2026 NBA Draft: Updated Tracker for Every Team’s Second-Round Pick
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On September 8, 2025, Hoops Rumors released its annual rundown of how all 30 NBA teams have routed or protected their 2026 second-round selections. The list will be amended throughout the season, but the current snapshot shows where each pick is headed—and, when applicable, the protections or tiebreaker rules that could keep a pick with its original club or shift it elsewhere in 2027.
Atlantic Division
Boston Celtics: Sent to the Hawks or Grizzlies (see multi-team details below).
Brooklyn Nets: Owed to the Heat; top-55 protection extinguishes the debt if triggered.
New York Knicks: Could land with the Celtics or Wizards (see multi-team details below).
Philadelphia 76ers: The Thunder get the most favorable of the Sixers, Mavericks and Thunder picks; the Suns receive the second most favorable; the Wizards take the least favorable.
Toronto Raptors: Top-55-protected pick owed to the Pacers; protection ends the obligation if met.
Central Division
Chicago Bulls: Dealt to the Rockets.
Cleveland Cavaliers: Hold their own pick.
Detroit Pistons: Part of a three-way swap: Celtics receive the most favorable of the Pistons, Bucks and Magic picks; Magic receive the next pick; Knicks get the least favorable.
Indiana Pacers: Routed to the Hawks, Grizzlies, Spurs, Timberwolves or Nets (see multi-team details below).
Milwaukee Bucks: Included in the same three-way arrangement with the Celtics, Magic and Knicks noted above.
Southeast Division
Atlanta Hawks: Sent to the Nets.
Charlotte Hornets: Kings receive the pick if it falls 31-55; Pistons receive it if it lands 56-60. The obligation to the non-receiving team is then cleared.
Miami Heat: Routed to the Hawks, Grizzlies, Spurs, Timberwolves or Nets (see multi-team details below).
Orlando Magic: Part of the Pistons/Bucks/Magic three-way described above.
Washington Wizards: Currently keep their own pick. If their 2026 first-rounder finishes in the top eight, the Wizards instead send this second-rounder to the Knicks.
Northwest Division
Denver Nuggets: Hornets get the more favorable of the Nuggets and Warriors second-rounders; Timberwolves take the less favorable.
Minnesota Timberwolves: Destined for the Celtics, Knicks or Wizards (see multi-team details below).
Oklahoma City Thunder: Hold the right to swap their own pick for either the Sixers or Mavericks pick. Final distribution mirrors the 76ers note above: Thunder receive the best of the three, Suns the next, Wizards the last.
Portland Trail Blazers: Ticketed to the Celtics, Spurs or Wizards (see multi-team details below).
Utah Jazz: Spurs take the pick if it is 31-55; Bucks claim it if it is 56-60. The Jazz’s duty to the unserved team then ends.
Pacific Division
Golden State Warriors: Part of the Nuggets/Warriors arrangement that favors the Hornets and then the Timberwolves.
Los Angeles Clippers: Will go to the Nets or Grizzlies (see multi-team details below).
Los Angeles Lakers: Assigned to the Raptors.
Phoenix Suns: Dealt to the Wizards.
Sacramento Kings: Retain their own pick.
Southwest Division
Dallas Mavericks: Slot into the same three-team hierarchy with the Sixers and Thunder detailed above.
Houston Rockets: Keep their own pick unless their 2026 first-rounder lands in the top four, in which case this second-rounder goes to the Thunder.
Memphis Grizzlies: Clippers get the pick if it is 31-42; Trail Blazers if it is 43-60. The other obligation is then wiped out.
New Orleans Pelicans: Sent to the Celtics, Spurs or Wizards (see multi-team details below).
San Antonio Spurs: Could ultimately convey to the Timberwolves (see multi-team details below).
Multi-Team Distribution Rules
Knicks / Timberwolves / Trail Blazers / Pelicans:
- Celtics receive the most favorable of the four picks (Knicks, Timberwolves, Trail Blazers, Pelicans).
- Knicks obtain the least favorable of their own pick and the Timberwolves pick.
- Spurs get the least favorable of the Trail Blazers and Pelicans picks.
- Wizards claim the least favorable of two groups: (a) the more favorable of Knicks/Timberwolves and (b) the more favorable of Trail Blazers/Pelicans.
Celtics / Pacers / Heat / Clippers / Spurs:
- Grizzlies secure the most favorable of the Clippers pick and the most favorable among the Celtics, Pacers and Heat picks; Nets obtain the least favorable of those two assets.
- Spurs receive the most favorable of their own pick and the less favorable of the Pacers and Heat picks; Timberwolves get the least favorable of that same pair.
- Hawks take the least favorable between the Celtics pick and the more favorable of the Pacers and Heat picks.
The tracker cites RealGM for transaction data and will be refreshed as trades or protections change ahead of the 2026 draft.
Source: Hoops Rumors
