The 2025 NBA champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder , have set the standard for how fringe playoff teams can successfully stockpile multiple future draft picks and build on young prospects.

The 2019 trade that brought reigning MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and a load of draft picks to Oklahoma City for Paul George produced twofold and six years later has become the blueprint for how teams can maximize their return value.

And as a result, five teams, including the Thunder, have a combined 55 first-round picks over the next couple of years: the Brooklyn Nets , Utah Jazz , Memphis Grizzlies and the Houston Rockets

Of those teams, which are best positioned to dominate the league's annual draft through the next few years or use those assets to execute front office goals? Here is a r

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