Wizards Move Up For Kyshawn George

Keith Smith
Keith Smith, Resident NBA ExpertJune 27, 2024
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The Washington Wizards came away with their third rookie in the 2024 draft class. The New York Knicks dropped back momentarily, before moving out of the draft entirely with this pick.

Here are the particulars:

Washington Wizards acquired: draft rights to Kyshawn George

New York Knicks acquire: draft rights to Dillon Jones, 2024 51st overall pick

Let’s dive in!

(Note: We are analyzing this deal as it has been reported. If the trade is adjusted to include additional players or teams, we’ll adjust the analysis.)

Washington Wizards

After drafting Alex Sarr with the second pick, and adding Carlton Carrington via trade, the Wizards added a rookie wing in Kyshawn George. On a busy night, Washington added players at all three levels.

George was kind of a late-riser, both in-season and during the draft process. The 6-foot-8 wing is mostly a shooter right now. George hit 40.8% of this three-pointers while at Miami. More impressive? 130 of George’s 190 field goal attempts were from behind the arc.

With Deni Avdija traded to Portland and Corey Kispert due for a rookie scale extension, Washington was able to add a replacement wing in George. At the cost of a second-round pick that probably would go to a two-way player, that’s really good work by the Wizards.

New York Knicks

We’ll keep this one quick, because New York didn’t end up keeping the pick that became Dillon Jones.

This trade was mostly about the Knicks snagging an extra second-round pick to move back what was effectively one pick (New York also held the selection in between the two first-rounders moved in this deal.)

In addition, with the Knicks facing some apron and hard-cap issues, they were able to get a more cost-controlled second round pick in this move. That’s a win, given a second first-round rookie wasn’t cracking the rotation in New York anyway.

 


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