NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - FEBRUARY 14: Steven Adams #12 of the Oklahoma City Thunder warms up against the New Orleans Pelicans (Photo by Jonathan Bachman/Getty Images)
Adding Steven Adams to the New Orleans Pelicans changes their outlook.
The New Orleans Pelicans already made one big splash, sending Jrue Holiday to the Milwaukee Bucks, and now they’ve made another, trading three picks for center Steven Adams.
The news came out late last night, as Adrian Wojnarowski woke everyone up with this bomb:
Sources: The Steven Adams-to-Pelicans trade includes Denver, which traded a 2023 lottery protected first-round pick for the 24th pick (RJ Hampton) on draft night.