According to ESPN’s Jonathan Givony yesterday, the New Orleans Pelicans have explored the cost of acquiring the first overall pick of the 2021 NBA Draft.
Teams including Cleveland, Houston, New Orleans and Oklahoma City are among those making overtures to evaluate what it would take to move up to the No. 1 slot, sources say, but those talks are at an early stage, and any trade is unlikely to be consummated until much closer to the draft, if at all.
Before getting overly excited, Givony did go on to write that he doesn’t expect for the Pistons to trade their first overall pick and thus pass on drafting the presumed best player from this class, Cade Cunningham.