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Thunder trade up! (hopefully to land Jarace Walker)


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Thunder

Thunder

+7 players ($-5816.1k) +1 pick,
Cap Impact - $9.4M
  • Terrence Ross

    RS

    Terrence Ross
    SG, 6' 6", -2.76 LEBRON
    Recently Signed | Movement Shooter

    $580.3K

    1yr

    24
  • T.J. Warren

    CO

    T.J. Warren
    SF, 6' 8", -1.84 LEBRON
    Contract Over | Athletic Finisher

    $1.8M

    1yr

    24
  • Damion Lee

    CO

    Damion Lee
    SG, 6' 5", -1.31 LEBRON
    Contract Over | Stationary Shooter

    $1.8M

    1yr

    24
  • Chandler Hutchison

    TW

    Chandler Hutchison
    SF, 6' 6", -1.33 LEBRON
    Two-Way | Roll + Cut Big

    $1.5M

    1yr

    24
  • Jock Landale

    CO

    Jock Landale
    C, 6' 11", 0.09 LEBRON
    Contract Over | Versatile Big

    $1.5M

    1yr

    24
  • Darius Bazley

    CO

    Darius Bazley
    PF, 6' 8", -0.44 LEBRON
    Contract Over | Athletic Finisher

    $4.2M

    1yr

    24
  • Saben Lee

    RS

    Saben Lee
    PG, 6' 2", -0.54 LEBRON
    Recently Signed | Slasher

    $0

    1yr

    24
  • draft-pick-player

    2023 - Round 1

    22

+1  Wins

+82.56  MPG

-5.97  Off.

-1.98  Def.

Magic

Magic

+1 player ($15.3m) +3 picks,
Cap Impact + $2.2M
  • Luguentz Dort
    Luguentz Dort
    SG, 6' 3", -0.16 LEBRON
    Stationary Shooter

    $15.2M

    5yrs

    21
  • draft-pick-player

    2024 - Round 2

    24
  • draft-pick-player

    2028 - Round 2

    24
  • draft-pick-player

    2023 - Round 1

    via LAC
    21

+2  Wins

+6.30  MPG

+1.05  Off.

+0.84  Def.

Suns

Suns

+1 player ($13.0m),
Cap Impact + $1.3M
  • Gary Harris
    Gary Harris
    SG, 6' 4", -2.05 LEBRON
    Stationary Shooter

    $13.0M

    2yrs

    22

-2  Wins

-88.86  MPG

+4.92  Off.

+1.14  Def.

This trade would take place in the offseason so all those guys heading to the Thunder wouldn't be under contract so you can just pretend they aren't in the trade. This is about trading up in the draft. I love Lue Dort he was actually mt favorite prospect coming out of his draft class because he reminded me of Russ, I was shocked when he went undrafted and super excited when the Thunder signed him and even more excited that he has found success in the NBA. All that said with the emergence of guys like Jdub, Aaron Wiggins, Isaiah Joe, Giddey, and SGA who keeps getting better this guard rotation is getting a little clogged. The reason I chose Dort to move on from is because I think the other guys will fit better long term or are just on better contracts. As a little extra bonus we're also freeing up a little cap space so that we could maybe sign a guy in the offseason.

Orlando has two top ten picks in this draft so using one of them to trade down and add an elite perimeter defender who can play any role you need him to seems like a good idea.

The Suns are in this trade because so the Thunder don't have to take on Garry Harris. For Phoenix they're getting a guy who finally found his jump shot (he's shooting 44% from three on good volume) and they're getting him for pretty much free.


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