NEW YORK — After what he experienced on draft night, trade deadline day will be no sweat for Randy Foye.

Foye was one of four players among the top seven picks who quickly learned one of the NBA's lessons on Wednesday night: Don't get too comfortable in one place.

And he learned it twice.

The Toronto Raptors made Andrea Bargnani the first No. 1 pick from Europe to kick off a draft that began with a lack of buzz. But on a night when 15 trades were made — with Portland involved in six of them — it certainly didn't turn out boring.

"Apparently not a lot of people liked what they got at the top," Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo said.

How unpredictable was it? Even the guys who didn't get traded weren't convinced they were staying.

After watching what went on around him, no wonder Rudy Gay wasn't getting ahead of himself. Picked eighth by the Rockets but hearing his name rumored in a possible deal with Memphis, he wasn't ready to start house hunting in Houston just yet.

"I'm not saying we, because I'm not sure I'm going to play there yet," Gay said.

The wheeling and dealing started early, when LaMarcus Aldridge of Texas went second to the Chicago Bulls, starting a flurry of trades that would include the fourth, sixth and seventh picks.

Aldridge's rights were later dealt to Portland for the rights to Tyrus Thomas, who was chosen fourth, and forward Viktor Khryapa.

"Right before they said my name, they said, `They are going to call your name in a minute, but don't worry about it, they are going to trade you,"' Aldridge said.

The Trail Blazers weren't done. They acquired the rights to Foye, taken seventh out of Villanova by the Boston Celtics, along with Raef LaFrentz, Dan Dickau and cash for Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round pick.

The Blazers then shipped Foye's rights to Minnesota for Brandon Roy, the Washington guard taken sixth by the Timberwolves.

"When I see the guys go 1, 2, 3, it was just nerve-racking," Foye said. "But then like two picks before, my agent and Brandon's agent were making eye contact and I didn't know what was going on at the time. And once I saw my agent's face light up, he was like, `Yeah, Boston is going to take you.'

"And then, `Portland is going to take you.' And then when they said Minnesota, I was like, `OK, good. Bring it on."'

The instability was likely the product of a draft that lacked star power. High school players are no longer eligible, meaning Greg Oden, who surely would have been the No. 1 pick, is headed to Ohio State.

The Raptors didn't think they needed a deal, confident that Bargnani, a 20-year-old forward from Italy, can live up to comparisons to Dirk Nowitzki.

"Everyone has strengths, weaknesses, etc.," Colangelo said.