Boston Celtics Receive: 2023 second-round pick (via Boston Celtics)
The Hornets need help at center. Veterans Cody Zeller and Bismack Biyombo can leave via free agency this offseason, and rookie Vernon Carey Jr. played just 115 minutes this season.
Thompson, 30, is still good enough to be a starter and would be an upgrade over everyone the Hornets have at the position. He s a good screen setter and rebounder and would bring 78 games (and counting) of playoff experience, including a championship ring with the 2016 Cleveland Cavaliers.
Boston has leaned toward Robert Williams III, 23, as the future at the position. The Celtics are already at the luxury tax line for next season, and that s before any free-agent signings or a new contract for Evan Fournier.
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The 2020 NBA draft class has finished its first regular season. If teams could go back, a bunch would make different decisions with their first-round picks based on the results.
We re-drafted while taking into account each franchise s updated roster. So, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Chicago Bulls re-drafted with Jarrett Allen and Nikola Vucevic at center, respectively, and the Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks picked knowing how valuable Clint Capela and Julius Randle would be for them.
The order used was the final order of the 2020 draft, which included traded picks.
1. Minnesota Timberwolves: LaMelo Ball, PG/SG
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CLEVELAND, Ohio We made it.
Despite a shorter offseason, daily COVID-19 testing, some fanless arenas and a compressed 72-game schedule that led to more back-to-backs, injuries and tanking, the NBA finished the regular season. It’s time for the Play-In Tournament.
Well, not yet. First things first. Let’s reflect on these strange, hectic, eventful and surprise-filled months and hand out awards.