Recently, when ESPN famous reporter Shams was a guest program "Pat McAfee", he talked about the value of draft picks in the current trading market:

"Look at last year, we saw Mikal Bridges exchanged for five first-round picks, and then the Nets got Boyan Bogdanovic. But Boyan Bogdanovic was not important in the Nets this season. So, what the Nets actually got were those five first-round picks. This year, the Grizzlies sent Bain to exchange for four first-round picks and one draft pick exchange. They also got two players who can provide some help to the team, but the main reason for this deal was to those picks."

"Think about the deals between Luca Doncic and Anthony Davis. If you put Anthony Davis on the trading market now, he can exchange you for four-five first-round picks. So I think the core of the question is: do you want to trade players or do you want to trade picks."