As future stars like Markelle Fultz, Josh Jackson, Lonzo Ball and De’Aaron Fox enter the NBA draft, the Memphis Grizzlies will be missing out on the draft’s first-round festivities. How did they lose their draft pick? Was it the trade that brought Courtney Lee to town? Nope! Did they trade it to get Jeff Green? Try again. … Did they trade a first-round pick for a bench player? Yep, Jon Leuer. Yes, the Memphis Grizzlies traded a first-round pick for Jon Leuer, and that wasn’t even the whole trade.
In efforts to stay away from the luxury tax, the Memphis Grizzlies traded Josh Selby, Wayne Ellington, Marreese Speights and a future first-round draft pick to Cleveland for Jon Leuer.