The first Maryland basketball star is off the board.
Center Diamond Stone, who was widely expected to be the first Terrapin selected, was drafted by the New Orleans Pelicans with the 40th overall pick. However, Stone will be traded to the Los Angeles Clippers in a trade that also will involve former Kansas big man Cheick Diallo.
Stone was the fourth true center picked in the second round of the NBA Draft. The former five-star recruit was picked after Ivica Zubac (No. 32 to the Los Angeles Lakers), Diallo (No. 33), and and Chinanu Onuaku (No.