2027–2033 · verified 2 h ago · league ledger

Hornets draft picks

12first-round picks
2027–2033

Every pick the Hornets hold or have traded away over the next 7 drafts, in the league's own terms: 6 of 7 first-round picks fully their own, 12 first-rounders held in all counting conditional ones, 21 second-rounders. Where a protection decides the 2027 pick, the odds come from our lottery board; the cap side of any deal is on the salary cap page.

Own firsts6/7fully in hand

Firsts held12incl. conditional

Seconds held21incl. ranges

Owed out2own picks headed elsewhere

Owed in16picks other teams owe

Year by year

first and second round · full terms

2027

First roundOwn3 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Mavericks, Heat

Own ; DAL 3-30; MIA 15-30

Second roundConditional2 picks

Conditional, may go to Thunder · Thunder ledger

Also holds: Grizzlies

To OKC if SAN 1-16 in 2027 or to SAC if SAN 17-30 in 2027 (via NYK to ATL to SAN to SAC) ;
MEM (via LAC to HOU) ;
More favorable of POR and NOP (via POR)

2028

First roundSwap2 picks

Swap rights with Timberwolves

Also holds: Heat (conditional)

Own or swap for MIN ; MIA if not already settled

Second roundSwap4 picks

Swap rights involved

Also holds: Rockets, Heat (conditional), Magic

More favorable of CHA and LAC then other to DET [DET may convey to UTH] (via CHA to DAL) ;
HOU;
MIA if DAL does not convey 1st round pick to CHA in 2027 (via SAN to DAL) ;
ORL

2029

First roundOwn1 pick

Own pick

Own ;
Least / less favorable of UTH, CLE and MIN 6-30 (via UTH to PHX) *
*CHA will also have a complex swap right with MIN and PHX will receive a least favorable pick

Second roundOwn4 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Nuggets (conditional), Timberwolves (conditional)

Own ;
More favorable of ATL and MIA (via OKC) ;
DEN if DEN has conveyed a first potential 1st round pick to OKC by 2029 ;
MIN if MIN conveys 1st round pick to UTH in 2029

2030

First roundOwn1 pick

Own pick

Own *
*CHA will have a complex swap right with MIN, receiving MIN, SAN or DAL

Second roundProtected2 picks

31-55 protected, otherwise to Celtics · Celtics ledger

31-55 Own; 56-60 to BOS ; More favorable of UTH and LAC (via UTH)

2031

First roundOwn1 pick

Own pick

Second roundOwn3 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Bucks, Suns

Own ; MIL; PHX

2032

First roundOwn1 pick

Own pick

Second roundOwn3 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Bucks, Timberwolves

Own ; MIL; MIN

2033

First roundOwn3 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Timberwolves, Suns

Own ;
MIN;
PHX

Second roundOwn3 picks

Own pick

Also holds: Rockets, Timberwolves

Own ;
HOU;
MIN

Owed to the Hornets

2027Mavericks1st · 1-2 protected 2027Heat1st · 1-14 protected 2027Grizzlies2nd · unprotected 2028Heat1st · conditional 2028Rockets2nd · unprotected 2028Magic2nd · unprotected 2029Nuggets2nd · conditional 2029Timberwolves2nd · conditional 2031Bucks2nd · unprotected 2031Suns2nd · unprotected 2032Bucks2nd · unprotected 2032Timberwolves2nd · unprotected 2033Timberwolves1st · unprotected 2033Suns1st · unprotected 2033Rockets2nd · unprotected 2033Timberwolves2nd · unprotected

Owed by the Hornets

2027Thunder2nd · conditional 2030Celtics2nd · 31-55 protected

Terms are quoted as the league records them; "via" traces the path a pick took between teams. Ranges like 1-4 or 31-55 are the slots in which a pick stays or moves. Verified weekly against the trade record.