Jimmy Butler wasn't a draft pick, but Minnesota's
draft night trade for him (for Zach LaVine, Kris Dunn and swapped first round picks) gave them the best player acquired on Thursday.
Not exact matches
The Cavaliers will have to decide tomorrow
night on
drafting either Kansas» Andrew Wiggins or Duke's Jabari Parker after shutting down a
trade that would have packaged the No. 1 pick to Minnesota for Kevin Love.
I would be floating Anderson, TLC and Holmes all
draft night to try and restock the 2nd round picks, hopefully
trading 2 of these players for future picks (or Euro stashes).
June 23: The Thunder
trade Serge Ibaka on
draft night for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and Domantas Sabonis.
There are ways the Hawks could
trade a player under contract to Milwaukee to help the shed dead contracts... Plumlee for Teletovic and the player that the pick at # 17 on the
draft... could be an option on
draft night, but not before.
When the NFL
Draft kicks off on Thursday night, the chances are high that there will be multiple draft day trades, as teams will attempt to move up and move down in the draft depending on what players fly off the b
Draft kicks off on Thursday
night, the chances are high that there will be multiple
draft day trades, as teams will attempt to move up and move down in the draft depending on what players fly off the b
draft day
trades, as teams will attempt to move up and move down in the
draft depending on what players fly off the b
draft depending on what players fly off the board.
When the Redskins made a
trade with the San Francisco 49ers last Feb. 25 that left them with the second and third choices in the first round of the 2000
draft, coach Norv Turner knew before his head hit the pillow that
night that he'd be using one of those picks on another tackle.
The talk around here about
trading through the
draft just the other
night got me thinking.
Ibaka, who is an upcoming free agent, was in his first season with Orlando after being
traded by Oklahoma City on
draft night for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and the rights to Domantas Sabonis.
He wasn't
traded on
draft night, and he's still around even though he doesn't want to stay.
During the 2017 NFL
Draft, there were six
trades on the first
night, beginning with the No. 2 pick getting dealt to the Chicago Bears.
So the Knicks used him in a
draft -
night trade in 2015 to get Jerian Grant, a point guard.
I had a dream last
night that we
traded back out of 4 and
drafted Vita Vea... then today saw a few tweets dismissing any comparison to our dearly departed pal Danny Shelton.
Obviously we are a long way out until
draft night, with pro days and the combine still to come, but I like Harrison Phillips at 21 (if there are no
trades).
I remember Bulls GM Jerry Kraus explaining one reason for
trading for Pippen on
draft night was the length of his arms.
His
draft night was the same
night of the Ray Allen
trade that ended up turning into the KG acquisition.
Meanwhile, the Celtics did almost
trade for George on
draft night before talks with a third team fell through.
Also, you will finally be able to
trade players who were just
drafted on
draft night.
As for Aldemir, he was
drafted 53rd in the 2012
Draft by the Clippers and his rights were
traded to the Rockets that
night.
-- The first round of the 2014 NHL
Draft took place last
night and while most fans aren't too excited about it, there was one major
trade made:
So far, the Nets have made eight
trades since Marks took over nearly two years ago, including deals at both
trade deadlines and
draft nights that he's been in charge.