From an article I am reading:
". . . [Knicks President Leon] Rose was putting the final touches on his first personnel move since taking over eight months ago as team president of the Knicks. It was a minor move, sending the No. 27 and 38 picks in the draft to the Utah Jazz to move forward four spots to No. 23, also receiving the draft rights to a player who will never play in the NBA, 2008 second-round pick
Ante Tomic as a trade chip."
Why would the draft rights to a 33-year-old player who appears to have no intention, or perhaps capability, of playing in the NBA be something that basketball executives are bargaining with and trading 12 years later?