The Lakers can only retain one first-round pick in 2024 and 2025, and the first-round initiative in three years will be with the Pelicans.
Details of the Lakers’ draft picks in the next seven years:
1. In 2023, the Pelicans hold the Lakers’ first-round swap rights. The Lakers will either keep their first-round pick or In exchange for the Pelicans' first-round pick.
2. In 2024, the Pelicans may get the Lakers' first-round pick. If the Pelicans don't want the Lakers' first-round pick in 2024, the Lakers can trade this first-round pick on draft night.
3. If the Pelicans do not get the Lakers' first-round pick in 2024, the Pelicans will get the Lakers' first-round pick in 2025; (the Lakers have the second-round pick in 2025) the Lakers must have it in 2024 and 2025 A first-round pick that cannot be traded now because the Pelicans are not sure what year he wants it. The Lakers have their own first-round pick and second-round pick in 2026.
4. The Lakers will have their own first-round pick and second-round pick in 2027; the Lakers will have their own first-round pick in 2028; whichever second-round pick the Lakers/Wizards have is worse, the Lakers will get whichever one is worse; 2029 The Lakers have their own first-round pick and second-round pick this year.
The significance of NBA first-round picks:
The first-round pick means that all NBA teams have the right to select rookies in the first round in the order previously arranged in the draft. Correspondingly, second-round picks mean that all NBA teams have the right to select new talents in the second round in the previously predetermined order.
These 30 NBA teams, regardless of their record, will have the opportunity to select young rookies every year. However, many fans have discovered that not all teams participate in the draft every year. This is because draft picks are also a trade allowed by the NBA. Some teams trade their draft picks for other teams' fighting players so they won't have a draft opportunity that year.
The NBA Draft is held at the end of June every year. Draft candidates include: players over the age of 19 who have graduated from high school for more than one year and have officially declared their participation in the draft; all international players over the age of 22; all players over the age of 19 and signed with an international professional team; all native Americans who have graduated from college players.