Tag: 2029 NBA Draft

Report: 2029 Nuggets first-round pick protections revealed

The Thunder acquired the first-round pick during NBA Finals.

During the NBA Finals, the eventual champion Denver Nuggets and Oklahoma City Thunder completed an oddly timed trade.

On June 9, it was reported that the Thunder traded away the least favorable of potentially four 2024 first-round picks, the 37th pick in the 2023 NBA draft and a 2024 second-round pick to the Nuggets in exchange for a protected 2029 first-round pick.

Nearly two months later, the protections of the 2029 first-round pick were finally revealed, thanks to RealGM:

It is a top-five protected 2029 first-round pick that can roll over to 2030 if not converted that year. If the Nuggets get two top-five picks in back-to-back years in 2029 and 2030, then the Thunder will receive their 2030 second-round pick.

Overall, this is an excellent compensation of picks. The Thunder turned quantity into quality as they acquired a valuable future first-round pick. The No. 37 pick was used by the Nuggets to draft Clemson’s Hunter Tyson.

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Woj: Thunder trade several draft picks to Nuggets for protected 2029 first-round pick

Full details on the trade can be found here:

The Oklahoma City Thunder have made a trade less than two weeks prior to the 2023 NBA draft.

The Thunder have traded the least favorable of potentially four 2024 first-round picks, the 37th pick in the 2023 NBA draft and a 2024 second-round pick to the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a protected 2029 first-round pick, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Thunder could have four first-round picks in next year’s draft — their own, the LA Clippers, a top-four protected Houston Rockets pick and a top-10 protected Utah Jazz pick.

With this trade, the Thunder kicks the can down the road on a first-round pick asset and will no longer face the possibility of having four first-round picks in a single draft class next year.

For the 2023 NBA draft, the Thunder now own only the No. 12 and No. 50 picks.

The 2029 first-round pick could be valuable. Nikola Jokic will be 34 years old by the time that draft class rolls around, so who knows how the Nuggets look by then.

The exact protections on the 2029 first-round pick have not been announced.

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