In a somewhat unusual development, not a single NBA veteran changed teams on Thursday night. While several trades were completed, all of those deals involved the rights to newly-drafted players, future draft picks, and/or cash.
Listed below are all the trades that were agreed upon at some point on Thursday. While most of these deals were made official during or after the draft, one won’t be finalized until June, which we noted below.
Here’s the full list:
- Mavericks acquire the draft rights to Luka Doncic (No. 3 pick).
- Hawks acquire the draft rights to Trae Young (No. 5 pick) and the Mavericks’ 2019 first-round pick (top-5 protected).
- Suns acquire the draft rights to Mikal Bridges (No. 10 pick).
- Sixers acquire the draft rights to Zhaire Smith (No. 16 pick) and the Heat’s 2021 first-round pick (unprotected).
- Clippers acquire the draft rights to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (No. 11 pick)
- Hornets acquire the draft rights to Miles Bridges (No. 12 pick), the Cavaliers’ 2020 second-round pick, and the Clippers’ 2021 second-round pick.
- Hornets acquire the draft rights to Devonte’ Graham (No. 34 pick).
- Hawks acquire the Hornets’ 2019 second-round pick and the Hornets’ 2023 second-round pick.
- Trail Blazers acquire the draft rights to Gary Trent Jr. (No. 37 pick).
- Kings acquire either the Timberwolves’ or Lakers’ 2019 second-round pick (whichever is more favorable), the Heat’s 2021 second-round pick, and cash ($1.5MM).
- Pistons acquire the draft rights to Khyri Thomas (No. 38 pick).
- Sixers acquire the Pistons’ 2021 second-round pick and the Pistons’ 2023 second-round pick.
- Nuggets acquire the draft rights to Jarred Vanderbilt (No. 41 pick).
- Magic acquire the draft rights to Justin Jackson (No. 43 pick) and either the Nuggets’ or Wizards’ 2019 second-round pick (whichever is less favorable).
- Note: The Nuggets’ 2019 second-round pick would be sent to Milwaukee if it falls between 56-60, in which case the Magic would receive the Wizards’ second-rounder.
- Thunder acquire the draft rights to Hamidou Diallo (No. 45 pick).
- Hornets acquire the Thunder’s 2019 second-round pick and cash.
- Note: Trade won’t become official until the new league year, since No. 45 pick first has to be sent from Nets to Hornets.
- Rockets acquire the draft rights to Vince Edwards (No. 52 pick).
- Jazz acquire cash ($1.5MM).
- Sixers acquire the draft rights to Shake Milton (No. 54 pick).
- Mavericks acquire the draft rights to Ray Spalding (No. 56 pick) and Kostas Antetokounmpo (No. 60 pick).
Note: Two other trades involving 2018 draft picks were agreed upon prior to draft day. We have separate stories on those Lakers/Sixers and Nets/Hornets swaps.
The Clips-Hornets trade was odd to me
Probably, CHA knew LAC was going for Alexander, so they jumped on him and got 2 round2s for the effort. Word got out that LAC was the only team Alexander worked out for.
Not much of a risk– even if LAC does not bite, and Walker re-ups, Alexander can play 2G easily enough.
I was thinking that but it was still a little weird
There was a note on HR pre-draft, that PHL was looking at Zaire Smith at #10, so trading for him and a 2021 r1 made sense. Smith projects to be better at mixing it up inside so the PHL FO must feel they need to get more physical more than more skilled.
Too bad about the missed Nova-Sixers connection. It may have been useful for a young team.
Doncic to Dallas best trade of the night… can’t wait to see what he can do & what Dallas can get in the FA market.