Cleveland Cavaliers

What draft picks do the Cleveland Cavaliers have?

The Cavaliers control 5 first-round and 2 second-round picks through the 2033 draft, with 1 tied up in swap rights.
First-round picks
5
Second-round picks
2
Next first
2028 1st (own, swap rights attached)
Own picks owed out
10

Through the 2033 draft the Cavaliers control 5 first-round picks and 2 second-round picks, with 1 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2028, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033. 10 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Cavaliers owe out their own first to ATL (Cleveland's own first conveyed to Atlanta, landing at pick 23, from the De'Andre Hunter trade with Atlanta.) and their own second to LAC (Cleveland's own second conveyed to the Clippers at pick 52, from the James Harden for Darius Garland trade, February 5 2026.).

In 2027 the Cavaliers owe out their own first to PHX (Part of the UTA/MIN/CLE 2027 first-round pool. PHX gets the least favorable of the three from the January 2025 Jazz-Suns deal, and CLE is the strongest of the trio so its slot is the one projected to land least favorable and convey to Phoenix. CLE's first entered the pool unprotected in the September 2022 Donovan Mitchell trade.) and their own second to CHI (Owed to Chicago; originally tied to the De'Andre Hunter to Sacramento three-team trade, February 2026.).

In 2028 the Cavaliers pick once: their own first, swap-encumbered (Cleveland's first sits in a four-team 2028 pool after the July 2026 Kessler trade folded in the Lakers: Utah takes the most favorable of Utah, Cleveland, and the Lakers, the Lakers and Atlanta take middle outcomes, and Cleveland keeps the least favorable of the three. From the September 2022 Donovan Mitchell trade.); they also owe out their own second to UTA (Unprotected second owed to Utah from the September 2022 Donovan Mitchell trade.).

In 2029 the Cavaliers owe out their own first to UTA (Part of the UTA/CLE/MIN 2029 pool from the Mitchell and Gobert trades: UTA keeps the two most favorable and CHA gets the least favorable. CLE is the strongest of the trio, so its slot is one of the two UTA keeps. CLE's slot entered the pool unprotected in the September 2022 Donovan Mitchell trade.) and their own second to ATL (Unprotected second owed to Atlanta, tied to the De'Andre Hunter trade structure.).

In 2030 the Cavaliers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to SAS (Unprotected second owed to San Antonio, origin in a 2023 salary dump.).

In 2031 the Cavaliers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to UTA (Utah holds the more favorable of the Cleveland and Boston 2031 seconds and Boston the less favorable; Cleveland's slot conveys within that pool. From the Donovan Mitchell trade and follow-on deals.).

In 2032 the Cavaliers pick twice: their own first and SAC's second (Sacramento's own second conveyed to Cleveland in the June 24 2026 draft-night deal, pick 29 for pick 34 plus this future second.); they also owe out their own second to UTA (Unprotected second owed to Utah from the Lonzo Ball deal.).

Their 2033 book is clean: their own picks, nothing owed.

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 Cavaliers cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.