On cue - Atlanta have traded picks 8, 17 and 35 to New Orleans for Pick 4, 57, Solomon Hill and a future second.

*Update TJ Warren's salary is 3 years $35M

Suns make another deal!

Suns get: Pick 11 and Dario Saric.

Minnesota get: Pick 6

Atlanta linked to DeAndre Hunter at 4 after the earlier trade.

Fair chance Garland slides to Minnesota at 6 now if the Hunter at 4 rumours are true. I'd expect Cleveland to go Culver/Doumbouya/Reddish at 5 having drafted Sexton last year.

Minnesota would likely be happy with White at 6 as a consolation though. No way both Garland and White are off the board by the time they pick.

Will be interesting to see if the Pelicans take Reddish at pick 8 that they traded down for. Williamson's Duke teammate and arguably the best spot up 3 pt shooter out of the top rated guys. Would fit nicely with the list they are building

Is Hunter really much better than Prince or Bembry? I think the Hawks have something else in mind, but we'll see.

I kinda hope my Cavs grab Reddish at 5 rather than take a flyer on Garland, who I don't think meshes well with Sexton. Sexton showed enough that I think you stick with him for now and look to grab another position, because I don't think Garland is clearly the best available talent at #5 anyway.

Reddish sliding thought he would be gone by now

Angus,

From what I have heard, the Hawks have liked Hunter for a while and need more depth at the 3 spot, especially after trading Prince. I expect Hunter will be a better shooter and defender than Prince ever was.

Bembry still has a lot of development in him so I expect both he and Hunter will develop together quite nicely.

I am not sold on the Reddish selection at 10 but maybe he will develop into a solid pro.

Hunter might be, but I think I'd have taken either Culver or Reddish over him. Still not sure it was worth the deal they made.

I'm not really sold on anyone outside of Zion this draft to be honest. Suns selection of Johnson is mind-boggling, but otherwise not a lot of surprises.

Garland has a bit of the Exum thing going on where the less teams have seen the more intrigued they are. Hoping for the best, but expecting the worst.

I like Hachimura to Washington, and I think the Pistons might have gotten a steal in Doumbouya who I thought would go higher.

The Hawks have the 2 spot covered so Culver would have been excess to their needs.

I am confused by their selection of Reddish, but you obviously rate him more than I do. I was hoping they would select Doumbouya with their 10th pick so agree, Detroit did well.

"I'm not really sold on anyone outside of Zion this draft to be honest."

I think RJ Barrett will surprise a lot of people.
Culver and Morant could be alright also.

Kabengele (Nephew of Mutombo) is my diamond in the rough pick. Meant to get drafted in the second round

"Kabengele (Nephew of Mutombo) is my diamond in the rough pick. Meant to get drafted in the second round"

I spoke too soon. He went 27th to clippers

Is bj johnson getting drafted?

Well, I didn't see Bowen's name anywhere. Maybe Oz won't be quite so attractive for rising young talent after all?

Any time Bowen dribbled the basketball last season I got nervous, and I think the complete lack of handles is what really hurt him. Outside of that I actually think he was better and further along than Ferguson was in Adelaide - more explosive and much better rebounder. Bowen's stock was never as high as Ferguson's I'm fairly sure though. Saw Bowen as a 2nd rounder not too long ago, but Ferguson was basically a projected 1st rounder from day 1 (unless my memory fails me).

Re: Barrett and Morant, I think the odds of them being quality players are very good, and if I had a top 3 pick it would have probably been Zion-Barrett-Morant in that order. I just don't think Morant or Barrett are sure-fire hits like Zion. It's was a draft with a clear top 3, but also a very clear top 1 - Zion looks like a once in 10 years talent, while Barret/Morant look more like the typical top-draft talent you see most years.

Sign of the times that no one took a flyer on Tacko Fall either, not even in the 2nd round.

no aussie get drafted this year, terrible

It's ok dave maybe Josh Green next year.

And Makur Maker the year after.

Tacko Fall would be perfect for Cairns too - someone who makes Nate look little

did bol bol get drafted ?

Yes - The Nuggets