LA Clippers
This includes a projected signing that is not yet official, so these figures are an estimate.
Through the 2033 draft the Clippers control 8 first-round picks and 7 second-round picks, with 2 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2026, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, and 2033. 7 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.
In 2026 the Clippers hold 3 picks: IND's first (Indiana's own first went to the Clippers in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal; it landed at pick 5 and conveyed.), CLE's second (Cleveland's own second conveyed to the Clippers at pick 52, from the James Harden for Darius Garland trade, February 5 2026.), and MEM's second (Memphis's own second conveyed to the Clippers at pick 36, routed via Atlanta and Utah.); they also owe out their own first to OKC (The Clippers' own first conveyed to Oklahoma City, landing at pick 12, from the October 2023 James Harden trade.) and their own second to BKN (The Clippers' own second conveyed to Brooklyn at pick 43, routed via Houston.).
In 2027 the Clippers pick once: their own first, swap-encumbered (OKC holds swap rights on this first, protected 1-5, from the October 2023 James Harden trade; LAC keeps it unless Oklahoma City swaps. Denver also sits in this first-round arrangement at picks 6-30.); they also owe out their own second to UTA (The Clippers' own second owed to Utah, routed via Atlanta and Miami in the July 2025 three-team John Collins trade.).
In 2028 the Clippers pick once: DAL's second (Owed to the Clippers, unprotected, acquired by Indiana then sent on to the Clippers in the February 2026 Ivica Zubac trade.); they also owe out their own first to BOS (The Clippers' own first, owed to Philadelphia in the October 2023 James Harden trade then sent to Boston in the July 2026 Jaylen Brown trade. Boston gets it outright at 17-30; if it lands 1-16, Boston instead holds a swap-rights fallback against the Boston and San Antonio 2028 firsts, with the least favorable returning to Philadelphia.) and their own second to CHA (Charlotte takes the more favorable of the Charlotte and Clippers 2028 seconds; the less favorable goes to Detroit. The Clippers slot is the one projected more favorable and goes to Charlotte.).
In 2029 the Clippers pick twice: IND's first (Traded to the Clippers, unprotected, in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal.) and their own first, swap-encumbered (PHI holds swap rights on this first, protected 1-3, from the October 2023 James Harden trade; LAC keeps it unless Philadelphia swaps.); they also owe out their own second to SAS (The Clippers' own second owed to San Antonio, routed via Oklahoma City and Philadelphia from the 2023 Harden and 2024 McDermott trades.).
In 2030 the Clippers pick twice: their own first and DET's second (Detroit's own second owed to the Clippers, top-55 protected, from the July 2026 six-team trade that sign-and-traded John Collins to Detroit.); they also owe out their own second to CHA (Charlotte receives a 2030 second from the Utah and Clippers pool, no protections, in the Collin Sexton deal. Charlotte takes the more favorable of the two; which of Utah and the Clippers retains the less favorable is reported both ways.).
Their 2031 through 2033 books are 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 Clippers cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.