The first virtual Draft Night is in the books while Sam Presti, the OKC Thunder GM was arguably the busiest man of the 2020 NBA Draft.
Wednesday night served up the first-ever virtual NBA Draft with prospects celebrating in their homes instead of New York. The OKC Thunder made some expected moves and delivered some of the night’s biggest surprises.
The trio of top talents remained the top three picks and neither of the Wolves or Warriors traded down as was widely rumored. Part of the reason for the latter may be the news Klay Thompson injured his left lower leg yesterday afternoon. Hopefully, it’s not a serious injury but the Dubs stuck to the mission and took the player they were expected to select.
The following list defines all 60 picks from the two rounds. The OKC Thunder picks are bolded and we’ll dive more into each of those picks including the specifics, grading the moves, and discuss the semantics later today.
All 60 picks from 2020 Draft Night including the OKC Thunder moves
Below is a list of all the Draft picks from the 2020 NBA Draft, including proposed and official trades.
First Round:
Note the first 14 picks represent the lottery positions and trades are denoted in brackets with OKC Thunder selections and all picks that came via trades bolded.
:1. Timberwolves: Anthony Edwards – combo guard, Georgia
2. Warriors: James Wiseman – center, Memphis
3. Hornets: LaMelo Ball – point guard, NBL, Illawarra Hawks
4. Bulls: Patrick Williams – forward, Florida State
5. Cavaliers: Isaac Okoro – guard/forward, Auburn
6. Hawks: Onyeka Okongwu – forward, USC
7. Pistons: Killian Hayes – point guard, Ulm France
8. Knicks: Obi Toppin – forward, Dayton
9. Wizards: Deni Avdija – forward, Maccabi Tel Aviv / Israel
10. Suns: Jalen Smith – forward, Maryland
11. Spurs: Devin Vassell – guard, Florida State,
12. Kings: Tyrese Haliburton – guard, Iowa State
13. Pelicans: Kira Lewis Jr. – guard, Alabama
14. Celtics: Aaron Nesmith – forward, Vanderbilt
15. Magic: Cole Anthony – guard, UNC
16. Blazers: Isaiah Stewart – forward, Washington (traded to Pistons along with Trevor Ariza via Rockets – NOTE: this is part of the bigger trade between the Rockets/Blazers that swapped Trevor Ariza for Robert Covington. In return from the Pistons, the Rockets get a future first and the Lakers second-round pick the Pistons holds for 2021.)
17. Timberwolves: Aleksej Pokusevski, Olympiacos B, Greece PART OF TRADE WITH OKC Thunder
18. Mavericks: Josh Green – guard, Arizona
19. Nets: Saddiq Bey – forward, Villanova (traded to Pistons with Rodney McGruder via Clippers – NOTE: this was part of a bigger deal that sent Luke Kennard to LA and Landry Shamet to the Nets)
20. Heat: Precious Achiuwa – forward, Memphis
21. 76ers: Tyrese Maxey – guard, Kentucky
22. Nuggets: Zeke Nnaji – forward, Arizona
23. Knicks: Leandro Bolmaro, point guard, Barcelona, Euroleague (traded to Timberwolves)
24. Bucks RJ Hampton – point guard, NBL New Zealand Breakers, (traded to Nuggets via Pelicans)
25. Thunder Immanuel Quickley – guard, Kentucky (traded to Knicks via Timberwolves)
26. Celtics Payton Pritchard – guard, Oregon
27. Jazz Udoka Azubuike – center, Kansas
28. Lakers draft Jaden McDaniels – forward, Washington (traded to Timberwolves via the OKC Thunder)
29. Raptors: Malachi Flynn – guard, San Diego State (previously with Washington State)
30. Celtics: Desmond Bane – guard, TCU (traded to Grizzlies)
Second Round
Note- two prospects were traded to the Thunder in this round from the 76ers selection at 34th and Wizards selection at 37th.
31. Mavericks: Tyrell Terry – guard, Stanford
32. Hornets: Vernon Carey – center, Duke
33. Timberwolves: Daniel Oturu – center, Minnesota (traded to Clippers via Knicks)
34. 76ers:Theo Maledon – point guard, ASVEL, France (traded to the OKC Thunder)
35. Kings: Xavier Tillman Sr. – forward, Michigan State (traded to the Grizzlies)
36. 76ers: Tyler Bey – guard, Colorado (traded to Mavericks as part of the Seth Curry -Josh Richardson trade)
37. Wizards: Vit Krejci – guard, Zaragoza (traded to the OKC Thunder)
38. Jazz: Saben Lee -guard, Vanderbilt (traded to Pistons along with asset Tony Bradley)
39. Pelicans: Elijah Hughes – forward, East Carolina/Syracuse (traded to Jazz)
40. Grizzlies: Robert Woodard – guard, Mississippi State (traded to Kings)
41. Spurs: Tre Jones – guard, Duke
42. Pelicans: Nick Richards – forward, Kentucky (traded to Hornets)
43. Kings: Jahmi’us Ramsey – guard, Texas Tech
44. Bulls: Marko Simonovic – center, international
45. Bucks: Jordan Nwora – forward, Louisville (via trade with Magic who get two future second-round picks)
46. Trail Blazers: CJ Elleby – forward, Washington State
47. Celtics: Yam Madar – guard, Hapoel Tel Aviv / Israel
48. Warriors: Nico Mannion – guard, Arizona
49. 76ers Isaiah Joe – guard, Arkansas
50. Hawks: Skylar Mays – guard, LSU
51. Warriors: Justinian Jessup – guard, Boise State
52. Kings: Kenyon Martin Jr. – IMG Academy (traded to Rockets)
53. Thunder: Cassius Winston – guard, Michigan State, (traded to Wizards)
54. Pacers: Cassius Stanley – guard, Duke
55. Nets: Jay Scrubb – guard/forward, John A. Logan College (traded to Clippers)
56. Hornets: Grant Riller – guard, College of Charleston
57. Clippers: Reggie Perry – forward, Mississippi State (traded to the Nets)
58. 76ers: Paul Reed – forward, DePaul
59. Raptors: Jalen Harris – guard, Louisiana Tech/Nevada
60. Pelicans: Sam Merrill – guard, Utah State (traded to the Bucks – NOTE: this was part of the blockbuster Jrue Holiday deal – outlined on ESPN.)
There you have it, folks. We’ll be back with more in-depth analysis today and over the next few days and look at what moves the OKC Thunder will be looking to make heading into NBA Free Agency with the Moratorium set to begin on November 20th.