Cleveland Cavaliers
Through the 2032 draft the Cavaliers control 5 first-round picks and 0 second-round picks, with 1 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2026, 2028, 2030, 2031, and 2032. 10 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.
In 2026 the Cavaliers pick once: SAS's first (San Antonio's own first conveyed to Cleveland as the least favorable of the group, landing at pick 29, from the De'Andre Hunter trade structure. San Antonio in turn picks at 20 with Atlanta's first.); they also 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 (UTA holds swap rights from the September 2022 Donovan Mitchell trade, inside a CLE/UTA/ATL structure where CLE keeps the slot only if it is worse than both UTA and ATL.); 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 (UTA holds the more favorable of the CLE and UTA 2031 seconds; BOS holds the least favorable claim. From the Donovan Mitchell trade and follow-on deals.).
In 2032 the Cavaliers pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to UTA (Unprotected second owed to Utah from the Lonzo Ball deal.).
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.