The Portland Trail Blazers will select 22nd in Thursday's draft. The Portland Trail Blazers will select 22nd in Thursday's draft. (Bill Baptist/Getty Images)

The Portland Trail Blazers have moved up two slots in the NBA draft.

The Trail Blazers confirmed Wednesday that they acquired the 22nd pick overall from the Dallas Mavericks for the No. 24 selection and two second-round picks.

The Mavericks, who had traded their second-round pick to the Indiana Pacers, received Portland's second-rounder this season — No. 56 overall — and next season.

"You never know when 2nd rd picks can come in handy," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said in a tweet.

The Trail Blazers still have the 33rd, 38th and 55th picks in Thursday's draft, to be held at New York's Madison Square Garden.

The Toronto Raptors pick ninth overall.

With files from The Associated Press