Clippers get Johnson after 貿易（する） with Knicks
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Clippers' tradition of making a move on 草案 night continued Thursday as they moved up to select Tennessee guard Keon Johnson after making a 貿易（する） with the New York Knicks.
The Clippers sent the No. 25 選ぶ, which ended up 存在 Houston guard Quentin Grimes, and a 未来 second-rounder to the Knicks to get Johnson.
It is the fifth 連続した year the Clippers have made a 貿易（する） on 草案 night. They were 予定するd to have only one 草案 選ぶ, but made a を取り引きする the Orlando 魔法 to acquire the 権利s to Ohio University guard Jason Preston, who went 33rd 全体にわたる.
Johnson could be the Clippers' last first-一連の会議、交渉／完成する 選ぶ for the foreseeable 未来. They don't have a 選択 under their 支配（する）／統制する until 2027 after sending a tremendous 量 of 草案 資本／首都 to Oklahoma City for Paul George two years ago.
"We felt good about the 適切な時期 to get him. He´s one of the highest-level 競技者s in the 草案," said Clippers 大統領，／社長 of basketball 操作／手術s Lawrence Frank.
The 6-foot-5, 185-続けざまに猛撃する Johnson made headlines during the pre-草案 連合させる when he 始める，決める 連合させる 記録，記録的な／記録する with a vertical leap of 48 インチs. He 普通の／平均（する）d 11.3 points and 3.5 回復するs last season.
FILE - In this Jan. 9, 2021, とじ込み／提出する photo, Tennessee guard Keon Johnson brings the ball up against Texas A&M during an NCAA college basketb all game in College 駅／配置する, Texas. Johnson was chosen in the first 一連の会議、交渉／完成する of the NBA 草案 Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Sam （手先の）技術, とじ込み／提出する)
"I do believe that what I bring to the 不快な／攻撃 end will be able to help the Clippers. I also believe that throughout this whole 過程 my game has 完全に grown and changed from whenever I was last seen at Tennessee," Johnson said from New York after 存在 selected.
The Clippers are hoping to get to the Western 会議／協議会 決勝戦 for the second straight season but will need to do so without Kawhi Leonard. The All-星／主役にする 今後 is 推定する／予想するd to 受託する his player 選択 but could be out most of the year after 苦しむing an 傷害 to his 権利 膝 during a プレーオフ series against Utah. He underwent 外科 on July 13 to 修理 a 部分的な／不平等な 涙／ほころび to the 権利 ACL.
"We´re still going to be very, very 競争の激しい just like we have been the previous years," Frank said. "The goal is not to be good just for a one-year cycle, but for a long time."
Johnson - who says he looks up to Leonard and 株 the same スパイ／執行官 as George - should be able to get some playing time 早期に.
"I do believe I can come in and make an 即座の 衝撃 as a younger player," Johnson said. "I´m open to learning from the vets. They've got some 広大な／多数の／重要な vets in the organization, and I feel that with bringing me that I can 潜在的に help the team get 支援する to where it started."
Preston 普通の／平均（する）d 7.3 補助装置s per game last season, which was sixth in 分割 I. His 383 補助装置s the past two years were second 国家的に.
Frank said the Clippers had Preston in for a pair of pre-草案 workouts and that they considered him the second-best passer in the 草案, behind Australia's Josh Giddy, who ended up going No. 6 全体にわたる to Oklahoma City.
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FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2020, とじ込み／提出する photo, Tennessee's Keon Johnson (45) shoots as St. Joseph's Ryan Daly, 権利, defends during an NCAA college basketball game in Knoxville, Tenn. Johnson played one season with the Volunteers and is one of the 最高の，を越す 狙撃 guards in the NBA 草案. (Saul Young/Knoxville News Sentinel 経由で AP, Pool, とじ込み／提出する)
