The 2009 Hornets Sent Daniels and a Future Pick to Minnesota
The September 9, 2009 trade moved Antonio Daniels from the New Orleans Hornets to Minnesota. In return, New Orleans received Darius Songaila and Bobby Brown. An important part of the consideration is easy to miss in brief transaction summaries: the Hornets also transferred their own 2014 second-round draft selection to Minnesota. The current site stores New Orleans franchise history under a Charlotte Hornets label for this legacy record, but the team involved in September 2009 played in New Orleans. The Pelicans' official later media guide explicitly includes the draft pick, independently corroborated by a 2014 draft-rights history and RealGM's contemporary transaction archive.
Songaila and Brown Gave New Orleans Immediate NBA Minutes
Songaila played seventy-five regular-season games for the Hornets during 2009-10, producing 543 points across 1,410 minutes. His steady reserve-frontcourt role offered more than a paper asset or expiring contract. Brown appeared in twenty-two New Orleans games, adding 145 points and 46 assists before moving again in January. Those are receiving-team contributions tied directly to this swap, not earlier playing time in Minnesota. The Hornets traded Brown to the Clippers in a later deal for a different 2014 second-round asset, so that transaction should not be confused with the 2014 pick the team had already delivered to the Timberwolves in September.
The Future Selection Really Did Become Glenn Robinson III
Minnesota acquired the Hornets' 2014 second-round pick in addition to Daniels. That choice ultimately became No. 40, used by the Timberwolves to draft Glenn Robinson III out of Michigan. The club's own media guide reports twenty-five Minnesota appearances, 108 minutes and twenty-nine points in the 2014-15 season before it waived Robinson in March. The pick was a real draft return even though the later player output was modest, and its existence is confirmed by franchise materials despite being omitted from simplified Basketball-Reference transaction lines. Treating the selection as nonexistent would misstate Minnesota's compensation and produce a misleading verdict.
Immediate Hornets Production Slightly Outweighed the Draft Benefit
The Hornets received ninety-seven combined games from Songaila and Brown during the season after the exchange, with Songaila becoming a useful rotation reserve. Minnesota's eventual value was a future second-round choice and an incoming veteran contract rather than comparable direct playing production. Glenn Robinson III's later career with other organizations cannot be treated as if all those appearances were Timberwolves games. Conversely, New Orleans did not keep its own 2014 selection and should not be awarded the pick's downstream rights. Evaluating both sides with the valid draft term and actual recipient seasons produces a modest New Orleans advantage rather than the inherited Minnesota win.
Final Verdict
Hornets Win. The historical New Orleans side, represented by the site's Charlotte franchise key, earns B for Darius Songaila's 75 games and 543 points plus Bobby Brown's 22 games and 145 points in 2009-10. Minnesota receives B- for Antonio Daniels and the legitimate New Orleans 2014 second-round pick, ultimately No. 40 Glenn Robinson III, who played 25 Wolves games. Both clubs' receiving-team returns are counted without importing later careers or unrelated picks.