Luka

Mitrovic

The Knicks moved back a spot in the draft order, sending the 50th overall pick to the Clippers in exchange for the 51st pick and the draft rights to 2015 draft pick Luka Mitrovic. Diawara most recently played for Cholet Basket in France, and it’s fair to question if he’ll come over to the NBA this season, or if the Knicks will stash him. New York is in a position where it’ll be looking to strengthen a roster that reached the Eastern Conference Finals this season, and Diawara is not a player who would make an immediate impact.

New York swapped picks with the Clippers, which means Sanders will return to California. After four seasons at Cal Poly, Sanders made the move to Reno for his final season of college basketball. The 6-foot-6 guard averaged 15.8 points, 3.9 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.2 three-pointers in 31.7 minutes per game, shooting 46 percent from the field and 79.5 percent from the foul line last season. While Sanders has excellent size and instincts for a playmaker, his athleticism does not jump off the tape, and there is still work for him to do as a perimeter shooter. The 23-year-old will likely struggle to crack the Clippers’ rotation. The Knicks also acquired the draft rights to Luka Mitrovic, who was the 60th overall pick in 2015.

Mitrovic was selected with the 60th pick of the 2015 NBA Draft, but has signed with KK Crvena Zvezd until 2018. While the 23-year-old could end up in the NBA at some point, it won’t be this year, so he can be ignored by fantasy owners.

He is the newest NBA Mr. Irrelevant. Isaiah Thomas has that honor and was in the mix for the Sixth Man of the Year, but obviously the 6’9 Serbian is a long way from making it to the league any time soon. In the Turkish League last season, Mitrovic scored 8.6 points per game.

If you thought the 76ers would do a trade and not get a first-round pick back, we hope you enjoy watching your first season of 76ers basketball. The Sixers only had to give up Arturus Gudaitis and Luka Mitrovic in the deal and we’re not really sure what Vlade Divac was doing on this one.