Nets move Bogdanovic to Wizards
GM Marks Swaps Sharp Shooter for First-Round Pick, Nicholson
With the trade deadline approaching Thursday afternoon, general manager Sean Marks and the Brooklyn Nets were already safely in the clubhouse with a swap that garnered them an additional first-round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft.
Bereft of any control over their own first-rounder come June, the Nets sent shooting guard Bojan Bogdanovic and power forward Chris McCullough to Washington on Wednesday night in exchange for big man Andrew Nicholson, former Net Marcus Thornton and, most importantly, the Wizards’ No. 1 pick.
League-worst Brooklyn (9-47) entered the All-Star break on a season-high 14-game losing streak, in addition to a franchise-record 16 straight defeats at Downtown’s Barclays Center.