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[Pharaoh]

Man. Watching the interview in the Cam Johnson thread on the General Board is making me really wish we had figured out a way to get this guy. Just a really good head on his shoulders.

https://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=2321965

Yeah he comes off like a good dude qho gets it. Plus we got some praise on their cause of Cade, Duren & Monty

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[MortSahlfan]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him.

The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee.

[theBigLip]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him.

The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee.

Last we hear of Porter. Smart trade by OKC, who really needed more draft assets

[chrbal]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him.

The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee.

Thunder made a solid small move, Rockets probably got as good of a return as they could.

Didn’t they do something like this with Meyers Leonard?

[Cowology]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him.

The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee.

Last we hear of Porter. Smart trade by OKC, who really needed more draft assets

Porter still comes outa this with like $24 mil in career earnings. If he's careful with his money he's still set for life.

And OKC still just stockpiling picks. Sooner or later they are going to make a big move for a star player. I'm really curious who that is going to be. They could make a play on somebody like Embiid if he get's really disgruntled.

[theBigLip]

The Oklahoma City Thunder have agreed to acquire Kevin Porter Jr. and two second round picks from the Houston Rockets for Victor Oladipo and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl.

The Thunder will waive Porter, who was recently arrested on domestic violence charges. Oklahoma City will pay the $16.9 million guaranteed to Porter as they waive him.

The Thunder are acquiring a 2027 second via Minnesota and a 2028 second via Milwaukee.

Last we hear of Porter. Smart trade by OKC, who really needed more draft assets

Porter still comes outa this with like $24 mil in career earnings. If he's careful with his money he's still set for life.

And OKC still just stockpiling picks. Sooner or later they are going to make a big move for a star player. I'm really curious who that is going to be. They could make a play on somebody like Embiid if he get's really disgruntled.

Agreed. OKC is going to be able to put together a crazy package when they decide to pull the trigger

[ducler]

Having so many picks is not a very good thing IMO. Teams know that they can't use all of them so their value can be decreased in negotiations. Only interesting ones of the first round will actually have a value for them.

[DBC10]

Yeah, but I'd still rather be in the driver seat of having a wealth of picks while already having great young talent than having neither one of those in any scenario. So the downsides, doesn't seem like downsides to me

[bstein14]

OKC is in incredible shape with a borderline MVP talent in SGA and a bunch of other good young guys with upside... They never really need to take less value they've already shown NBA teams are willing to give up a potentially better pick down the road for a pick now to grab the guy they want. Eventually OKC can hit some really good picks like that.

2024 picks that OKC Owns

#1 Houston's (top four protected, probably ends up in the 7-8 range)
#2 Utah's pick (top 10 protected, probably ends up in the 12-14 range)
#3 Their own pick, or the Clippers first round pick whichever is better they get to keep. (Prob in the 16-18 range)

Tons of teams would give up a future pick a few years down the road for those mid tier picks. Or they can always package a few together to get a higher lottery pick. Plus you always have the option if a team is doing a full rebuild and decides to move on from their star, to expediate that rebuild for the opposing team. Those 3 picks, plus 3+ other firsts for someone like Embiid, Towns, etc. Should not be hard at all for them to add another all-star level talent to that roster.

[theBigLip]

OKC is in incredible shape with a borderline MVP talent in SGA and a bunch of other good young guys with upside... They never really need to take less value they've already shown NBA teams are willing to give up a potentially better pick down the road for a pick now to grab the guy they want. Eventually OKC can hit some really good picks like that.

2024 picks that OKC Owns

#1 Houston's (top four protected, probably ends up in the 7-8 range)
#2 Utah's pick (top 10 protected, probably ends up in the 12-14 range)
#3 Their own pick, or the Clippers first round pick whichever is better they get to keep. (Prob in the 16-18 range)

Tons of teams would give up a future pick a few years down the road for those mid tier picks. Or they can always package a few together to get a higher lottery pick. Plus you always have the option if a team is doing a full rebuild and decides to move on from their star, to expediate that rebuild for the opposing team. Those 3 picks, plus 3+ other firsts for someone like Embiid, Towns, etc. Should not be hard at all for them to add another all-star level talent to that roster.

