Diamond Stone is officially heading to the Atlanta Hawks by way of a three-team trade with the Denver Nuggets and Los Angeles Clippers. He is a young big man that was selected 40th overall in the 2016 NBA draft after starring briefly for the Maryland Terrapins.
Stone appeared in just seven games with the Clippers last season and played in 13 games in the G League, nine with the Salt Lake City Stars and four with the Santa Cruz Warriors. Stone should be a pretty well known quantity within the Hawks’ organization as they should have had the opportunity to gather as much intel on him as desired given the relationships between the team’s front office and coaching staff and the parent clubs of the two teams he played with in the D League last year.