Update on Warriors picks in 2024 NBA Draft: #14 (for now) and #52; plus all future draft pick; plus open thread
Remember, Trayce Jackson-Davis was picked at #57
Tiebreakers
On April 22, the NBA broke ties between teams with the same records for the purposes of the NBA Draft.
You may remember this process from the legendary 2012 Draft where GSW had traded a Top 7 protected pick and had to win a tiebreaker to keep their pick #7 or else lose it at #8. The clutch coin flip came through and the Warriors ended up picking Harrison Barnes instead of getting a pick in the super grim 2013 Draft.
Returning to 2024, this just happened:
Sacramento Kings (No. 13) over Golden State Warriors (No. 14)
Note: The Kings will get one more lottery ball combination (out of 1,000) than the Warriors.
Note: The Warriors will send their pick to the Trail Blazers unless it moves into the top four.
This also resulted in GSW’s original 2nd rounder going in the opposite direction, so GSW’s original pick is now #44 and SAC is #45.
The 1st round pick will 96.6% likely go to POR
The tiebreakers give SAC a 3.8% chance to get a Top 4 pick and GSW now has a 3.4% chance to get a Top 4 pick. If the GSW pick lands in the Top 4, GSW keeps the pick in the 2024 Draft, and GSW will give up to POR a Top 1 protected pick in the 2025 Draft. If it does not land Top 4, then POR will get the 2024 pick.
So it’s debatable which outcome is better for GSW, a Top 4 pick in 2024, considered one of the weakest drafts in years, or a (likely middling) pick in the 2025 draft, considered a much stronger draft.
I personally think it would be great to win the lottery and take a chance on adding a good player right away.
You might ask why GSW gave up this pick in the first place. It was incentive to MEM in 2019 to take Andre Iguodala’s contract, which allowed Kevin Durant’s planned free agency departure for nothing to be turned into a sign-and-trade for D’Angelo Russell. This allowed GSW to keep that salary amount available for transactions, and it eventually was moved to MIN in the legendary trade for Andrew Wiggins and a 1st round pick that became Jonathan Kuminga. This trade is arguably the difference maker that allowed GSW to win the 2022 NBA Championship.
The 2nd round pick will be #52 with intriguing options
Up until recently, GSW had no second-round pick.
However, due to the ingenious Cory Joseph trade in Feb 8, Hollinger reported:
Much as the LA Clippers did earlier, the Golden State Warriors took advantage of the final year teams above the apron can use cash in trades to effectively buy a draft pick while also dumping Cory Joseph.
The Warriors sent the gobsmacking sum of $5.8 million to the Indiana Pacers to get the least valuable of the Pacers' three 2024 second-round picks (essentially either Milwaukee's or Cleveland's, likely to be in the mid-50s). In the process, Golden State saved itself about $8 million in tax penalties by offloading Joseph's $2 million contract.
The Pacers will also receive a top-55 protected second from Charlotte in 2025, which has little chance of converting as a real pick, but is basically just a small chit Indiana could use in a future trade to have "something" to offer from their end.
Technically, MIL was the worst pick and it was #53. However, PHI had their draft pick forfeited for free agency tampering, so #53 moved to #52.
If you are wondering what happened to the original GSW second round pick, it was traded on Jun 19 2019 to ATL for cash and the 2019 #41 pick which became… any guesses?… Eric Paschall.
It’s too early to start the 2024 Draft Tournament, since we’ll wait for the Draft Lottery on May 12, on the 3.4% chance that GSW gets a Top 4 pick.
However, despite the contempt for the top-end talent of the 2024 Draft, I think there are numerous intriguing prospects in the second half of the second round, many of whom are falling due to being “old” (21+). And keep in mind that GSW just grabbed exactly one such prospect, the older Trayce Jackson-Davis at #57.
All future picks
From RealGM’s great tracking page of all GSW future draft picks:
All picks incoming
2024 second round draft pick from Milwaukee
Milwaukee's 2024 2nd round pick to Golden State (via Indiana) [Brooklyn-Indiana-Milwaukee-Phoenix, 2/9/2023; Golden State-Indiana, 2/8/2024]
2026 second round draft pick from Atlanta
Atlanta's 2026 2nd round pick to Golden State [Atlanta-Detroit-Golden State-Portland, 2/9/2023]
2028 second round draft pick from Atlanta
Atlanta's 2028 2nd round pick to Golden State [Atlanta-Detroit-Golden State-Portland, 2/9/2023]
All GSW picks outgoing
2024 first round draft pick to Portland
Golden State's 1st round pick to Portland protected for selections 1-4 in 2024 and 1 in 2025 and unprotected in 2026 (via Memphis to Boston) [Golden State-Memphis, 7/7/2019; Boston-Memphis-Washington, 6/23/2023; Boston-Portland, 10/1/2023]
2024 second round draft pick to Houston
Golden State's 2024 2nd round pick to Houston (via Atlanta) [Atlanta-Golden State, 6/20/2019; Atlanta-Denver-Houston-Minnesota, 2/5/2020]
2025 second round draft pick to Washington, Boston or Dallas
Washington will receive the less favorable of its 2025 2nd round pick and Golden State's 2025 2nd round pick; Boston will receive the Washington pick, the Golden State pick, Dallas' 2025 2nd round pick if conveyable, or Detroit's 2025 2nd round pick protected for selections 56-59; Dallas may receive, and Washington may receive an additional, one of the four (via Detroit to L.A. Clippers to Portland to Detroit; via Detroit's right to swap Golden State for Washington (via Brooklyn); via Boston's right to swap Detroit, Golden State or Washington for Dallas; via Detroit to Washington) [Brooklyn-Golden State, 7/7/2019; Brooklyn-Detroit-L.A. Clippers, 11/19/2020; Brooklyn-Indiana-L.A. Lakers-San Antonio-Washington, 8/6/2021; Brooklyn-Detroit, 9/4/2021; L.A. Clippers-Portland, 2/4/2022; Detroit-Portland, 7/6/2022; Boston-Detroit, 6/28/2023; Boston-Dallas-San Antonio, 7/12/2023; Detroit-Washington, 1/14/2024]
2026 second round draft pick to Oklahoma City
Golden State's 2026 2nd round pick to Oklahoma City (via Atlanta) [Atlanta-Golden State, 7/8/2019; Atlanta-Oklahoma City, 7/12/2023]
2027 second round draft pick to Washington
Golden State's 2027 2nd round pick to Washington [Golden State-Washington, 7/6/2023]
2028 second round draft pick to Portland
Golden State's 2028 2nd round pick to Portland [Atlanta-Detroit-Golden State-Portland, 2/9/2023]
2030 first round draft pick to Washington
Golden State's 2030 1st round pick to Washington protected for selections 1-20; if this pick falls within its protected range and is therefore not conveyed, then Golden State will instead convey its 2030 2nd round pick to Washington [Golden State-Washington, 7/6/2023]
New thread: https://dubnationhq.com/p/dnhq-rooting-guide-2-denver-vs-7
Oh, I didn’t share our travel update. Our van blew its engine in Columbia, MO (about halfway between St Louis and Kansas City), so we rented a car and got an Airbnb in Kansas and are spending a week here (while we wait for a new engine) when the original plan was for a day. Bummer about the expense of course, but KC is actually a pretty cool place. We’ve been to the Negro Leagues Museum, Jazz Museum, WWI Museum and sampling the three best BBQ places as well as the zoo and some disc golf courses and lots of cool old historic architecture.
I previously knew very little about the KC, but I can see why someone from here would be proud of their city.