Last night weeks and weeks of speculation finally came to a close. In a night full of twist and turns the New Orleans Pelicans would stand pat in the first round, drafting their guy in Buddy Hield.
Hield by no means is a surprise pick, in fact he is the player many fans yearned for thus making the pick a win win for both management and the fanbase. When it comes to the selection of Hield, he was someone the Pelicans thought extremely high of as evidenced by this quote from Dell Demps.
Coming from a general manager who has traded draft picks with no hesitation in previous years this quote makes it quite obvious that Buddy was the Pelicans guy.