Nuggets make trade for draft picks in deal with Thunder during NBA Finals
The Denver Nuggets made a move Friday, and it’s not just how they handled their game plan on the court against the Heat in the NBA Finals. The Denver Nuggets have made a move to acquire three draft picks from the Oklahoma City Thunder during the NBA Finals, with the move being part of an effort to extend their championship window. The team has found success with picks in recent years, most recently netting Christian Braun, a breakout NBA Finals star, and the move allows Oklahoma City to shed some of its draft-pick stockpile. The deal went down in the middle of an intense NBA Finals in which Denver leads 2-1. Despite the Miami Heat grabbing a game on Denver’s home court, the Nuggets bounced back with spectacular performances from Jokic and Murray in Game 3.
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The Denver Nuggets made a move Friday, and it’s not just how they handled their game plan on the court against the Heat in the NBA Finals.
Before Game 4, the team made a trade to acquire three draft picks from the Oklahoma City Thunder in an unexpected exchange during the team’s first-ever run to the Finals, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported.
Denver will receive the 37th overall pick in this year’s draft, one of the Thunder’s first-round picks in 2024 and a 2024 second-round pick for a protected 2029 first-round pick per the report.
The move is an effort to extend Denver’s championship window, Wojnarowski added.
The Nuggets have found success with picks in recent years, most recently netting Christian Braun, a breakout NBA Finals star, with the 21st pick in last year’s draft.
Braun, who won the NCAA Championship with the Kansas Jayhawks, is a 6-foot-7 guard who averaged 4.7 points in 15.5 minutes over 76 regular-season games, proving to be a reliable option for head coach Michael Malone.
Denver has also drafted a significant portion of its core that has led the team to the NBA Finals, including two-time league MVP Nikola Jokic, Jamal Murray and Michael Porter Jr.
For Oklahoma City, which owns 21 first-round picks over the next seven drafts after this move, the trade allows them to shed some of its draft-pick stockpile.
The trade of draft picks is nothing new, but it’s unusual that the deal would go down in the middle of an intense NBA Finals in which Denver leads 2-1.
Though the Miami Heat grabbed a game on Denver’s home court, the Nuggets bounced back with spectacular performances from Jokic and Murray in Game 3.
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