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NBA-champion Raptors take Miami C Hernandez with 59th pick

By IAN HARRISON - Associated Press

Oregon's Bol Bol smiles before the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Miami stops Bol’s slide in 2nd round, trades him to Denver

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver poses for photographs with Southern California's Kevin Porter Jr. after the Milwaukee Bucks selected him as the 30th pick overall in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Bucks prepare for free agency after dealing sole draft pick

By KEITH JENKINS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2018, file photo, Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley poses during the team's NBA basketball media day in Memphis, Tenn. A person with knowledge of the decision says the Memphis Grizzlies have traded veteran point guard Mike Conley, who has played the most games in franchise history, to the Utah Jazz. The person says the Grizzlies swapped Conley for Jae Crowder, Kyle Korver and Grayson Allen. The person spoke to The Associated Press Wednesday, June 19, 2019, on condition of anonymity because neither Memphis nor Utah has announced the trade. (AP Photo/File)

Jazz upgrade roster with Conley trade instead of NBA draft

By JOHN COON - Associated Press

Toronto Raptors' Kawhi Leonard and his girlfriend, Kishele Shipley, watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Los Angeles Angels during a baseball game Thursday, June 20, 2019, in Toronto. (Mark Blinch/The Canadian Press via AP)

The draft is over, and now on the clock: Free agency

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, left, poses for photographs with Kentucky's Tyler Herro after the Miami Heat selected him as the 13th pick overall in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Heat select Tyler Herro from Kentucky with No. 13 draft pick

By TIM REYNOLDS - Associated Press

Zion Williamson, a freshman from Duke, attends the NBA Draft media availability, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 in New York. The basketball draft will be held Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Pelicans take Zion Williamson with No. 1 pick in NBA draft

By BRIAN MAHONEY - Associated Press

Indiana's Romeo Langford shows off his jacket lining, with Indiana colors, after the Boston Celtics selected him as the 14th pick overall in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Celtics draft young scorers as they trudge into free agency

By KYLE HIGHTOWER - Associated Press

Preparations continue before the start of the NBA basketball draft, Thursday, June 20, 2019, at the Barclays Center in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Spurs take teens Samanic, Johnson to open NBA draft

By RAUL DOMINGUEZ - Associated Press

Warriors sought to add scorer, acquire Michigan guard Poole

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

Vanderbilt's Darius Garland poses for photographs with NBA Commissioner Adam Silver after being selected with the fifth pick overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New blood: Cavaliers add 3 first-round picks in NBA draft

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver poses for photographs with Texas Tech's Jarrett Culver after the Phoenix Suns selected him as the sixth pick overall in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Suns take Culver at No. 6, trade him to Timberwolves

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver poses for photographs with Washington's Matisse Thybulle after the Boston Celtics selected him as the 20th pick overall in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

76ers added defense in Thybulle in draft swap with Boston

By DAN GELSTON - Associated Press

Thunder expected to add prep standout Darius Bazley

By CLIFF BRUNT - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2019, file photo, North Carolina's Cameron Johnson (13) heads to the basket past Auburn's Chuma Okeke (5) during the first half of a men's NCAA tournament college basketball Midwest Regional semifinal game, in Kansas City, Mo. Johnson is a first-round prospect in Thursday's NBA draft. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

T-wolves land Texas Tech’s Culver after draft-day trade

By DAVE CAMPBELL - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert answers a question during a news conference at the Cavaliers training facility in Independence, Ohio. Gilbert has been released from a Detroit-area hospital nearly a month after suffering a stroke. Quicken Loans president CEO Jay Farner says Gilbert was discharged Wednesday, June 19, 2019, from Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan.(AP Photo/Phil Long, File)

Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert out of hospital after stroke

By TOM WITHERS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 29, 2019, file photo, North Carolina's Cameron Johnson (13) heads to the basket past Auburn's Chuma Okeke (5) during the first half of a men's NCAA tournament college basketball Midwest Regional semifinal game, in Kansas City, Mo. Johnson is a first-round prospect in Thursday's NBA draft. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Magic pick Auburn’s Chuma Okeke No. 16 overall in NBA draft

By FRED GOODALL - Associated Press

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver poses for photographs with Japan's Rui Hachimura, of Gonzaga, after the Washington Wizards selected him as the ninth pick overall pick in the NBA basketball draft Thursday, June 20, 2019, in New York. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Wizards take Rui Hachimura with 9th pick in NBA draft

By Adam Zielonka - The Washington Times

Rui Hachimura, a Gonzaga junior college basketball player from Japan, attends the NBA Draft media availability, Wednesday, June 19, 2019, in New York. The draft will be held Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan) **FILE**

Hachimura hopes his success helps growth of Japan basketball

By AVERY YANG - Associated Press

Sekou Doumbouya, of France, attends the NBA Draft basketball media availability, Wednesday, June 19, 201,9 in New York. The draft will be held Thursday, June 20. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Pistons take international prospect Doumbouya at No. 15

By NOAH TRISTER - Associated Press