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Looking ahead to 2025-2026

If we get the top pick in the draft, what should we plan on for next season? (Please read the OP)


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I could see it going both ways but really my stance will change in less than two weeks. What we do at the trade deadline coming up will speak volumes. We hold onto some guys I think we try to compete next year. We move some guys and I could see another tank year.
 
I have a question for the people who are smarter in regards to pick swap rules:

Let's say some catastrophic injuries happen to either the Wolves or Cavs next year and they somehow end up with a top 3 pick, but Utah is forced to convey their pick to OKC through some bad luck in the lottery, does that mean OKC gets to swap for the Cavs/Wolves pick that ends up in the top 3?

@Handlogten's Heros @Elizah Huge
 
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Great thread. I would trade Sexton, Collins, and Clarkson this summer if we still have any of them after the trade deadline and tank for the 2026 draft, regardless of who we get in the upcoming draft.
 
I have a question for the people who are smarter in regards to pick swap rules:

Let's say some catastrophic injuries happen to either the Wolves or Cavs next year and they somehow end up with a top 3 pick, but Utah is forced to convey their pick to OKC through some bad luck in the lottery, does that mean OKC gets to swap for the Cavs/Wolves pick that ends up in the top 3?

@Handlogten's Heros @Elizah Huge
“if the Utah pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyable, then Minnesota's and Cleveland's obligations to Utah will be extinguished.”

If I read this correctly, it means that the first order of operations is whether Utah’s pick (the pick whose draft order is determined by the Jazz’s record) falls in the range to convey to OKC or not (top-8 protected in ‘26), then the swap determinations follow. Thus/for example, if the Jazz pick lands 10th in ‘26, it conveys to OKC regardless of whether the Cavs or Wolves picks land top-10. Ergo, finishing 9th-30th in draft order means we sacrificed the opportunity to a top-8 pick from EITHER team if such a scenario arises when we decided to tank last year in a dog **** draft.
 
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