Winners, Losers and Fallout from 2024 NBA Draft Round 1 | News, Scores, Highlights, Stats, and Rumors

Every summer, we look to the draft as sort of the unofficial start of trade season (though it started a little earlier in 2024, thanks to the league allowing teams to negotiate with their own free agents immediately after the Finals).

We got some fireworks earlier in the week, with the Oklahoma City Thunder landing Alex Caruso and the New York Knicks acquiring Mikal Bridges, and draft day itself gave us more.

Hours before the event started, Deni Avdija was sent to the Portland Trail Blazers for Wednesday's No. 14 pick (the Washington Wizards picked Bub Carrington there), another future first, two future second-round picks and Malcolm Brogdon.

Then, during the draft, the Minnesota Timberwolves sent a 2031 first-round pick and a future first-round pick swap for Rob Dillingham. That trade is pretty fascinating. Minnesota might be a "second apron" team and needs contributors on small contracts, so it might be expecting Dillingham to play.

Toward the end of the first round, the Denver Nuggets then sent the No. 28 pick, No. 56 pick and two future seconds for the No. 22 pick, where they took DaRon Holmes, who they've seemingly been locked in on as a potential backup big for weeks.

After sending a whopping five firsts to the Brooklyn Nets for Bridges, the Knicks kept wheeling and dealing on draft night, sending the 24th pick to Washington Wizards (who took Kyshawn George) for the 26th and 51st picks. Then, they turned around and sent No. 26 to the Oklahoma City Thunder for five second-round picks.

Keeping up with everything toward the end of the first round must've had plenty of fans feeling like Charlie on Always Sunny.