On June 30, 2011, Jordan Bell was a student at Long Beach Poly just beginning his foray into the world of AAU travel basketball.
That's also the day a deal triggered a series of events that would make the Southern California native, who grew up a Golden State Warriors fan, a member of his favorite team. With an NBA lockout looming, the Kings traded forward Omri Casspi and a protected first-round pick to Cleveland for J.J. Hickson, a talented but inconsistent forward.
The rights-protected pick, aided by the Kings' inability to improve over the next six years, passed through Chicago and was eventually bought by the Warriors last June and used on Bell.