11:13pm: The trade is now official. The Warriors gave New Orleans second-round picks in 2021 and 2023 and cash, Mark Medina of the San Jose Mercury News tweets.
10:43pm: The Warriors acquired the rights to the No. 39 pick from the Pelicans and selected Alen Smailagic, Shams Charania of The Athletic tweets.
The Pelicans received two future second-rounders and cash in the trade, Will Guillory of The Athletic tweets.
This was an unusual case of Golden State gaining the rights to a player it had on its G League team last season.
The Serbian power forward played for Santa Cruz but wasn’t draft-eligible until this year. He was shut down early in the pre-draft process and stashed in Serbia from the rest of the NBA. He averaged 9.1 PPG and 4.1 RPG in 17.4 MPG over 47 G League appearances, mostly off the bench.
Saw this guy play for Santa Cruz last year. He’s a big bruiser of a guy. His offense needs some work, but he could be a great defense role player for golden state later in the season.