Second Round Pick Roundup

Ok, how many second round picks do we have?

For such a simple question, the answer is numbingly complicated. Here's what I gather from the information on NBAdraft.net:

http://nbadraft.net/draftnotes.asp#2por062806

We have 1 pick of our own. Since we are in a 2-way tie with Minnesota for the 7th worst record, it should be either the 37th or 38th pick. I'm not sure how they break those ties.

We have 1 pick from Indiana, from the James White trade last year. If you are wondering "James Who?", he is the guy who we picked with our 31st pick last season and sent to Indiana in exchange for their 06, 07 and 08 second rounders, and who Indiana just ended up waiving. Don't ask me what they were thinking. That pick is the 42nd.

We have 1 conditional pick from Toronto from [I]the 1997 Chris Dudley trade[/I]. Yes, you read that right. The condition is that it's top 50 protected, but Toronto has done pretty well this year, so it looks like that pick is the 52nd, and it will be coming to us.

We have 1 conditional pick from Chicago as part of the LaMarcus Aldridge - Tyrus Thomas trade. The condition on that pick is that it is owed to San Antonio, but is top 51 protected in that transaction. What that means is that if it falls before 52, then we get it and San Antonio simply gets nothing. If it falls after 51 then the Spurs get it and we get CHIs 2008 pick. It looks to be the 54th pick, so SAS gets it and we get CHIs second round pick next year.

Next year we also are owed another pick from Indiana in the James White trade, with the condition that they get to choose whether it's their own or one they got from Phoenix, so it will probably be Phoenix's. We are also owed a 2008 pick from Memphis as part of the Alexander Johnson trade. He was the guy we picked at #45 with the 06 second rounder we got from Indy in that White trade.

In sum, this year we have picks #37/38, #42, and #52 along with our own lotto pick.

Next year we have our own, Chicago's and Phoenix's second round picks coming to us.

What we will do with all these picks I have no idea.