Miami Heat
Post by billy on Feb 15, 2016 11:19:00 GMT -5
1st Round Draft Picks are able to be "protected" during trading like in the real NBA, but simpler for logistical reasons.
A draft pick during a trade can be:
Regulations:
Examples:
A draft pick during a trade can be:
- Top 3 Protected
- Top 8 Protected
- Lottery Protected
- Swapped
Regulations:
1. Teams cannot trade future picks not already in their possession. Picks are not assured until the draft lottery of that year.
2. If the team giving up the protected pick meets the requirements to keep their pick, their draft pick the next year will also offered to the other team, but be protected either increasingly, decreasingly, or not at all. The choice of conveyance type is up to the GMs in the trade.
Order: Top 3 <---> Top 8 <---> Lottery <---> Swap ---> No Conveyance
3. The conveyance of a draft pick can only last one year.
2. If the team giving up the protected pick meets the requirements to keep their pick, their draft pick the next year will also offered to the other team, but be protected either increasingly, decreasingly, or not at all. The choice of conveyance type is up to the GMs in the trade.
Order: Top 3 <---> Top 8 <---> Lottery <---> Swap ---> No Conveyance
3. The conveyance of a draft pick can only last one year.
Examples:
Example of Decreasing Conveyance:
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Top 8 protected with decreasing conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their pick, their 2017 draft pick will then be offered to Chicago as Lottery Protected.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as ↓
Example of Increasing Conveyance:
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Lottery Protected with increasing conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their own pick, their 2017 draft pick will then be offered to Chicago as Top 8 protected.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as ↑
Example of No Conveyance:
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Top 3 Protected with no conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their own pick, Chicago will not receive a pick.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as -
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Top 8 protected with decreasing conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their pick, their 2017 draft pick will then be offered to Chicago as Lottery Protected.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as ↓
Example of Increasing Conveyance:
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Lottery Protected with increasing conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their own pick, their 2017 draft pick will then be offered to Chicago as Top 8 protected.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as ↑
Example of No Conveyance:
If the Lakers trade their 2016 Draft Pick as Top 3 Protected with no conveyance to Chicago, then they fail hard enough to keep their own pick, Chicago will not receive a pick.
Denoted on Draft Rights Chart as -