Former top 5 NBA draft pick involved in 8-player trade: report

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Multiple players, including a former top five NBA draft pick, were reportedly involved in a trade between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Houston Rockets. 

It’s a swapping of players between the Thunder and Houston, per ESPN. Oklahoma City will be sending Derrick Favors, the third overall pick of the 2010 NBA Draft, Ty Jerome, Moe Harkless, Theo Maledon and a 2025 second-round pick via the Atlanta Hawks in exchange for David Nwaba, Sterling Brown, Trey Burke and Marquese Chriss from Houston. 

The move also has to do with both teams’ cap situation. The Thunder now has two trade exceptions and $10 million more in cap room, ESPN reported. The Rockets also got that second-round pick by taking on $1 million. 

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David Nwaba #2 of the Houston Rockets poses for a portrait during NBA Media Day on September 27, 2022 at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. (Logan Riely/NBAE via Getty Images)

Favors is entering his 14th year in the league, and this will now be his fifth team. The veteran center played with the Thunder for just one season in a depth role, playing 16.7 minutes and averaging 5.3 points with 4.7 rebounds in 39 games. 

Harkless is another journeyman in the NBA, now joining his seventh team in what will be his 11th season. He played with the Sacramento Kings, averaging 4.6points, 2.4 rebounds and 0.5 assists in 47 games last year (24 starts). 

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Nwaba saw a minute decrease with the Rockets, going from 22.6 in 2020-21 to 13.2 in 2021-22. He was lowered on the depth chart due in part to Jalen Green, the second overall pick