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Phoenix • The Phoenix Suns reportedly were choosing between Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss for their first pick in the NBA draft.

Turns out they got both of them.

The Suns chose Bender with the No. 4 pick overall and, according to a person familiar with the situation, made a trade with the Sacramento Kings for the No. 8 pick in the NBA draft — Chriss.

Both players are 18-year-old power forwards, a position of need for Phoenix, and have huge potential but aren't considered ready for the NBA game just yet.

"It's always for young guys that there's a couple young guys on the team that are the same age," Bender said in Brooklyn, New York, where the draft was centered. "It's a good thing for Phoenix, for sure, for the organization."

The Suns, the person said, are sending the No. 13 and No. 28 picks this year along with the rights to Bogdan Bogdanovic to Sacramento. The person asked for anonymity because the trade had not been officially announced.

Bogdanovic, the 27th pick in the 2014 draft, has not played in the NBA and recently told the Suns he will play another season in Europe.

The 7-foot-1 Bender, the youngest player in the draft, doesn't turn 19 until Nov. 17. Chriss will be 19 on July 2.

Bender didn't get much of a chance to show his skills last season, playing sparingly for Maccabi Tel Aviv, where he averaged 5.5 points per game on a veteran team. But he was scouted extensively by the Suns and worked out individually for Phoenix last weekend.

Both players are fast and versatile and should fit the Suns style of play.

The 6-foot-10 Chriss is a marvelously athletic player who is considered a raw talent with a big upside. With a nice shooting touch, he averaged 13.7 points and 5.4 rebounds per game in his one season with the Washington Huskies.

It's the second year in a row Phoenix has picked the youngest player in the draft. Devin Booker was 18 when the Suns chose him at No. 13 last year and he went on to make the all-rookie team last season.

The Suns missed the playoffs for the sixth straight season, the longest such stretch in franchise history. They won 23 games, second-worst ever for the team.