Clippers' 2029 Pick Swap With 76ers Survives NBA Sanctions
The Clippers lose five first-round picks through 2033 over cap violations, but Philadelphia's 2029 swap right from the Harden trade stays intact.
The Clippers' penalty for salary-cap violations will strip the club of five first-round picks between 2029 and 2033, but the sanctions leave untouched a separate pick swap right the Philadelphia 76ers hold over Los Angeles for 2029, Chris Haynes of The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.
Philadelphia acquired that swap right in the trade that sent James Harden to the Clippers in October 2023.
The swap right now carries more leverage. The Clippers were already facing a drop-off, and now sit stripped of first-round picks for five straight years as part of record fines for repeated salary-cap breaches. A pick swap with a franchise facing that scale of talent drain is a different proposition than it was a year ago.
Philadelphia sit sixth in the NBA standings, 4–6 after 10 games.
If the Clippers keep shedding talent as the sanctions bite, the 76ers' 2029 swap right could turn into one of the more useful trade chips in the league, without Philadelphia having given up anything beyond what was already agreed in the Harden deal.
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