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NBA Draft Reaction

Here are my reactions to the NBA Draft. Almost all of them came as the picks were coming in last night, and I gave every team a grade after the draft. I think it's a bit premature and I don't want to judge a lot of these draft classes before seeing them play, but I gave them grades anyways. Let me know what you thought of your favorite teams' draft on Twitter @ThreePointRange and be sure to follow me while you're there. Atlanta Hawks Picks: #4: De'Andre Hunter, #10: Cam Reddish, #34: Bruno Fernando Moves: Receive: #4, #57, Solomon Hill; Give Up: #8, #17, #35 Receive: #34, Give Up: #57, Two Future Second Round Picks Reaction: The Hawks moved up in the draft to the fourth pick to get their guy in De'Andre Hunter. He's a great fit with their core of Trae Young, Kevin Huerter, John Collins, etc. thanks to his defensive ability, low usage role, and three point shooting. However, they gave up a lot, parting with three valuable picks, including one in the

NBA Draft Thoughts

The 2019 NBA Draft is rapidly approaching and I find this year's draft in particular incredibly fascinating. I just have a ton of thoughts I wanted to write about, and even though I am typically more of a college basketball fan, I wanted to write about all of this. I have a view different things I wanted to write about, so I've broken it up into a few different sections to get some stuff that has been bouncing around in my head out and just have a discussion online. Let me know what you think of all of this on Twitter @ThreePointRange, and be sure to follow me there for updates on what I'm writing (I'll probably have a mock draft out later today) and my thoughts on all things basketball, including live reactions during the draft. I always love to interact with people, so let me know all of your thoughts there. Trades Anthony Davis to the Lakers So this is the big one. The Pelicans traded their unhappy franchise cornerstone to LA in return for Lonzo Ball, Brandon Ing