AashyLarryB to NBA - Main@nba.spaceEnglish · 11 months ago[Bill Simmons] The Clippers traded all their picks in the 2020s to create a play-in team that can’t defend point guards and big guys.message-squaremessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-square[Bill Simmons] The Clippers traded all their picks in the 2020s to create a play-in team that can’t defend point guards and big guys.AashyLarryB to NBA - Main@nba.spaceEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
Source [Bill Simmons] on Twitter: The Clippers traded all their picks in the 2020s to create a play-in team that can’t defend point guards and big guys. According to Fanspo the Clippers don’t have a 1st round pick until the year 2030.
minus-squareSlim-TicketBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoOP, it’s impossible for a team to not have a pick until the year 2030, because the Stephien rule requires a team to have picks every other year. They’re swaps, but Clippers still have picks.
minus-squareRickySuelaBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoWith swaps they’ll have OKC’s pick in 2025 and 2027 and Philly’s pick in 2029. Those are the only 1sts they will get until 2030, as they owe their 2024 & 2026 1st to OKC, and their 2028 1st to Philly.
OP, it’s impossible for a team to not have a pick until the year 2030, because the Stephien rule requires a team to have picks every other year.
They’re swaps, but Clippers still have picks.
With swaps they’ll have OKC’s pick in 2025 and 2027 and Philly’s pick in 2029. Those are the only 1sts they will get until 2030, as they owe their 2024 & 2026 1st to OKC, and their 2028 1st to Philly.