seeing how I feel,” Henry said. “I’ve been feeling really good. I’m feeling blessed that I can even play basketball again.”
- The Lakers will hire Coby Karl, son of former NBA coach George Karl, to be head coach of their D-League affiliate, tweets Shams Charania of The Vertical. Karl was an assistant with the D-League’s Westchester Knicks last season.
- The Grizzlies have made the final two additions to new head coach David Fizdale’s staff, the team announced today. Bob Bender, who worked as a scout for the Nets last season, was hired as an assistant coach, and former Clippers and Nets shooting coach Bob Thate will fill that role in Memphis.
Grizzlies Made Offer To Teodosic
- The Grizzlies offered Serbian star Milos Teodosic more than $5MM in 2013, tweets international basketball writer David Pick. Teodosic’s agent, Nick Lotsos, said his client chose CSKA Moscow over Memphis.
Grizzlies Hire Bob Bender As Assistant Coach
Bob Bender has joined the Grizzlies’ coaching staff, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical. The move completes the staff of new head coach David Fizdale, who was hired in May, Wojnarowski notes.
Bender served as a scout with the Nets last season after working as an assistant with the Bucks in 2013/14. He had spent the previous nine seasons as an assistant with the Hawks after joining the team in 2004. He broke into the NBA as an assistant with the Sixers during the 2002-03 season.
Prior to that, Bender was an accomplished college coach, working for nine seasons at Washington and four years at Illinois State and earning Pac 10 Coach of the Year honors in 1996. Bender played for Indiana’s national championship team in 1976 and later played at Duke.