BROOKLYN, NY – Several interesting moves were made as part of the 2015 NBA Draft Thursday night, including a trade involving two players in one deal with local Indiana ties.

Notre Dame’s Pat Connaughton and former Warsaw resident Mason Plumlee were both traded from the Brooklyn Nets Thursday to the Portland Trailblazers for Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Steve Blake. The Blazers picked Hollis-Jefferson, from Arizona, 23rd overall in the first round. The pick was then bundled with the veteran Blake for Connaughton, who was taken with the 41st pick, and Plumlee.

Plumlee is a 25-year-old, 6’10” center with two years in the league under his belt. He averaged 21.3 minutes per game last season for the Nets, scoring 8.7 points with 6.2 rebounds on 57.3 percent shooting.

Connaughton is a 6’5, 215 lb 22-year-old shooting guard, a four-year senior from Notre Dame. He played 35.6 minutes per game for the Fighting Irish in his senior year, shooting 53.7% from the field and 42.3% from the three-point arc. Connaughton also has the potential of a bright baseball future, having been drafted last year by the Baltimore Orioles but elected to return to Notre Dame to continue with basketball.

Kentucky was in the spotlight all night, having five players selected in the draft. Karl-Anthony Towns was the top overall pick, taken by the Minnesota Timberwolves. Willie Cauley-Stein was taken sixth by Sacramento and Wildcats Trey Lyles and Devin Booker were selected back-to-back at 12 and 13 by the Utah Jazz and Phoenix Suns.

Lyles is a former Mr. Basketball in Indiana from Arsenal Tech High School in Indianapolis.

Kentucky’s Andrew Harrison was also selected, going 44th to Phoenix.

Notre Dame’s Jerian Grant, who finished his career as one of the most prolific scoring guards in Irish basketball history, was selected 19th overall by the Washington Wizards and later traded to the New York Knicks. Grant is the only player in Notre Dame history to score more than 1,700 points, pass for more than 600 assists, make at least 150 steals and blocked 30 or more shots.

Former Butler University and current Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens used some of his Indianapolis knowledge in selecting RJ Hunter from Georgia State with the 28th pick in the first round. The junior is a graduate of Pike High School.

Staying in Indianapolis, the Pacers had two picks Thursday night and used them on Texas forward Myles Turner with the 11th pick in the first round and guard Joseph Young from Oregon with the 43rd pick in the second round.

The Chicago Bulls had one pick and chose Arkansas power forward Bobby Portis.

Ohio State’s D’Angelo Russell was taken second by the Los Angeles Lakers and Duke’s Jahlil Okafor was picked by the Philadelphia 76ers with the third pick. Duke’s Justise Winslow was taken 10th by the Miami Heat and Tyus Jones 24th by the Cleveland Cavaliers but later traded to Minnesota.

Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky was taken ninth by the Charlotte Hornets and teammate Sam Dekker was chosen 18th by the Houston Rockets.

Two other Indiana-related trades were made Thursday. Former Indiana Hoosier Noah Vonleh and Gerald Henderson were traded from the Hornets to Portland for Nicolas Batum. Former Pacers guard Lance Stephenson was also traded from the Hornets to the Los Angeles Clippers for Spencer Hawes and Matt Barnes.

The NBA Draft also had its first Indian-born player selected when the Dallas Mavericks took Satnam Singh with the 52nd overall pick.