They will be players in the draft for sure (or the trade deadline). Jealous they had players to trade out and get picks. Weaver was left with nothing.

[Cowology]

OKC is in incredible shape with a borderline MVP talent in SGA and a bunch of other good young guys with upside... They never really need to take less value they've already shown NBA teams are willing to give up a potentially better pick down the road for a pick now to grab the guy they want. Eventually OKC can hit some really good picks like that.

2024 picks that OKC Owns

#1 Houston's (top four protected, probably ends up in the 7-8 range)
#2 Utah's pick (top 10 protected, probably ends up in the 12-14 range)
#3 Their own pick, or the Clippers first round pick whichever is better they get to keep. (Prob in the 16-18 range)

Tons of teams would give up a future pick a few years down the road for those mid tier picks. Or they can always package a few together to get a higher lottery pick. Plus you always have the option if a team is doing a full rebuild and decides to move on from their star, to expediate that rebuild for the opposing team. Those 3 picks, plus 3+ other firsts for someone like Embiid, Towns, etc. Should not be hard at all for them to add another all-star level talent to that roster.

It feels like OKC has been stockpiling for years, when in reality they only had 2 losing seasons. They essentially played .500 ball in year #3.

Paul George is a hell of a player, but the trade that brought back SGA, Gallinari and 7x 1st Rounders kicked that rebuild into hyperdrive.

[Snakebites]

Having so many picks is not a very good thing IMO. Teams know that they can't use all of them so their value can be decreased in negotiations. Only interesting ones of the first round will actually have a value for them.

I used to think like this.

But I’ve come around. It’s still better to control assets. And the market will still be determined by how picks are valued in the general sense. The dynamic you’re describing might hamper what they get for them slightly but at the end of the day I don’t think teams are going to be able to fleece them- there’s always a demand for first rounders and always a dearth of sellers.

[MortSahlfan]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273379/Steven-Adams-Out-For-Season-With-Right-Knee-Surgery

Maybe we can trade them Bagley or Wiseman?

[vege]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273379/Steven-Adams-Out-For-Season-With-Right-Knee-Surgery

Maybe we can trade them Bagley or Wiseman?

They just need to move JJJr to full time center and they're good.

JJJr/Tilman
Aldama/Clarke

If JJJr or Clarke get injured as well, then they'll be in trouble.

[Cowology]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273379/Steven-Adams-Out-For-Season-With-Right-Knee-Surgery

Maybe we can trade them Bagley or Wiseman?

They just need to move JJJr to full time center and they're good.

JJJr/Tilman
Aldama/Clarke

If JJJr or Clarke get injured as well, then they'll be in trouble.

Clarke is out. Torn Achilles. With Ja out for at least 20 games it'll be interesting to see what direction they decide to go.

[SuperBad]

I don’t know who takes wiseman, maybe Washington, someone turning to the tank mid season. Otherwise I don’t know any answer with him except we can let him expire and try to resign him for cheap and develop him more. He needs the type of development time Killian got, that’s not likely going to happen here anymore.

[vege]

https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/273379/Steven-Adams-Out-For-Season-With-Right-Knee-Surgery

Maybe we can trade them Bagley or Wiseman?

They just need to move JJJr to full time center and they're good.

JJJr/Tilman
Aldama/Clarke

If JJJr or Clarke get injured as well, then they'll be in trouble.

Clarke is out. Torn Achilles. With Ja out for at least 20 games it'll be interesting to see what direction they decide to go.

Without Clarke they need someone. They've always been fine without Ja.

[SuperBad]

Wiseman for Galinari and Muscala, or you could put Burks in for the same two

[chrbal]

Wiseman for Galinari and Muscala, or you could put Burks in for the same two

Young for old doesn’t make sense for us, even with Wiseman being the young guy.

Maybe the other one

[MortSahlfan]

Diallo was signed to a 10-day by the Wizards but released a few hours later.... He's said to play for the G-League Capitol City