What the hell is OKC gonna do with all those picks?

[Kblaze8855]

There is no arbitrary cut off for when picks matter. They’re all just lottery scratch offs. The top pick just has better odds. But there isn’t a team in the league that wouldnt love to have a bunch of fifth through 15th picks. Most of the time you will have your choice of an all-star, if not a Hall of Famer. From there, you just have to trust in the people you hire to make that choice.

[Xiao Yao You]

Then this answers it. They'll trade the bulk of them for some deep lottery picks. While off-loading their least favorite young guys. Like they did Bazley. Poku showed flashes but he will be gone too if he doesn't take a big step this year.

One thing about OKC with this is they can afford to not cling to hope and imaginary player development and end with MPJ or Ayton kind of fake-ass budding superstar contracts when in reality they're role players.

This is a franchise that told Harden take it or leave for an underpay and traded him for even thinking about not taking the contract.

Giddey, Dieng, and even Holmgren will be under real scrutiny with this level of competition within the roster, if they're lucky and trade/draft well.

I expect them to flip this roster around a ton the next 3 years.

it was rumored Shai was being shopped last off season. I certainly would have been after him more than Mitchell

[Xiao Yao You]

that’s not how they look at it. Picks are only protected for so long and at a certain level anyway. A team that already has everything it needs getting an extra seventh pick is a huge luxury. Almost every draft has stars or good players taken after number 10. Hell Shai was number 11 the year after Mitchell and Bam went 13-14. Year before Sabonis went 11th. Year before Myles Turner with Booker at 13. Year before you had CJ Mcculloum, Steven Adams, and Giannis all go from 10-15. Klay and Leonard were 11 and 15. Paul George 10. And on and on it goes.

teams want to stack picks to give themselves an extra opportunity to evaluate top guys and that doesn’t just mean one or two every year. You give yourself 13 to 15 shots at it you’re gonna come out with something even if you’re incompetent. It’s not about landing a bunch of sure top 3 picks. It’s about giving yourself enough swings that one or two have to land. The whole lottery usually has potential and you don’t have to hit on many to change history.

you never know how anything plays out or how long picks take to transfer and go unprotected. These things echo for decades. The last players taken with picks in the penny Hardaway Chris Webber draft day trade 30 years ago just retired in like 2021. An Otis Thorpe trade from the 90s is why Wade ended up on the Heat instead of in Memphis with Pau. It’s a vast web with unknown results. It’s chess it ain’t checkers.

you forgot the all NBA/DPOTY at 27

[Real Men Wear Green]

Trade for Embiid.

Same thing Boston did when trader Danny accumulated a "treasure trove" of picks. Most of the picks turned to crap.

A number of the picks didn't work out but you don't seem to realize that Tatum and Brown have led the Celtics to the conference Finals 4 times and will be a perennial finals favorite for the foreseeable future. The assets Ainge accumulated have led them to their current status.

[Full Court]

The funny thing is that there are posters on here who have no little understanding of basketball that they don't think OKC can end up 4th-6th seed.

[8Ball]

Trade for Embiid.

A number of the picks didn't work out but you don't seem to realize that Tatum and Brown have led the Celtics to the conference Finals 4 times and will be a perennial finals favorite for the foreseeable future. The assets Ainge accumulated have led them to their current status.

I wrote in this thread about this already.

The only valuable picks are unprotected picks that end up top 4. So unprotected from a garbage team.

The rest of the picks accumulated came out worthless.

[Real Men Wear Green]

I wrote in this thread about this already.

The only valuable picks are unprotected picks that end up top 4. So unprotected from a garbage team.

The rest of the picks accumulated came out worthless.

That just isn't true. Trading picks is how the Celtics have gotten Porzingis Holiday and White. The Celtics 6 best players are all the result of trading picks from other teams.

[8Ball]

What are the Thunder going to be able to get from these picks, I don't place much value below unless the Clippers go into tank mode which I don't see happening.

**2024**
- 1st Round, Rockets: Protected Top-4
- 1st Round, Jazz: Protected Top-10
- 1st Round, Thunder: Least favorable of Thunder's first-round picks goes to Pacers
- 1st Round, Clippers
- 2nd Round, Rockets


**2025**
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 1st Round, Rockets/Clippers: Swaps
- 1st Round, Heat: Protected Top-14
- 1st Round, Sixers: Protected Top-6
- 2nd Round, Hawks: Protected Top-40
- 2nd Round, Celtics/Grizzlies: More favorable
- 2nd Round, Sixers


**2026**
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 1st Round, Rockets: Protected Top-4
- 1st Round, Clippers
- 2nd Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Mavericks/Sixers: Least favorable
- 2nd Round, Warriors


**2027**
- 1st Round, Nuggets: Protected Top-5
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Minnesota


**2028**
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Jazz
- 2nd Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Milwaukee


**2029**
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 1st Round, Nuggets: Protected Top-5
- 2nd Round, Hawks
- 2nd Round, Suns
- 2nd Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Rockets
- 2nd Round, Heat
- 2nd Round, Celtics


**2030**
- 1st Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Thunder
- 2nd Round, Heat
- 2nd Round, Rockets

[FultzNationRISE]

Honestly, if the Lakers dont look like a legit championship team by the deadline, they need to rebuild and just trade Lebron to OKC for a few of those picks.

Ofc playing on a team that young would be a crazy ridiculous challenge for Lebron and literally the hardest road possible. But as a diehard Laker fan I think that option has to be considered in play.

[Xiao Yao You]

Honestly, if the Lakers dont look like a legit championship team by the deadline, they need to rebuild and just trade Lebron to OKC for a few of those picks.

Ofc playing on a team that young would be a crazy ridiculous challenge for Lebron and literally the hardest road possible. But as a diehard Laker fan I think that option has to be considered in play.

Can't imagine Presti has any desire for a broken down old man

[FultzNationRISE]

Can't imagine Presti has any desire for a broken down old man

Put a eye on yo lip n¡gga, WATCH YO MOUF

[iamgine]

SGA is already a superstar. Get another star and they're set for contending.

For example, they could try to get Mikal Bridges for Lu Dort plus a bunch of picks.

[Gruppenführer]

They have no other choice but to trade them for superstars or better players. You can't fill a roster with rookies.

[Druckenmiller]

Trade all the pics to Dallas for Luka

[Street Hunger]

They'll probably package and trade the picks up