Toronto could theoretically field trade inquiries for much longer than the four minutes the Raptors will have once the second round begins. Utah, currently holding the No. 32 pick, has been engaged in various trade scenarios to move up into the first round, according to sources. All of Milwaukee (No. 33), Portland (No. 34) and San Antonio (No. 35) are considered creative front offices that will be weighing deals with those picks, sources said. For those teams to stay, or any team looking to move in, there will be plenty of value to add second-round picks onto expensive rosters, with tax savings becoming more and more essential under this new CBA’s second apron and its rash of penalties.
“If you can get a player you like that might be able to help you on a team-favorable second-round contract, it’s pretty interesting,” one general manager told Yahoo Sports. “You can move up, you can move down.”
Price points for a pick in the top of this year’s second round could reach as high as four future second-round picks, multiple team executives told Yahoo Sports. There is precedent of Indiana, which holds the No. 36 pick in Thursday's second round, receiving three second-round picks from Miami in 2019, so the Heat could use the No. 32 pick to select KZ Okpala.
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This is hype and also probably too much hype. Best case scenario is we trade up for a pick in the 20s with it.
4 future seconds is interesting. Keep in mind we don’t have a second next year, so if someone offers a deal where we move back ~10 spots and we can also pick up 3+ additional seconds, we probably should consider that.
EDIT: 4 future seconds might be to trade out of the draft though (I.e a team that doesn’t have a 2024 SRP). Still not a terrible idea to consider. This will be fun to see if this is all smoke or if there really is something with this new 2 day format.
if Bronny doesn’t go in the first round, it could be a great pick to be holding.
Bronny
Teams will have a whole day to salivate at the potential of moving up to select Lebo Jawara on a non guaranteed contract.
The 31st pick is so valuable that it’s going to be worth a 1st round pick in a few hours
not a fan of trading out of the draft entirely, if you trade the pick, trade UP in the draft or trade down some spots and get some assets as well, best case scenario tho is trading up into the 20s somewhere and getting the 2nd guy you really want
Best case scenario is that Bronny isn’t drafted in the first round, and some team desperate ~~for a semblance of a chance at a play-in run with LeBron~~ to draft him heavily overpays us for the 31st pick with a complementary Jalen McDaniels thrown in.
I don’t understand this talk about a second round pick however high as being “gold” or valuable. Second round is not an all-star, it is a bench player. So what?
Brown + 31 could net a haul. For the right team of course. Big expiring, plus the best team friendly deal in the second round in a draft where someone will drop that a team wants. Ideal scenario.
This is all quite intriguing… it’s unfortunate that round 2 is in the afternoon tomorrow. I’ll have to follow along at work.
I don’t know about sitting on gold. At most it is worth a late first round pick, like the one we traded to Utah for Kelly Olynik
LeBron James, YOU are a Toronto Raptor.
We will likely just go off board and draft Apoko Nyang’au with the 31st pick or use the pick to re acquire Thad Young.
With the 31st pick in the 2024 NBA DRAFT, the Toronto Raptors proudly select…. Lebo Jawara.
The monetary implications are the big thing here
If the return is future 2nd rounds picks, I would go ahead and make the pick at 31.
Stop calling it the pick 31.
We got the first overall pick on June 27.
The hype for this is wild considering it’s the first time it’ll be a two day draft lol. Just speculation that teams are gonna be fighting over this 31 pick
its still the 31st pick. At best, raps get more time to trade for it or think about it after the first round
Lmao. Are those EC staffers from the Raps FO?
First time I’ve heard a second round pick is “sitting on gold”
Then what about the 30 other picks prior to this one, are those picks diamonds???
I guess because of the new CBA and contracts, 2nd rounders are becoming more and more important
Our FO doesn’t trade gold tho….. so it doesn’t matter
The draft has been very tame for the league over the last few years, no?
If we wait long enough, the 31st pick will be worth all of the top 10 picks next year combined. /s
They’re going to last at their board after pick 30, pick the next guy on the list, and then get beers and steaks.