Brooklyn Nets

What draft picks do the Brooklyn Nets have?

The Nets control 12 first-round and 19 second-round picks through the 2032 draft, with 3 tied up in swap rights.
First-round picks
12
Second-round picks
19
Next first
2026 1st (own)
Own picks owed out
1

Through the 2032 draft the Nets control 12 first-round picks and 19 second-round picks, with 3 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, and 2032. 1 of their own pick is owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Nets hold 3 picks: their own first, their own second, and LAC's second (The Clippers' own second conveyed to Brooklyn at pick 43, routed via Houston.).

In 2027 the Nets hold 3 picks: their own first, swap-encumbered (HOU holds swap rights on this first from the June 2024 Nets-Rockets deal.), NYK's first (Unprotected first owed to Brooklyn from the June 2024 Mikal Bridges trade.), and LAL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected. The non-conveyance package the Lakers owe if the 2027 first stays top-4 protected runs to Memphis, not Utah.); they also owe out their own second to WAS (Owed to Washington or Detroit; the exact conditions are not detailed.).

In 2028 the Nets hold 5 picks: their own first, swap-encumbered (BKN takes the most favorable of its own 2028 first, the PHX 2028 first, and the NYK swap from the Bridges trade; the own slot is retained pending that resolution.), PHI's first (Owed to Brooklyn, top-8 protected, from the February 2022 Ben Simmons trade; the 2027 obligation did not convey, so it carries into 2028 still top-8 protected.), ATL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.), their own second, and MEM's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2029 the Nets hold 6 picks: their own first, swap-encumbered (Part of the Rockets arrangement: HOU takes the two most favorable of the DAL, PHX, and HOU 2029 firsts and BKN keeps the least favorable of that group; the own slot is retained.), NYK's first (Unprotected first owed to Brooklyn from the June 2024 Mikal Bridges trade.), their own second, DAL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.), GSW's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.), and MEM's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2030 the Nets hold 5 picks: their own first, BOS's second (Unprotected second owed to Brooklyn.), their own second, DAL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.), and LAL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2031 the Nets hold 4 picks: their own first, NYK's first (Unprotected first owed to Brooklyn from the June 2024 Mikal Bridges trade.), their own second, and LAL's second (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected.).

In 2032 the Nets hold 5 picks: their own first, DEN's first (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected, from the July 2025 Michael Porter Jr. for Cameron Johnson trade.), their own second, DEN's second (Owed to Brooklyn, from a separate trade-deadline deal involving Hunter Tyson.), and MIA's second (Traded to Brooklyn with Haywood Highsmith in the August 2025 trade.).

The rule behind this

An unsigned first-round pick charges the team's cap at 120% of his draft slot's rookie-scale salary (because first-rounders may sign for up to 120% of scale, and almost all do).

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Numbers come straight from the live Nets cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.