Bucks Reacts Survey Results: Some support for trading down

In this week’s Reacts survey, we discussed the possibility of the Bucks moving down from the 10th pick in this month’s 2026 NBA Draft in exchange for multiple selections this year. At last month’s combine, Milwaukee was said to be operating as if they’d be making more than one draft pick, and while that doesn’t necessarily mean an additional first (the rumor didn’t specify), that’s the route we’re looking at today. What was the verdict among voters?

As discussed on Tuesday, the Thunder and Hornets both have two picks in the teens: OKC at 12 and 17, Charlotte at 14 and 18. I wrote yesterday about who I might pick if I were the Bucks in those situations. But a small majority of our readership thinks it would be a good idea to move back from 10 in order to add a second rookie. And it’s possible, if not likely, that whoever the Bucks have eyes for at 10 will still be on the board at 12 anyway, perhaps even 14.

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Acquiring a second pick this year could be flipped for the future too. If Milwaukee received 17 or 18, they could trade that pick for a future first, particularly to a team that doesn’t have a pick this year; New Orleans, for example. Last year, the Pelicans famously traded their 2026 first-round pick to Atlanta in order to move up in the 2025 draft and choose Derik Queen. That move was highly criticized at the time, and the Hawks ended up at eighth this year in exchange for moving back 10 spots from 13 to 23.

Maybe New Orleans doesn’t want to make that mistake again, but maybe Houston wants to get in on this highly-regarded class. They have no firsts this year, though they own Phoenix’s next year and have the right to swap theirs with Brooklyn’s. The latter might be too high a price to pay for the 18th pick this year, but if I were the Bucks, I’d gladly give them 18 for the Suns’ pick next year, which could certainly end up in the lottery. And with the new odds, it could end up being quite high.

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