Pretty much nobody besides the people working in the Boston Celtics’ front office knew the team was going to trade away veteran point guard Marcus Smart ahead of the 2023 NBA draft for Kristaps Porzingis and a pair of first round draft picks.
And even the Celtics’ front office crew did not know the extent to which they would end up trading back in the draft last week to convert one of those two firsts into a total of four second rounders and the pick used to select Jordan Walsh at No. 38 overall. Once the dust settled on the annual ingress of draft prospects to the league, Boston found itself with five more draft picks than when they started.
Let’s take a look at each of them.
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2027 Hawks second round pick
2026 - Best of T-wolves', Pelicans', Knicks', or Blazers' 2nd round pick
2025 - Best of Pistons', Warriors', or Wizards' 2nd round pick
2024 - Mavericks' 2nd round pick
2024 - Golden State Warriors' 1st round pick
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