When he was selected with the 45th overall pick in the draft on Thursday night, Hamidou Diallo technically became a member of the Nets. However, Brooklyn had already agreed to send that pick to the Hornets, who have subsequently agreed to flip it to the Thunder.
Neither of those trade can become official until after the July moratorium ends on July 6, but we now know what the Hornets will receive from the Thunder in exchange for Diallo. Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer reports (via Twitter) that Oklahoma City will send its 2019 second-round pick and cash considerations to Charlotte as part of the swap.
Here are a few more leftovers from draft night, including more details on trades:
- In exchange for sending Gary Trent Jr.‘s draft rights to the Trail Blazers, the Kings will receive either the Timberwolves’ or Lakers’ 2019 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable), the Heat’s 2021 second-round pick, and cash, according to Sactown Royalty (Twitter link).
- RealGM’s log of traded draft picks provides specific details on a couple more draft-night trades, indicating that the Sixers received 2021 and 2023 second-round picks in their deal with the Pistons, while the Magic will receive the less favorable of the Nuggets’ and Wizards’ 2019 second-round picks as a result of their swap with the Nuggets.
- Kevin Pelton of ESPN.com explores how the results of this year’s draft could set up free agency and future trades, touching on the Mavericks‘ need for a center, the Sixers‘ and Lakers‘ quests to clear cap room, and the availability of Dennis Schroder.
- Robert Williams, who went 27th overall to the Celtics, was one of the big fallers of the night. According to Jeff Goodman (Twitter links), many teams didn’t have Williams’ medical info and there was some concern about a potential knee injury, which may have been one reason why he slipped.
Now all the sudden William’s had a knee injury?
Williams was/is supposed to be like Capela, but Capela is a hard worker and Williams is not described that way. He is still another good pick for Boston though due to long arms.
I don’t see why all of the fuss with Williams, if Boston thinks had a great steal with him, good for them. I don’t particularly rate him, specially against the dominant 5’s in the league, like Embiid. Just a bench guy, cannot see him been anyway near as good as Monroe was for them.
Monroe can not play defense. Slow footwork.
Williams is already heads and shoulders above Monroe on the defensive end. The fact that you don’t see that says more about your knowledge than it does about Williams’s ability
Are we going to ignore Williams’s abysmal free throw percentage?