The large 4-team trade — that first made news towards the start of last week — is now complete, officially sending Jrue Holiday to the Bucks, George Hill to the Thunder, and Steven Adams and Eric Bledsoe to the Pelicans.
Trade complete:
MIL: Jrue Holiday, No. 60 pick Sam Merrill
NOLA: Steven Adams, Eric Bledsoe, ‘25/'27 1sts, ‘24/'26 swaps via MIL
OKC: George Hill, Josh Gray, Kenrich Williams, Zylan Cheatham, Darius Miller, ‘23 protected 1st via Denver, two 2nd round picks
DEN: RJ Hampton— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) November 22, 2020To make the money work and for the trade to be legal under the NBA’s Collective Bargaining Agreement, the Pelicans added Josh Gray, Kenrich Williams and Zylan Cheatham to the framework, sign-and-trading the trio to the Thunder.