9:33pm: Commissioner Adam Silver officially announced the trade between the Thunder and Knicks on the NBA's draft broadcast. According to Silver, New York ...
According to Silver, New York is receiving three conditional future first-round picks in the deal. By trading out of the first round, the Knicks reduce their salary cap obligations for this year, giving them more elbow room to dump salary if needed for another trade, perhaps as soon as a few days from now, cap expert Nate Duncan tweets. OKC used that pick on wing Jalen Williams from Santa Clara.
The New York Knicks are trading No. 11 overall pick Ousmane Dieng to the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
The season before, the Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France, native played in France's first division with Centre Fédérale, where he averaged 12.6 points, 5.8 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game. With the trade, the Thunder secured three picks within the first 12 selections on Thursday, starting with Chet Holmgren at No. 3, followed by Dieng at No. 11 and Jalen Williams at No. 12. The New York Knicks are trading No. 11 overall pick Ousmane Dieng to the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
Ousmane Dieng is more high-upside NBA draft project than finished product right now. The Thunder are taking at swing at the NBL star.
If the Thunder can develop him to reach his full potential, they could have a star on their hands with the 11th overall pick in the 2022 NBA Draft. The 19-year-old forward is a tantalizing talent that has a versatile skill set seemingly built for the modern NBA. ( via Shams Charania, Adrian Wojnarowski) The Oklahoma City Thunder have made their selection in the 2022 NBA Draft, taking a swing at prized prospect Ousmane Dieng with the 11th overall pick.
Dieng was selected by the Knicks with the 11th pick in the 2022 NBA Draft and subsequently traded to the Thunder, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports.
Dieng spent last season with the New Zealand Breakers of the NBL Australia, where he posted 8.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 0.9 combined steals/blocks in 20.3 minutes per game. He'll join Chet Holmgren, as well as No. 12 overall pick Jalen Williams, on a developing Thunder roster that continues to stockpile young talent. At some point, the Thunder will shift toward attempting to contend, but given the age of its core, OKC will likely be headed for another rebuilding season in 2022-23.
The New York Knicks selected Ousmane Dieng at No. 11 overall in the 2022 NBA Draft and reportedly are trading him to the OKC Thunder.
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This was the second straight year the Knicks had an NBA Draft pick outside the Top 10 in the NBA draft. They traded that pick to the Thunder.
This came after a 41-31 record in the 2020-21 season where they qualified for the NBA playoffs for the first time since 2012-13. The deciding factor of the Knicks season was the brutal stretch from mid-January to early March. After a 117-108 victory over the Atlanta Hawks on Jan. 15, the team lost 17 of 20 games and saw their record fall from 22-21 to 25-38. This was the second straight year the Knicks had a pick outside the Top 10 after having three straight selections in the top eight from 2018-20.
The Oklahoma City Thunder traded multiple first-round picks to the New York Knicks in exchange for No. 11 pick Ousmane Dieng, per ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.
UPDATE: The three picks are protected 2023 first-round picks from the Detroit Pistons, Washington Wizards and Denver Nuggets, per The Athletic’s Shams Charania. The Thunder were able to trade for Dieng and still keep the No. 12 pick, which they used to select Santa Clara guard Jalen Williams. The Oklahoma City Thunder traded multiple first-round picks to the New York Knicks in exchange for No. 11 pick Ousmane Dieng, per ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.
The New York Knicks have selected Ousmane Dieng with the No. 11 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft.
The Knicks got three conditional draft picks from the Thunder in return. The Knicks would then go on to acquire the No. 13 pick, Jalen Duren, from the Hornets and immediately trade him to the Pistons along with Kemba Walker. The New York Knicks have traded the No. 11 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, Frenchman Ousmane Dieng, to the Oklahoma City Thunder, per multiple reports.
The New York Knicks have had a very active night for the 2022 NBA Draft. The only problem is that they haven't drafted any players and kept them on their ...
The Knicks have clearly loaded up on trade assets and cleared salary cap space for this off-season by moving on from all their draft picks. The Knicks have received a gaggle of protected first-round picks from the Thunder for the same. The New York Knicks have had a very active night for the 2022 NBA Draft. The only problem is that they haven't drafted any players and kept them on their team so far.
Dieng, a 19-year-old small forward, last played for the New Zealand Breakers, a professional basketball team based in Auckland, New Zealand.
The Oklahoma City Thunder sent "multiple first-round picks" to the New York Knicks in a trade to acquire the No. 11 pick Ousmane Dieng.
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