CHICAGO – Second-round picks can be an afterthought on draft night, but to see the value of holding multiple selections entering Round 2, one needs to look no further than the New Orleans Pelicans’ veteran roster. Guard Frank Jackson and center/forward Cheick Diallo – who each played significant minutes during the second half of the 2018-19 regular season – became Pelicans when New Orleans moved up the draft board into the early portion of the latter round. Jackson was the 31st pick in 2017, a year after Diallo went No. 33 in ’16.
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