The Brooklyn Nets selected Villanova forward Saddiq Bey with the No. 19 pick in the 2020 NBA Draft, but ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski immediately reported that the Nets are dealing Bey to the Detroit Pistons as part of a three-way deal with the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Clippers will send shooting guard Landry Shamet to the Nets in the deal, with Detroit sending Luke Kennard to Los Angeles.
Brooklyn only has one other pick in the 2020 Draft: No. 55 overall, which they acquired from Denver in 2018 in the deal that brought Kenneth Faried to the Nets.
Bey, a sophomore, started 60 of 67 games he played with the Wildcats, averaging 11.9 points and 4.9 rebounds. He was named the 2019-20 Robert V. Geasey Philadelphia Big Five Player of the Year, and was First Team All-Big East.
Shamet, who was the No. 26 overall pick in 2018 by Philadelphia, played in 53 games for the Clippers last season, averaging 9.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, and 1.9 assists. He split his rookie year between Philly and LA, averaging 9.1 points, 1.7 boards, and 1.5 assists.
He went from Philly to L.A. in the February 2019 deal that sent Tobias Harris and others to the Sixers in exchange for Wilson Chandler and others.
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