2026 draft thread - WE ARE NOT TRADING OUR FIRST PICK! READ THE NEW DRAFT RULES

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@7pointplay

I may be missing something but if we were interested in trading pick 1 couldn’t we make a bid so we get compensation pick and then trade it after that?

2025 Draft and Trade Explainer/Confuser

The rules of the priority picks given to compensate for player matching: #1 you must finish in the bottom 5 #2 you must use your ‘natural’ first pick #3 that natural first pick must be pushed back by a bid on a player then you get a pick at the end of night 1 (ie. after the first round including Band 2 free agency compo is finished). At that point you can trade the pick. If at the pick on day 2 you have no list spots you lose it (if untraded). Therefore: You can only get 1 priority pick f…