If none convey, the Sixers will only have their 1st.
Heat - Top 10 protected next year
OKC - Top 15 protected next year
Lakers - Top 3 protected next year
Considering that all of those teams project to be better, very good chance Sixers get them this year.
OKC lost Durant for the better part of the year and then Ibaka.
Lakers sat Kobe all year (not sure how "hurt" he really was), so they'll have a Top 5 pick/Kobe/Randle
Heat will have Bosch back and their 1st rounder.
I think it is hard to say. The Heat could lose Dragic to the FA. Wade is continuing to have shaky health and his play has shown itself to be starting to decline. Bosh of course is returning from blood clots. Even with Bosh and Wade health this year they still weren't a very good team hovering around the bottom of the playoffs. And that pick likely being around 10 you are still talking about a raw rookie. I could see them being right around the same spot again.
The Thunder should be better but they do have to deal with that rough Western conference and Durant's health alone is now looking like a concern. This season alone...
Oct. 12 Fractures foot out 17 games
Dec. 18 Right ankle sprain out 6 games
Jan. 25 Sprained big toe out 4 games
Feb. 22 2nd foot surgery out 14 games
March 20 Setback in rehab out indefinitely
March 27 More foot surgery out 4-6 months
At this point I am not all that confident he will be all that healthy next year given how fragile he is looking.
Lakers are a complete mystery. Randle and whoever they draft will join but both will still be rookies. Kobe returns but Kobe has not been slightly healthy the past 2 years and even when he was he was horrible. They will have money to spend but they have had issues attracting the true big FA's lately and may just end up signing players who aren't game changers. Plus yet again in the West they could easily be a lotto team again.
I actually don't hate getting picks in next years draft though. Though it is early on and the scouting is raw it does look like it could be an impressive draft class.
