LA Clippers

What draft picks do the LA Clippers have?

The Clippers control 7 first-round and 6 second-round picks through the 2032 draft, with 2 tied up in swap rights.
First-round picks
7
Second-round picks
6
Next first
2026 1st (via IND)
Own picks owed out
5

Through the 2032 draft the Clippers control 7 first-round picks and 6 second-round picks, with 2 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2026, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031, and 2032. 5 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 twice: 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.) and their own second.

In 2028 the Clippers owe out their own first to PHI (Traded to Philadelphia, unprotected, in the October 2023 James Harden trade.) 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 hold 3 picks: IND's first (Traded to the Clippers, unprotected, in the February 5 2026 Ivica Zubac deal.), 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.), and their own second.

In 2030 the Clippers pick once: their own first; 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 2032 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.