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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Teams choose to offer their draft picks as parts of trades just as they choose to offer players. Teams choose to offer their first or second round picks (NBA draft is only 2 rounds) and what years. The pick ends up being where ever that trading team’s pick would have been. The Mavs sent a 2029 first round pick, so if the Mavs end up with the 12th pick that year then the Nets would instead have the 12th pick. It’s unusual for the pick to be so far out in the future, but they may have already traded other upcoming picks. There are rules prohibiting teams from trading consecutive years’ first round picks, so if a team has already traded any upcoming first round picks, they’d have to defer out to a non-consecutive year.
If the Nets lost Irving in free agency, they get nothing.
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