What draft picks do the Denver Nuggets have?

Through the 2033 draft the Nuggets control 4 first-round picks and 4 second-round picks, with 2 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2028, 2030, 2031, and 2033. 11 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Nuggets pick once: ATL's second (Atlanta's own second conveyed to Denver at pick 49, routed via Brooklyn and Golden State.); they also owe out their own first to SAS (Denver's own first (pick 26) traded to San Antonio on 2026 draft night; San Antonio selected Tarris Reed Jr.) and their own second to CHI (Denver's own second conveyed to Chicago at pick 56, routed via Minnesota, Phoenix, and Charlotte.).

In 2027 the Nuggets owe out their own first to OKC (Owed to Oklahoma City, top-5 protected (DEN keeps it only as a top-5 pick), from the June 2022 JaMychal Green draft-night salary dump to Oklahoma City; OKC may further convey to the Clippers. Rolls to a top-5-protected 2028 first if it does not convey.) and their own second to UTA (Acquired by Utah when Boston attached it to the Chris Boucher salary dump, February 5 2026; a conflicting Chicago claim is the weaker reporting.).

In 2028 the Nuggets pick twice: their own first, swap-encumbered (Top-5-protected obligation to OKC that applies only if the 2027 first did not convey because DEN landed top-5; otherwise DEN keeps this first outright.) and MIN's second (Unprotected second, owed to San Antonio in the 2023 deal then sent to Denver in the June 2026 Tarris Reed draft-night trade.); they also owe out their own second to WAS (Owed to Washington, protected 31-33 (DEN keeps it only if it lands 31-33).).

In 2029 the Nuggets owe out their own first to OKC (Owed to Oklahoma City, top-5 protected, from the 2023 Pickett/Strawther/Tyson trade; conditional on the 2027 DEN first having conveyed first, and it rolls to 2030 if it does not convey.) and their own second to CHA (Owed to Charlotte, conditional on Denver having already conveyed a first to Oklahoma City by then; not a clean unconditional second.).

In 2030 the Nuggets pick once: their own first, swap-encumbered (Rollover of the top-5-protected OKC obligation: conveys only if the 2029 first went to OKC and DEN again lands outside the top 5, otherwise DEN keeps it.); they also owe out their own second to OKC (Memphis takes the most favorable of the Denver, Houston, and Miami 2030 seconds and Oklahoma City the second most and least; Denver's slot goes to Memphis if it is the most favorable, otherwise Oklahoma City. From the June 2026 Memphis-Oklahoma City trade.).

In 2031 the Nuggets pick twice: their own first and SAC's second (Owed to Denver, sent to San Antonio in the 2024 DeMar DeRozan deal then on to Denver in the June 2026 Tarris Reed draft-night trade.); they also owe out their own second to CHI (Owed to Chicago, unprotected. Denver sent it to Phoenix in June 2024, Phoenix packaged it to Charlotte in the January 2025 Nick Richards trade, and Charlotte flipped the Denver-origin pick to Chicago in February 2026 (keeping Phoenix's own 2031 second).).

In 2032 the Nuggets owe out their own first to BKN (Owed to Brooklyn, unprotected, from the July 2025 Michael Porter Jr. for Cameron Johnson trade.) and their own second to BKN (Owed to Brooklyn, from a separate trade-deadline deal involving Hunter Tyson.).

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