Jalen Brunson, New York Knicks. Credits: IPA Agency.
The 2024 NBA Draft is on file, the event that every summer marks the start of transfer negotiations, awaiting the ‘bang’ of Free Agency.
DRAFT LOTTERY MADE IN FRANCE
The complete draft board for the 1st round of the 2024 #NBADraft presented by State Farm!
Which pick is your favorite? ????
2nd Round: Thursday, 4pm/et, ESPN pic.twitter.com/L94k3V6Zg4
— NBA (@NBA) June 27, 2024
3 French athletes were chosen in the top 6 positions, with winger Tidjane Salaun surprisingly finishing at the Hornets with No.6.
Zaccharie Risacher passed fellow countryman Alex Sarr for the Hawks’ first overall pick, with the big man being selected immediately after by the Wizards.
Despite the injury Nikola Topic was chosen at No.12 by the Thunder, one of the few franchises that can afford the luxury of using a Lottery Pick for a prospect who in all likelihood will not take the field next season.
At No.25, France returns as the protagonist with Pacome Dadiet, a promising winger who ended up at the Knicks.
SECOND LAP IN THE SIGN OF BRONNY JAMES
No need to beat around the bush, anyone who followed the second round last night couldn’t wait for the Lakers to be ‘On the Clock’ at No.55. The reason? By choosing Bronny James, the yellow and purple will be able to count on an unprecedented father-son duo next season. With all due respect to the many – too many? – detractors of the Chosen One.
The moment Bronny got drafted ❤️ pic.twitter.com/C5kbR3LCDL
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) June 27, 2024
Let’s see the rest of the choices:
THE KNICKS ARE SERIOUS
After a life without real title ambitions, we can finally say that The New York Knicks are back.
Thanks to a very rare trade with the other side of the Big Apple, the Front Office has added a 90 piece in Mikal Bridges to the Made in Villanova trio of Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo. In absolute terms, the 6 future first round picks plus the swap in 2028 received from the Brooklyn Nets are definitely too many, but the Front Office has spent several seasons accumulating assets waiting for the right time to go All-In. Bridges is not a classic star, but he can become one in the system used by Thibodeau, along with some teammates he has known his whole life.
Thanks to the new rules, which allow you to negotiate with your Free Agents from the day after the end of the NBA Finals, the Knicks have also defined the confirmation of OG Anunoby with a five-year contract worth about 212.5 million. Here too the speech is similar, in times of All-In you can’t risk losing a big shot like the former Raptors forward.
The situation of Isaiah Hartenstein, a big man among the protagonists of last season, remains to be defined, to whom New York will not be able to offer more than 72.5 million in 4 years. Will it be enough?
2024-06-28 17:27:03
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