JULY 6: The Diallo trade is now official, per a press release from the Thunder. As first reported by Rick Bonnell of The Charlotte Observer, the Hornets receive Oklahoma City’s 2019 second-round pick and cash in the deal.
JUNE 21: The Hornets will send 45th pick Hamidou Diallo to the Thunder, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. The teams can’t finalize the deal until July 6 because it involves a pick that Charlotte will receive from the Nets in the Dwight Howard trade, which also can’t be completed until that date.
Diallo, 19, was a top recruit coming out of college in 2016, but made a late commitment to Kentucky and redshirted during his first season there. He declared for the draft last year, but elected to return to college, where he averaged 10.0 points in 37 games.
There’s no word yet on what the Hornets will get in return for Diallo.
Why wouldn’t the Nets trade the #45 pick to the Thunder and then ship the return to the Hornets? Seems like it would be simpler.
That would involve the hornets giving up another asset, even if it was cash or a top 55 protected pick.
How so? They are already giving up Dwight Howard. This would just be the Nets sending them the Thunder pick instead of the #45 pick. I guess if the the return is cash, it could make a difference, but still to me it makes no sense.
Let’s hope this kid doesn’t skip town when he gets to Oklahoma, seems to have trouble committing to anything/anyone.
Presti got a steal here.
I actually like Hervey as a steal for them as well
Diallo can not only chase down long rebounds, he can snatch short ones.
I hope it was for Carmelo