NYG's 2025 First Round Mock Draft (with trades) 2.0 - BLOCKBUSTER 8 TEAM TRADE

[NYG]

**TRADES**

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Atlanta Hawks get:
Sam Hauser
28th Overall Draft Pick
32nd Overall Draft Pick

Boston Celtics get:
22nd Overall Draft Pick

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Chicago Bulls get:
2026 Top 4 Protected Indiana Pacers First Round Draft Pick (2026 - Top 4 Protected / 2027 - Top 4 Protected or becomes two seconds)
Right to Swap 2027 First Round Picks with Earlier of Bucks/Pelicans First Round Draft Picks

New Orleans Pelicans get:
12th Overall Draft Pick

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Atlanta Hawks get:
Obi Toppin
23rd Overall Draft Pick

Indiana Pacers get:
32nd Overall Draft Pick

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Atlanta Hawks get:
9th Overall Draft Pick

Toronto Raptors get:
13th Overall Draft Pick
23rd Overall Draft Pick

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Boston Celtics get:
Right to Swap 2030 First Round Draft Picks with the Bucks
Earlier of 2027 Trail Blazers/Pelicans Second Round Draft Pick
Earlier of 2028 Hornets/Clippers Second Round Draft Pick

Brooklyn Nets get:
Kyle Kuzma
Tidjane Salaun
3rd Overall Draft Pick
38th Overall Draft Pick

Charlotte Hornets get:
Kristaps Porzingis

Milwaukee Bucks get:
Cam Johnson
Collin Sexton

Philadelphia 76ers get:
14th Overall Draft Pick
27th Overall Draft Pick
2028 Top 8 Protected Philadelphia 76ers First Round Draft Pick Returned
2031 Unprotected Milwaukee Bucks First Round Draft Pick

Sacramento Kings get:
Pat Connaughton
33rd Overall Draft Pick
2031 Milwaukee Bucks Second Round Draft Pick
2032 Milwaukee Bucks Second Round Draft Pick

San Antonio Spurs get:
19th Overall Draft Pick
26th Overall Draft Pick

Utah Jazz get:
Jusuf Nurkic
2026 Lottery Protected Boston Celtics First Round Draft Pick (2027 Top 4 Protected or becomes Earlier of 2027 Trail Blazers/Pelicans Second Round Draft Pick and Earlier of 2028 Hornets/Clippers Second Round Draft Pick)

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Oklahoma City Thunder get:
2031 Unprotected Los Angeles Lakers First Round Draft Pick

Los Angeles Lakers get:
15th Overall Draft Pick

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1. Mavericks - Cooper Flagg
2. Spurs - Dylan Harper
3. Nets - Ace Bailey
4. Hornets - VJ Edgecombe
5. Jazz - Tre Johnson
6. Wizards - Kon Knueppel
7. Pelicans - Khaman Maluach
8. Nets - Jeremiah Fears
9. Hawks - Derik Queen
10. Rockets - Carter Bryant
11. Trail Blazers - Egor Denim
12. Pelicans - Kasparas Jakucionis
13. Raptors - Noa Essengue
14. 76ers - Nique Clifford
15. Lakers - Thomas Sorber
16. Magic - Nolan Traore
17. Timberwolves - Asa Newell
18. Wizards - Collin Murray-Boyles
19. Spurs - Rasheer Fleming
20. Heat - Jase Richardson
21. Jazz - Cedric Coward
22. Celtics - Joan Beringer
23. Raptors - Danny Wolf
24. Thunder - Will Riley
25. Magic - Liam McNeeley
26. Spurs - Drake Powell
27. 76ers - Hugo Gonzalez
28. Hawks - Walter Clayton Jr.
29. Suns - Noah Penda
30. Clippers - Ben Saraf

[NYG]

Maybe I'm wrong in the big deal, but I have each team's version as fair...

Boston Celtics get Right to Swap 2030 First Round Draft Picks with the Bucks, Earlier of 2027 Trail Blazers/Pelicans Second Round Draft Pick, Earlier of 2028 Hornets/Clippers Second Round Draft Pick for Kristaps Porzingis and 2026 Lotto Protected 1st (2027 Top 4 Protected or becomes two seconds)



Brooklyn Nets get Kyle Kuzma, Tidjane Salaun, 3rd Overall Draft Pick and 38th Overall Draft Pick for Cam Johnson, 19th Overall, 26th Overall, 27th Overall and Top 8 Protected 2028 76ers 1st



Charlotte Hornets get Kristaps Porzingis for Tidjane Salaun, Jusuf Nurkic, 33rd Overall and two future seconds



Milwaukee Bucks get Cam Johnson and Collin Sexton for Kyle Kuzma, Pat Connaugton, '30 Pick Swap, '31 Unprotected 1st and two future seconds



Philadelphia 76ers get 14th Overall Draft Pick, 27th Overall Draft Pick, 2028 Top 8 Protected Philadelphia 76ers First Round Draft Pick Returned and 2031 Unprotected Milwaukee Bucks First Round Draft Pick for 3rd Overall Pick



Sacramento Kings get Pat Connaughton, 33rd Overall Draft Pick, 2031 Milwaukee Bucks Second Round Draft Pick and 2032 Milwaukee Bucks Second Round Draft Pick



San Antonio Spurs get 19th Overall Draft Pick and 26th Overall Draft Pick for 14th Overall and 38th Overall



Utah Jazz get Jusuf Nurkic and 2026 Lottery Protected Boston Celtics First Round Draft Pick (2027 Top 4 Protected or becomes Earlier of 2027 Trail Blazers/Pelicans Second Round Draft Pick and Earlier of 2028 Hornets/Clippers Second Round Draft Pick) for Collin Sexton

[Tim Lehrbach]

I appreciate the continued attempts to upgrade Milwaukee and still don't have any better ideas, but I will still advise discipline in spending those precious few assets they have to bring in support for Giannis.

