This is a nice bit of work by the Memphis front office — they moved back five spots in the NBA Draft and picked up five second-round picks.
It’s also a little confusing, a multi-step process, all of it broken by Shams Charania of ESPN.
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First, Memphis agreed to swap the No. 16 and No. 17 draft picks with Oklahoma City, and the Thunder threw in two second-round picks so they could move up and select Iowa point guard Bennett Stirtz.
Memphis wasn’t done. It then agreed to swap the No. 17 pick with Detroit for the No. 21 pick — and the
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