NEW YORK >> The NBA draft resumed Thursday night with a trade and the deals appeared likely to continue throughout the second round.

The Phoenix Suns opened it by taking Rasheer Fleming after agreeing to acquire the pick earlier Thursday from the Minnesota Timberwolves.

The Wolves still made the No. 31 pick, but Phoenix and Minnesota had worked out the swap a few hours earlier, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal was not officially announced.

Fleming, a forward from Saint Joseph’s, averaged 14.7 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.5 blocks last season, ranking in the top four in the Atlantic 10 in rebounds and blocks.

The draft picked up where it left off at Barclays Center in Brooklyn — though in a much smaller portion of it than was used Wednesday for the first round.

Among the familiar names going early in the second round were Auburn All-American Johni Broome to Philadelphia at No. 35, one pick after Creighton center Ryan Kalkbrenner, the four-time Big East defensive player of year, was selected by Charlotte.

The Mavericks, who selected Cooper Flagg with the No. 1 pick Wednesday, did not have a selection when Round 2 began.

Dumars dealing early in his tenure as Pelicans’ chief

Joe Dumars is acting quickly to make his mark on the New Orleans Pelicans.

A trio of trades within 10 days has kickstarted a roster overhaul, including the additions of veterans Jordan Poole and Saddiq Bey, along with a second lottery-level pick in the first round of the NBA draft.

Dumars used the No. 7 overall pick he inherited to draft Oklahoma guard Jeremiah Fears.

He used a recently acquired late first-round pick to trade up for Maryland forward Derik Queen at No. 13.

“When you’re building out a team, whenever you have these tent-pole moments — draft, free agency, trade deadline — it’s an opportunity for you to make a statement about who you are as a team,” Dumars said. “We’re really trying to define who we are.”

It’s been a decade since Dumars, who won NBA championships as both a player and executive with Detroit, stepped down from his perch in the Pistons’ front office in 2014. This is the first time since then that he’s run an NBA franchise’s front office — this time in his home state of Louisiana as Pelicans executive vice president of basketball op- erations.

In New Orleans, he decided his first move would be to keep coach Willie Green and injury-plagued franchise player Zion Williamson for now while making key changes to the supporting cast.