Jonas Valanciunas, Memphis Grizzlies Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY Sports
The Memphis Grizzlies have been in trade talks with the New Orleans Pelicans all week long, so it wasn’t a surprise to see the two teams come to some sort of agreement. That said, the agreement that they came to shocked just about everybody.
The original rumor was surrounding Eric Bledsoe and two draft picks. The teams would swap first-round picks and Memphis would receive Bledsoe. The trade that actually happened blew that one out of the water. Here’s what it looked like via Adrian Wojnarowski.