Details On 2028 Pick Involved In Celtics/Sixers Trade
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Key Points:
- The Celtics are acquiring four draft picks from the Sixers in the Jaylen Brown trade, including a 2031 unprotected first-rounder and two favorable second-round picks from various teams in 2028 and 2030.
- The fourth pick is a complex 2028 first-round pick involving potential swaps between the Clippers’, Sixers’, Celtics’, and Spurs’ picks, with protections and conditions based on lottery positions.
- Depending on the lottery outcomes, the Celtics could either receive a favorable swap or an additional first-round pick, but may have to give up their own or the Spurs’ pick if the swap is exercised.
- If the Celtics’ 2028 pick lands first overall, they keep it and could still add the Clippers’ pick if it falls between 17-30; the deal also potentially allows for swap rights on any additional 2028 first-round picks the Sixers might acquire.
- This trade is notable as the first draft-pick deal to incorporate protections based on the NBA expanding the lottery to 16 teams instead of 14.
