James Nnaji: Rights traded to Knicks

The Knicks traded Charlie Brown, DaQuan Jeffries and Duane Washington along with three second-round picks to the Hornets in exchange for Nnaji to help complete the three-team trade that sent Karl-Anthony Towns to New York and Julius Randle and Donte DiVincenzo to Minnesota, Shams Charania of The Athletic reports.

Nnaji is a project for the future who continued playing overseas for FC Barcelona after being selected with the No. 31 pick in the 2023 Draft. The 20-year-old could end up on the roster down the road, but the Knicks are not expected to bring Nnaji in anytime soon. Across 26 regular-season games for Barcelona in the 2023-24 season, Nnaji averaged 2.3 points and 2.2 rebounds across 8.3 minutes per game.