USC guard/wing Kevin Porter Jr., who was a lottery-level talent by some pundits, including Sporting News’ Chris Stone, still was on the board after the selection of Belmont wing Dylan Windler at number 26 by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
According to Chris Fedor of Cleveland.com, at least one member of the front office for Cleveland viewed Porter as a top-ten talent in the 2019 NBA Draft.
So with the help of a plethora of future second-round draft picks (four in fact, h/t 92.3 The Fan’s James Rapien and as was reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski), the Cavaliers orchestrated a trade with the Detroit Pistons to acquire pick number 30 and took the USC wing.