On June 28, Beijing time, the NBA draft continued, which was the first time in history that the first round and the second round were held separately, and only 4 deals were made in the first round on the first day, and the second round was a little crazy, with multiple teams starting to attack, and 11 deals were reached in just 2 hours. Among them, the Rockets and Warriors successfully completed the reinforcement with draft picks, and James got his wish, and the Lakers selected Bronny with the 55th pick.
The Rockets used this year's No. 44 pick to trade AJ Griffin from the Hawks, in which the Rockets used the trade exception ($4.5 million) that came from last year's Porter Jr. to the Thunder. It's a great addition, Griffin is an excellent shooter and has a stunner run with a career three-point percentage of 37.2 percent. It only took one second-round pick to get Griffin, which is still very good.
The Warriors, for their part, are also moving to send the No. 52 pick to the Thunder in exchange for Lindy Waters, whom the Warriors plan to keep. The Warriors then used cash to buy back Quinton Post, who was drafted with the No. 52 pick from the Trail Blazers, and due to the use of cash in the trade, the Warriors triggered the second hard cap, and the total salary must not exceed the second local tyrant line (about 190 million). In previous reports, Warriors owner Lacob said that he hoped the team's salary would not exceed the second local tyrant line, and now this is just the right thing to achieve.
After that, there were some normal trades, with the Kings sending the No. 45 pick plus Mitchell and Vezinkov to Jalen McDaniels from the Raptors. The Trail Blazers, Knicks, Spurs, Pacers, Thunder, Heat, and Timberwolves have all traded second-round picks, but they are all minor deals, with a total of 12 deals, which is also quite crazy, but there are no blockbuster deals.
In this second-round draft, what attracted much attention was James's son Bronny, who was finally selected by the Lakers with the 55th pick, which also made James father and son play for the Lakers together, becoming the first father and son in history, creating a good story. In order to be able to achieve this goal, Bronny's agent directly called the league: don't choose him, or he will go to play in the Australian league. In this way, the other teams chose to give up, and finally let the Lakers be selected with the 55th pick.
Bronny was drafted, while mainland player Choi Yong-hee was unfortunately not selected, but he will not return to China and will remain in the United States until a two-way contract is offered to play in the summer league.