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What is the Cost of Moving Up in the NBA Draft?

Over the past five years, we’ve seen teams mortgage the farm to go after their prized prospect(s). Based on that, what might it cost teams this year?

I don’t even want to attempt to predict which team(s) may move up, or God forbid move up for a certain player, so here’s my cop out.

With the 2022 NBA Draft quickly approaching — and draft trade rumors heating up — I wanted to look back at the last five years and gauge the cost of moving up in the draft. Moving up into the lottery is surprisingly expensive, considering the unlikely probability that the pick turns out to be a hit.