The Atlanta Hawks are buying and selling ahead AJ Griffin to the Houston Rockets for the forty fourth choose within the NBA draft on Thursday, sources instructed ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
Griffin, 20, was a 2022 first-round pick of Duke. He has averaged 7.5 factors and 1.9 rebounds in his two seasons in Atlanta.
He solely performed 20 video games final season for the Hawks, not beginning any, as he missed time initially of the season because of undisclosed private causes.
In different trades previous to the Thursday’s second spherical of the draft (4 p.m. ET, ESPN), the Minnesota Timberwolves traded guard Wendell Moore Jr. and the thirty seventh choose to the Detroit Pistons for the 53rd choice, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Additionally, the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder are sending Lindy Waters, who averaged 3.6 factors in 7.4 minutes per recreation final season, to the Golden State Warriors for choose No. 52, sources confirmed to ESPN.