Like we said a few weeks back, that by 10:30 p.m. on Thursday, we’d all be scratching our heads and asking, What just happened? Of course, the draft wasn’t the big news. The big news was Wednesday’s trade of Timofey Mozgov, the 45th pick (Hamidou Diallo) in this year’s draft, a second rounder in 2021 and cash to the Hornets for Dwight Howard (Dwightmare VI) who the Nets agreed to buyout on Thursday (Dwightmare VII).
The sequence of events 1) was all about 2019 since a) the Nets will now have somewhere between 50 million and a gazillion dollars available for free agency and b) the Nets took two European players who are truly development pieces.