What does it take to move up in the draft?
In 2017, the Utah Jazz jumped 11 draft spots to #13 by trading #24, Trey Lyles (after a bad season) to the Denver Nuggets, where the Jazz took Donovan Mitchell.
In 2011, the San Antonio Spurs jumped 14 draft spots to #15 by trading #29, George Hill (a 25-year-old bench player for Popovich) to the Indiana Pacers, where the Spurs took Kawhi Leonard; hell they even squeezed a second rounder out of Indiana.
Not saying there's a great chance, you need two to tango, but a couple examples where moving up in the draft may not cost that much.
In 2017, the Utah Jazz jumped 11 draft spots to #13 by trading #24, Trey Lyles (after a bad season) to the Denver Nuggets, where the Jazz took Donovan Mitchell.
In 2011, the San Antonio Spurs jumped 14 draft spots to #15 by trading #29, George Hill (a 25-year-old bench player for Popovich) to the Indiana Pacers, where the Spurs took Kawhi Leonard; hell they even squeezed a second rounder out of Indiana.
Not saying there's a great chance, you need two to tango, but a couple examples where moving up in the draft may not cost that much.