I know at one point we had 5 picks in the 2015 draft (1 1st and 4 2nds) but after all the trades what are we left with???? TIA
We still have our 1st from NO, but where that falls depends on whether OKC can edge out NO for the 8th spot. We traded our Denver 2nd so that's gone. Not sure about the rest.
http://basketball.realgm.com/nba/draft/future_drafts/detailed Owed to Rockets 2015 2015 first round draft pick from New Orleans New Orleans' 1st round pick to Houston protected for selections 1-3 and 20-30 in 2015, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2016, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2017, 1-3 and 20-30 in 2018, 1-3 and 25-30 in 2019 and 1-3 and 25-30 in 2020; if New Orleans has not conveyed a 1st round pick to Houston by 2020, then New Orleans will instead convey its 2020 2nd round pick and 2021 2nd round pick to Houston [Houston-New Orleans-Washington, 7/15/2014] 2015 second round draft pick from New York New York's 2015 2nd round pick to Houston [Houston-New York, 7/11/2012] Rockets Owe 2015 2015 first round draft pick to L.A. Lakers Houston's 1st round pick to the L.A. Lakers protected for selections 1-14 in 2015, 1-10 in 2016, 1-10 in 2017, 1-5 in 2018, 1-5 in 2019 and 1-3 in 2020 and unprotected in 2021 [Houston-L.A. Lakers, 7/13/2014] 2015 second round draft pick to Philadelphia Houston's 2015 2nd round pick to Philadelphia [Houston-Minnesota-Philadelphia, 12/19/2014]
The Minnesota or Denver 2nd Rd pick was traded to the best of my knowledge* with Isaiah Canaan to Philly for the right to have K. J. McDaniels ride the pine and to have the right to match any deal for him this offseason. *Media reports are not always 100% on 2nd round picks, but I saw this at least a couple of times.
In retrospect, DM did fairly well with the trades last summer. To get rid of Lin's contract (which, regardless of how you feel about the managing of the cap last summer, wasn't a bad idea, considering Lin was a net neutral on the court, imo), we basically traded the 3rd to last pick in the first round... not a big deal. Asik wasn't as much a "get rid of" trade.... but the #14 pick for a guy that barely played for the team last year, didn't gel with Dwight, and hasn't seemed to meaningfully improve his new team, while also getting paid A LOT and being on the final year of his contract... that ain't bad!
Fairly well is the understatement of the year regarding trades last summer. First of all, the Rox FO was able shed 15M of salary without giving up anything (lost a pick, gained a pick). To put that into perspective, Memphis had to give up prime Pau Gasol just to get 9M in expiring contract (and no, Marc Gasol was just a throw in to the trade as he was a low second rounder known only as Pau Gasol's younger bro at the time), DM didn't even have to take salary back. As it turned out, the trades actually ended up helping improve the Rox stock, we're one of the few teams who can enjoy both a high playoff seed and also a relatively high pick....it's a case of having your cake and eating it too IMHO.