As of now - both are comfortably at the top of lottery odds. Next year is supposed an even better draft class headlined by Cooper Flagg.
Detroit’s 1st round pick to New York protected for selections 1-18 in 2024, 1-13 in 2025, 1-11 in 2026 and 1-9 in 2027;
Washington’s 1st round pick to New York protected for selections 1-12 in 2024, 1-10 in 2025 and 1-8 in 2026.
Both convert to seconds afterward. Anyone hopeful one will convey as a first?
I think they’ll both convey eventually, and being further out isn’t a bad thing. If they all conveyed this season we’d be in a scramble to make a trade. We already have 4 likely picks this draft, and there’s no way we can use them all. And if WSH is so bad that the 1st never conveys, then we get two seconds from them that will almost be like two late 1sts. So it’s a WIN/WIN. Flipping that first into those 3 firsts was a steal for us, outside of the fact that it helps clear cap for Brunson, it was a huge addition to our future assets.