Only Hours away from facing the Bucks, Oklahoma City Thunder‘s GM Sam Presti pulled a massive move. With the NBA season starting in under two weeks, teams are still making transactions to solidify their rosters. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski announced a trade between the Houston Rockets and the Oklahoma City Thunder. This move comes as a last-ditch effort to bolster their line-up before the regular season.
However, OKC traded one of their future first-round picks in order for the trade. The team has accumulated a wealth of future first-round picks. Here’s a look at the future draft stash of the team which has fans hoping for a dynasty.
OKC’s “ULTIMATE Dynasty” Draft Stash
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have amassed an impressive arsenal of 35 draft picks over the next seven years, including 15 in the first round. Notable among these are an unprotected 2024 first-round pick from the Clippers, a top-four protected 2024 first-rounder from the Rockets, and a top-10 protected 2024 first-round pick from the Jazz.
OKC?s draft stash for the next 7 years:
**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,? pic.twitter.com/IA88GcosTQ? NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) October 17, 2023
In a recent tweet by NBA Central, they analyzed the franchise’s draft stash for the next 7 years. Although they missed the playoffs for the third consecutive season in 2022-23, the Thunder have been busy picking up talent like Chet Holmgren, the 2022 No. 2 overall pick. While they may not use all these draft assets, they provide a foundation for building a competitive team in the future, signaling the Thunder’s quest to return to their former glory.
GM Sam Presti’s latest move on Kevin Porter Jr is also to establish a foothold for the franchise in the West. Fans on Twitter are in a frenzy about the analysis in hopes of a future dynasty.
Fans Dream of an NBA Crown
Many hopeful fans filled the retweets with championship hopes. One fan wrote, “OKC is the ULTIMATE dynasty fantasy football star but in real life.”
OKC is the ULTIMATE dynasty fantasy football star but in real life
? Dustin Antoine (@dustinantoine22) October 17, 2023
While another fan wrote, “OKC gonna run the league soon.”
OKC gonna run the league soon
? Splash and Furious ? (@JoshuaClow) October 17, 2023
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Finally a fan summarized the situation writing, “Sam Presti would go through war crime for picks.”
Sam Presti would go through war crime for picks ?
? LeBeautiful (@LeBeautiiful) October 17, 2023
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