TRADE: ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski Reports Memphis Grizzlies And New Orleans Pelicans Make Deal Involving Draft Picks And Players

The Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans have made a trade, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski.

The Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans have made a massive trade involving players and draft picks, according to ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Monday.

The full story on the trade can be read here on ESPN from Wojnarowski (and seen in a Tweet below). 

ESPN story on the significant New Orleans-Memphis trade that opens up the NBA’s draft week: https://t.co/kdbNHxSNdz

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 26, 2021

The Tweet from Wojnarowski with the details of the trade can be seen in a post that is embedded below from his Twitter account. 

BREAKING: Memphis is finalizing a trade to send Jonas Valanciunas and 2021 Nos. 17 and 51 picks to New Orleans for Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, 2021 picks Nos. 10 and 40 and a protected 2022 first-round pick via the Lakers, sources tell ESPN.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 26, 2021

More on what the trade provides the Pelicans can be seen below from Wojnarowski. 

New Orleans creates salary cap space for August that allows them to either match an offer sheet on Lonzo Ball, or have the cap space to pursue a significant free agent point guard, including Kyle Lowry and others. Pels liked Valanciunas as floor spacer at center over Adams, too. https://t.co/3YRyBTEg1S

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 26, 2021

ESPN's Andrew Lopez also provided more details on one of the draft picks that the Grizzlies will be receiving (see his Tweet below).

Sources tell ESPN the the 2022 Lakers’ pick will be top-10 protected. https://t.co/0VQfmrzu1M

— Andrew Lopez (@_Andrew_Lopez) July 26, 2021

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