So the 2024 pick is protected 1-4. What happens if Houston ends up keeping that pick? Does it convert to a 2025 1st rounder? If it does, what happens to the 2025 pick swap? Does that disappear or get converted to a pick swap in another year? And what happens to the 2025 pick swap if Houston is in the bottom 20? Could it be that OKC never sees either Houston pick? If so that pick haul isn't as good as it appears.
Both picks are only top 4 protected. It is mostly like that OKC will get both picks and very unlikely that they'd get neither pick.
I don't care about what is likely, I care about what the contingencies are if the protections do kick in. I also don't care what anyone thinks is likely, because I don't think anyone can declare what is likely to happen 5-7 years from now. Anything can happen and should be a part of the deal.
2024 pick is protected 1-4...what happens if the protection kicks in? Does OKC just not get the pick or does it roll over to another year.
2025 pick swap is protected 1-20. If the pick is the bottom 20 does OKC just lose that swap or does it roll over to another year? If the 2024 pick rolls to 2025 does this pick swap disappear?
2026 pick....see 2024 pick questions.
If Houston is a bottom feeding team between 2024-2026, none of these picks could convey, if there are no roll overs of picks if the protections kick in. That kinda makes the cache of picks possibly a lot less valuable than it appears.