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LOGAN Neemias Queta s time at Utah State won t be considered anything but a success.
The 7-footer from Barreiro, Portugal, left school after his junior year as the program s all-time leader with 219 blocked shots, a pair of Mountain West Tournament titles, and three NCAA Tournament bids (with one canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).
Queta s next stop: the NBA.
Queta was drafted in the second round of Thursday s 2021 NBA draft by the Sacramento Kings, becoming the second consecutive draft pick from Utah State after the Milwaukee Bucks took Bountiful product Sam Merrill with the final pick in last year s draft. The Kings took him with the 39th overall pick.
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Dame & Nurk to Kings; CJ to Knicks as Blazers move towards rebuild By Max Contract on Jul 22, 2021, 6:04pm PDT 4
Dame and Nurk to Sacramento. $51M million going out.
Haliburton, Bagley, Hield, and Wright ($46M coming back in) to Portland along with unprotected 2023, 2025, and 2027 picks.
CJ traded to the Knicks. $29M going out.
Mitchell Robinson and Kevin Knox ($5M and change coming back in) to Portland along with Top 10 protected 2022 and 2024 firsts. Portland shaves a ton of money off its balance sheet, and gets two youngsters in contract years. CJ makes the MSGFaithful swoon with his Rucker Park style.
Sac now gets to wield their power of having one of the best young assets in the league, and trades DeAaron Fox, Portland trades DJJ to Miami, and Jimmy Butler goes to Sac. The Heat look at the East landscape and pair Fox and Bam Adebayo together as they are both only 23. They’ll be ready to take over the East when BKY, MIL, and Philly start to decline. Miami