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Originally Posted by Hockey Fan #751
For those who know basketball more than I do, what's the point of trading a prospect immediately after drafting him? Why not just trade the pick? You'd never see that in hockey.
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There's some weird timing regarding the draft: after 2pm on draft day, teams cannot trade draft picks, only players. (I'm not sure what the reason for this is). So as the draft is unfolding and two teams want to trade draft picks, they need to draft the players with their own picks and then trade them. If a team is trading a draft pick for a current player (or other non-draft asset like cash considerations), then this can be announced pretty-much as the player is drafted. But if the trade involves two drafted players, it has to wait until both players are drafted.