Duke basketball center Dereck Lively was drafted and immediately traded in the NBA Draft.
The Oklahoma City Thunder hat that Duke basketball center Dereck Lively II sported on his way to the NBA Draft stage to meet commissioner Adam Silver will not be on his head much longer.
Lively was selected as the No. 12 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft on Thursday night but the pick belonged to the Dallas Mavericks after a traded agreed upon earlier in the evening.
The Mavericks traded the No. 10 overall selection, which was Kentucky’s Cason Wallace, and Davis Bertans to the Thunder for the No.