Former Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell gets traded

Former Ohio State forward E.J. Liddell has been traded from the New Orleans Pelicans to the Atlanta Hawks on Friday, according to muliple reports.

Liddell was originally selected by New Orleans with the No. 41 pick in the 2022 NBA draft after leaving Ohio State a year early. Since then though, he has struggled, first because of an ACL injury that wiped out his rookie season, then in coming back and finding enough minutes last season.

In fact, he appeared in just eight games during the 2023-2024 season, scoring just four points and pulling down five total rebounds, a far cry from what we saw from Liddell at Ohio State and in the NBA’s G-League.

In three seasons with Ohio State, Liddell averaged 19.4 points, 7.9 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game and earned first-team All-Big Ten and third-team All-American during his junior year.

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