9:24 p.m .: Commissioner Adam Silver officially announced the exchange between the Thunder and Knicks in the broadcast of the NBA draft. According to Silver, New York will receive three conditional first-round elections in the deal.
20:13: The Knicks selected French striker Ousmane Dieng with the No. 11 pick in tonight’s draft, but he won’t play for them.
New York is swapping Dieng for the Thunder, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). Oklahoma City is sending the Knicks multiple first-round picks in the deal, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link).
This gave the Thunder consecutive elections, as they also had the No. 12 pick through the Clippers. This choice is not part of the trade with the Knicks, Wojnarowski tweets. The OKC used this selection in the Jalen Williams wing of Santa Clara.
Dieng, who played last season with the New Zealand Breakers, is considered the best international prospect in the draft and will give OKC another big long man to pair up with No. 2 Chet Holmgren.
New York tried to get him up and acquire guard Jaden Ivey and finally decided to go down to the draft. Leaving the first round, the Knicks reduce their salary cap obligations for this year, giving them more room to pay their salaries if needed for another trade, perhaps as soon as in a few days, tweets. chief expert Nate Duncan.