Trade completed

[Michael Thompson]

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS ACQUIRE ADDITIONAL 2008 FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK



June 25, 2008 – The Charlotte Bobcats today acquired a second first-round pick in Thursday’s NBA Draft, receiving the 20th overall selection from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for a future protected first-round pick.



The Bobcats now own the ninth and 20th picks in the first round, along with the 38th overall pick in the second round. ESPN’s live coverage of the 2008 NBA Draft begins at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow.

[TheLegend]

That great! Where is the link to it?

[spectre]

A little risky depending upon the protection. Still a pretty good move and should at least land Hibbert if he'the target.

Now about that 9th pick...

[chabber]

Bold move. I like it. As long as I don't see the Denver Nuggets with the 1st pick in the draft in 5 years courtesy of us.

[Mustachio]

Holy cow this one snuck up on me.


I think this will be a trade up deal. the 9th and 20 for the 3rd? Beasley? anyone

[spectre]

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/new...ly-draft-pick/

Nuggets trade their only draft pick
By Chris Tomasson, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Originally published 03:44 p.m., June 25, 2008
Updated 03:44 p.m., June 25, 2008

The luxury tax-strapped Nuggets no longer have a pick in Thursday’s draft.
The Nuggets on Wednesday traded their No. 20 pick to Charlotte for a future protected first-round selection.
The Nuggets are in line to have a $90 million payroll next season, which would be about $20 million over the luxury-tax threshold.
The No. 20 pick will make nearly $1.3 million next season. With the Nuggets in the dollar-for-dollar luxury tax, that would be savings of $2.6 million.

[dnbman]

YEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

Man, I'm excited.

[Mustachio]

They way Higgins was talking on Draft Day 11 video... I gotta think this is about moving up.

maybe we dont lose Crash OR Ammo and just send the picks.


or maybe its just Westbrook, Hibbert, and Hendrix. I wouldnt be pissed at that.

[Dead_Real]

Holy sh!t we better use this to move up.

[dnbman]

Holy cow this one snuck up on me.


I think this will be a trade up deal. the 9th and 20 for the 3rd? Beasley? anyone

I wonder if that's even legal? I know you can turn around and trade players. But I'm not sure if picks operate that way.

That being said, I don't think that's what they're planning. I think the Bobcats really want one of the bigs that will be available with that pick and will look to do the best they can with the 9th, possibly packaging a player or two to switch picks.

But, who knows? This makes things a lot more interesting. And apparently, it's not especially difficult to buy a first round pick, even if a late one, in these days of cash strapped teams having to take on rookie contracts. So, I feel great about it so long as there is some o.k. protection.