[Clav]

You put some good work in, I might not agree with somemoves but I love to see that you're thinking for all franchises and doing a solid effort on it. I like the Charlotte deal

[giberish]

The big deal doesn't look too far off. Maybe Boston doesn't get extra 2nds and Charlotte doesn't give up future 2nds gets the value closer IMO.

The deal I really don't like is the Pels giving up a potential high-value asset for #12. Too much downside in that deal and I can't believe there's anyone at #12 who's that important for NO to get.

[wemby]

Holy crap, a Spurs thread that makes sense... I'm going to sit before I pass out.

[facothomas22]

The 76ers are hardly getting anything back from moving down from a top 3 pick to barely inside the lottery. The 76ers having full control over 2028 1st round pick won't even matter if they don't convey their pick to the Thunder by next year since that pick will simply become 2nd round picks anyway. A late 1st round pick and a Bucks 2031 1st round is fine, but this package falls well short of being enough to be worth moving down 11 spots for.

[NYG]

The 76ers are hardly getting anything back from moving down from a top 3 pick to barely inside the lottery. The 76ers having full control over 2028 1st round pick won't even matter if they don't convey their pick to the Thunder by next year since that pick will simply become 2nd round picks anyway. A late 1st round pick and a Bucks 2031 1st round is fine, but this package falls well short of being enough to be worth moving down 11 spots for.

I originally had it as 8, 27 and '31 1st, but when Fears was the pick at 8, I was looking to see who would trade up for him and the Nets made sense at 14 so I added the 76ers pick back for Stepien trade flexibility to drop from 8 to 14.

[Mr Swagtastic]

Toronto probably prefers one of Maluach, Queen or Fears over two power forwards in Noa Essengue who looks like a reach at 13 and Danny Wolf is interesting but Toronto should hold one of the first three I mentioned in higher value.

[daoneandonly]

Great effort, just hard to really get a sense of what each team is sending out the way its structured

[gswhoops]

I appreciate the continued attempts to upgrade Milwaukee and still don't have any better ideas, but I will still advise discipline in spending those precious few assets they have to bring in support for Giannis.

I have to imagine they'd get Giannis to sign off/agree not to ask for a trade prior to signing off on a deal like this

[basketballwacko2]

This is too big to get my head around it. But you have the Pacers trading their 2025 #1 pick they can't they traded their 2026 pick to the Raps and they sent it to the Pels. Stepian Rule.

[NYG]

This is too big to get my head around it. But you have the Pacers trading their 2025 #1 pick they can't they traded their 2026 pick to the Raps and they sent it to the Pels. Stepian Rule.

Technically agreed to but completed after

[Myth]

Boston Celtics get Right to Swap 2030 First Round Draft Picks with the Bucks,

Just a tiny note for clarity in case if matters to anybody, the pick Bucks have is the worst of Bucks/Blazers, so Celtics would have the right to swap for the worst of Blazers/Bucks.

[Patsfan1081]

I know Boston needs to trim salary however that seems like a pretty expensive move up. Pelton’s draft chart has 28 & 32 valued at 1340 points vs the 22nd pick at 1240. I don’t know how the league views Hauser but his contract isn’t bad, Boston doesn’t necessarily need to move off of him if the move Porzingis/Holliday.

[Threezus]

Honestly i probably wouldn't trade up for Queen im not really sold on him much yet. Don't hate him but don't love him either. I would probably trade up for Khaman Maluach though as i think he fits that defensive rim super big trae needs.

Although if we can't get a really good defensive 7 ft+ big i wouldn't be against going mostly offense at 7 ft+ as well with a guy like Kat if available.

[NYG]

Honestly i probably wouldn't trade up for Queen im not really sold on him much yet. Don't hate him but don't love him either. I would probably trade up for Khaman Maluach though as i think he fits that defensive rim super big trae needs.

Although if we can't get a really good defensive 7 ft+ big i wouldn't be against going mostly offense at 7 ft+ as well with a guy like Kat if available.

I kind of like Atlanta walking out with Queen, Toppin, Hauser and Clayton without losing anything roster-wise.

[HartfordWhalers]

I know Boston needs to trim salary however that seems like a pretty expensive move up. Pelton’s draft chart has 28 & 32 valued at 1340 points vs the 22nd pick at 1240. I don’t know how the league views Hauser but his contract isn’t bad, Boston doesn’t necessarily need to move off of him if the move Porzingis/Holliday.

Doesn’t Pelton himself say that teams give value higher picks more than his chart?

[zimpy27]

I don't think Pacers need to pay an FRP to move Toppin in to space do they?

[Threezus]

Honestly i probably wouldn't trade up for Queen im not really sold on him much yet. Don't hate him but don't love him either. I would probably trade up for Khaman Maluach though as i think he fits that defensive rim super big trae needs.

Although if we can't get a really good defensive 7 ft+ big i wouldn't be against going mostly offense at 7 ft+ as well with a guy like Kat if available.

I kind of like Atlanta walking out with Queen, Toppin, Hauser and Clayton without losing anything roster-wise.

As said i don't hate it i just personally wouldn't trade up for Queen although as a 4 pack of players we could do much worse this offseason.