Miami Heat

What draft picks do the Miami Heat have?

The Heat control 4 first-round and 1 second-round picks through the 2033 draft, with 2 tied up in swap rights.

This includes a projected signing that is not yet official, so these figures are an estimate.

First-round picks
4
Second-round picks
1
Next first
2028 1st (own, swap rights attached)
Own picks owed out
12

Through the 2033 draft the Heat control 4 first-round picks and 1 second-round pick, with 2 tied up in swap rights. Their firsts land in 2028, 2029, 2030, and 2032. 12 of their own picks are owed elsewhere.

In 2026 the Heat pick once: GSW's second (Golden State's own second conveyed to Miami at pick 41, routed via Charlotte, New York, Oklahoma City, and Atlanta.); they also owe out their own first to MIL (Miami's own first conveyed to Milwaukee at pick 13, in the June 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.) and their own second to SAS (Miami's own second conveyed to San Antonio at pick 44, routed via Indiana.).

In 2027 the Heat owe out their own first to CHA (Top-14 protected first owed to Charlotte from the January 2024 Terry Rozier trade; if it lands 1-14 it does not convey and Charlotte instead gets an unprotected 2028 MIA first.) and their own second to NYK (Miami's own second sits in the OKC, HOU, IND, MIA 2027 pool: Philadelphia takes the most favorable, New Orleans the second, New York the third, San Antonio the more favorable of its own or the least of the four, and Miami the least of five. Miami does not keep it outright; Oklahoma City is only a routing conduit.).

In 2028 the Heat pick once: their own first, swap-encumbered (Contingent on the Terry Rozier obligation: Miami's 2027 first is top-14 protected for Charlotte, and if it lands 1-14 and does not convey, Charlotte instead receives Miami's 2028 first unprotected. Miami keeps the slot unless that contingency triggers.); they also owe out their own second to DET (Owed to Detroit, unprotected, from the 2023 Dewayne Dedmon salary dump.).

In 2029 the Heat pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to OKC (Charlotte receives the more favorable of Atlanta's and Miami's 2029 seconds and Oklahoma City the less favorable, from the February 2026 Ousmane Dieng trade; Miami's slot lands with Oklahoma City if it is the less favorable, otherwise Charlotte. Origin in the 2023 Victor Oladipo salary dump.).

In 2030 the Heat pick once: their own first, swap-encumbered (Milwaukee holds the right to swap its 2030 first for this pick, from the June 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo trade. Miami keeps the slot unless Milwaukee swaps.); 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; Miami's slot goes to Memphis if it is the most favorable, otherwise Oklahoma City. From the 2023 Victor Oladipo salary dump and the June 2026 Memphis-Oklahoma City trade.).

In 2031 the Heat owe out their own first to MIL (Owed to Milwaukee, unprotected, in the June 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.) and their own second to WAS (Miami's own second conveys away in the Washington, Memphis, Indiana 2031 pool: Washington takes the more favorable of the Indiana and Miami seconds, Memphis the more favorable of its own or the less favorable of that pair, and Indiana the least of the three. Miami retains none.).

In 2032 the Heat pick once: their own first; they also owe out their own second to BKN (Traded to Brooklyn with Haywood Highsmith in the August 2025 trade.).

In 2033 the Heat owe out their own first to MIL (Miami's own first owed to Milwaukee, unprotected, in the July 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.) and their own second to MIL (Miami's own second owed to Milwaukee in the July 2026 Giannis Antetokounmpo trade.).

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 Heat cap sheet, recomputed whenever the data updates.