How do NBA trades work to determine who gets draft picks?

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Kyrie recently got traded to the Mavericks, in exchange the Nets got a few pieces plus draft picks. How is it determined who gets what draft picks? If Kyrie were to not be traded, he would go to free agency later in the year. If he were to become a free agent instead, would that also alter the draft selection of the Nets in this case?

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Players can be traded for money, other players, draft picks, or any combination of the above. Money and players are pretty self explanatory. In the case of draft picks, each team gets one first round pick and one second round pick per year. If you trade a player for a pick, then the pick is whatever the other team would have picked. For example, if the other team would have picked twelfth then you have two picks, the 12th pick from the other team, and whatever pick you started with.

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