“Reminds you a little bit of Sam Merrill,” Jay Bilas says of Vanderbilt forward Tyler Nickel. Nickel was selected with the No. 47 pick, which Knicks acquired from PHX last night in a trade
Just in: The Detroit Pistons are trading C/F Isaiah Stewart to the Memphis Grizzlies for three future second-round picks, sources tell ESPN. Pistons clear Stewart's salary and pick up assets while Grizzlies acquire a 25-year-old as a rugged frontcourt piece.
Sources: The New York Knicks are trading Nos. 31 and 55 to the Houston Rockets for Nos. 39 and 53 and a 2029 Kings second-rounder. The moves begin for night two of the NBA Draft.
Phoenix sent No. 47 among the three second-rounders to New York, sources said. So the Knicks now add that 47th pick to Nos. 31 and 55 on Wednesday night. The champion Knicks are now on the clock -- and, per sources, they have already received offers of future draft assets for No. 31 and intend to move the pick prior to the start of night two of the Draft.
Becky Hammon says she won't apologize for her past comments about Jalen Brunson:
"All he did was prove history wrong. He proves he's an outlier, so you can put his name next to Steph Curry and Isiah Thomas … He was that 1A dude, but ... I'm never gonna apologize for having an opinion. That's what ESPN pays me for."
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Restricted free agent Mohamed Diawara intends to sign a multiyear, $10-plus million deal to return to the New York Knicks, sources tell ESPN. Diawara -- the No. 51 pick in last year's NBA draft -- was part of the champion Knicks after spending the season on a standard contract.