Denver Nuggets trade Green to Oklahoma City Thunder for 30th Draft pick
According to multiple reports, JaMychal Green will play for the Thunder next season after Oklahoma City agreed to give the Nuggets their 30th Draft pick.
The Denver Nuggets have traded JaMychal Green to the Oklahoma City Thunder in exchange for the 30th overall pick in this year’s NBA Draft, per multiple reports.
The 2022 NBA Draft is to be held at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, on Thursday 23 June.
The Nuggets also sent a protected 2027 first-round pick and will receive the Thunder’s second-round picks in 2023 and 2024.
Nuggets also have 21st pick in 2022 Draft
Denver now owns the number 21 and number 30 overall selections for the Draft, while a rebuilding Oklahoma City owns numbers two, 12 and 34, along with a deep collection of future picks available as trade fodder.
Green is likely to pick up the $8.2million option on his contract for next season, and his departure allows some flexibility for Denver to build around two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic.
Booth’s first move since replacing Connelly at Nuggets
The move is the Nuggets’ first with Calvin Booth pulling the strings after Tim Connelly departed to head basketball operations with the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Green shot 39.9 per cent from three-point range in 2020-21, his first season with Denver, but that mark fell to 26.6 per cent last season.