The Portland Trail Blazers sent Josh Hart to the New York Knicks in exchange for Cam Reddish, Svi Mykhailiuk, Ryan Arcidiacono, and a protected 2023 first-round pick the night before this year’s NBA trade deadline.
The Knicks are trading Cam Reddish and a protected future first-round pick to the Blazers for Hart, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/whB5mS8lfs
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023
Portland then dealt a pair of second-round picks in a three-team trade that brought Matisse Thybulle to the West Coast, and the Blazers capped off the day by trading Gary Payton II to the Golden State Warriors for Kevin Knox and five second-round picks.
Portland Trail Blazers updated draft picks post-trade deadline
In the Hart-Reddish deal, the Knicks are sending the Blazers a lottery protected 2023 first-round pick that turns into four future second-round picks if not conveyed this year, sources tell ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) February 9, 2023
Portland could have two first-round picks in the 2023 draft. Or it could have none.
The Blazers’ own 2023 first is owed to the Chicago Bulls, but it only conveys if it falls outside the lottery. If Portland misses the playoffs, it keeps a top-14 pick and the protections roll over to 2024.
As per the Hart deal, Portland will get the Knicks’ first-round pick if that also falls outside the lottery.
So if New York makes the playoffs and the Blazers don’t, voila, two first-round picks.
On the flip side, if the Knicks miss the playoffs and the Blazers get in, zero first-round selections in 2023.
Portland General Manager Joe Cronin was able to build a failsafe into that New York pick, though. If the Knickerbockers don’t make the postseason this year and their 2023 first-rounder doesn’t land with the Blazers, it turns into four future second-round picks.
Because of the protections placed on their own 2023 first-round pick and New York’s, along with the unconfirmed trove of second-rounders Portland got from the Warriors, compiling a list of the Blazers’ future selections is almost an exercise in futility.
However, for what it’s worth, they do have for certain:
- 2024 second-round pick via Atlanta (if it falls between 56-60)
- 2024 second-round pick (more favorable between Charlotte/Minnesota)
- 2027 own second-round pick
- 2027 second-round pick via New Orleans
- 2028 own second-round pick (to Chicago if first-round pick owed to Bulls has not conveyed)
- 2029 own first-round pick
Again, the Blazers have five of Golden State’s second-rounders and possibly four of New York’s to add somewhere into this list.
A lottery pick in this summer’s draft would be valuable; it would also be nice for the Blazers to send that pick to Chicago and just move on.
But Portland was able to at least re-stock some of its draft cupboard at this year’s trade deadline.