FILE PHOTO: Jan 9, 2019; Dallas, TX, USA; Phoenix Suns forward T.J. Warren (12) warms up before a game against the Dallas Mavericks at the American Airlines Center. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports – 11968459
June 21, 2019
The Atlanta Hawks acquired the No. 4 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft from the New Orleans Pelicans for four picks, according to multiple reports an hour before Thursday’s draft was scheduled to begin.
That pick, which the Pelicans acquired from the Los Angeles Lakers in the Anthony Davis deal, became Virginia forward De’Andre Hunter. Like all other trades, the deal cannot become official until July 6.
The Hawks parted with picks No. 8 (Texas center Jaxson Hayes), No. 17 (Virginia Tech guard Nickeil Alexander-Walker) and No. 35 this year, plus Cleveland’s 2020 first-round pick. In return, the Pelicans are sending Solomon Hill, the No. 57 pick and a future second-round pick to the Hawks, ESPN reported.
Atlanta was flush with first-round picks after a deal during the 2018 draft that sent Luka Doncic to the Dallas Mavericks and brought Trae Young to the Hawks.
In other draft-day moves:
–The Indiana Pacers acquired forward T.J. Warren and the No. 32 pick from the Phoenix Suns in exchange for cash, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported.
The move would clear salary-cap space for the Suns, who would shed the remaining three years and $35 million on Warren’s contract. Warren, 25, contributed 18 points and four rebounds per game last season for Phoenix.
–The Suns then dealt the No. 6 pick in the draft to the Minnesota Timberwolves for the No. 11 pick and forward Dario Saric, according to Wojnarowski.
The Wolves used the sixth pick on Texas Tech shooting guard Jarrett Culver, and the Suns took North Carolina forward Cameron Johnson 11th overall.
Saric, 25, moved to Minnesota in the middle of last season in the deal that sent Jimmy Butler to the Philadelphia 76ers. In a combined 81 games, he averaged 10.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in 2018-19, both figures below his career norms.
–The Boston Celtics completed a pair of trades with the Philadelphia 76ers and the Suns, adding a future first-round pick while sending big man Aron Baynes to Phoenix, according to multiple reports.
First, the Celtics dealt the 20th overall pick (Washington wing Matisse Thybulle) to the 76ers for the 24th pick (Virginia guard Ty Jerome) and the 33rd pick. Boston then sent Jerome and Baynes to the Suns for a 2020 first-round pick originally owned by the Milwaukee Bucks.
Reports earlier Thursday said the Celtics were interested in moving Baynes to clear cap space for a big free agent addition, with eyes on Butler and Toronto’s Kawhi Leonard.
–The Memphis Grizzlies traded up two spots with the Oklahoma City Thunder to land Gonzaga forward Brandon Clarke, sending a 2024 second-round pick in exchange, according to multiple reports.
Clarke was taken 21st overall, and the Thunder got 23rd overall pick Darius Bazley, a forward who committed to Syracuse last year before choosing not to play on a team for the past year.
–The Los Angeles Clippers sent the Brooklyn Nets a 2020 first-round pick and the 56th overall pick in Thursday’s draft to acquire the 27th overall pick, according to multiple reports.
The 27th pick turned into Florida State forward Mfiondu Kabengele. The 2020 first-rounder headed to Brooklyn was previously acquired from Philadelphia in the trade of Tobias Harris.
–Field Level Media
