The week of the NBA Draft is always a busy team around the league and given how deep the draft is this year in terms of talent that can immediately come in and make a difference for many teams league-wide, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding various players and picks.
23 different teams in the league own a first-round pick as of right now in the first-round of the draft and only 17 different teams own a second-round pick, which is why there could be a lot of movement up and down the draft board this year.
So far, the only trade we have seen this offseason included the Boston Celtics and Oklahoma City Thunder agreeing to swap Kemba Walker for Al Horford and Moses Brown. The No. 16 pick in this year’s draft was also sent from Boston to Oklahoma City and two future second-round picks were swapped between the two franchises.
This is definitely not going to be the only notable trade made this offseason and draft night has a chance to be just the beginning of the chaos that could wind up happening over the next month or so in the NBA. Let’s just say, keep an eye on the latest NBA trade rumors.
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There are a handful of teams in the lottery of this year’s draft who have expressed interest in trading down and multiple team have more than one first-round pick in this year’s draft, which could definitely play into a lot of moves being made rather quickly.
All-Star talents in Bradley Beal, Ben Simmons, Damian Lillard and others remain the focal points of trade talks in the NBA, but plenty of other assets have come up in discussion league-wide. Let’s dive right in and take a look at the latest intel surrounding some of the biggest headlines heading into draft week.