The NBA officially puts the 2018/19 season in the rearview mirror on Thursday night in Brooklyn with the 2019 draft. Expect a very busy night in terms of trades – we’ve already seen the New Orleans Pelicans send superstar Anthony Davis to the Los Angeles Lakers for three young players and three draft picks. One of those picks is No. 4 overall on Thursday.

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Because that trade can’t be made official until the new league year early next month, whomever the Lakers take at No. 4 overall will actually be for the Pelicans … unless the Pels have arranged their own trade of that pick, and they are shopping it.

There aren’t expected to be any surprises in the first three picks. New Orleans will take its Davis replacement at No. 1 overall in Duke forward Zion Williamson, who is considered by many the best prospect to enter the NBA since Davis was picked No. 1 overall in 2012.