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2021 NBA Draft Big Board: Thunder-centric rankings

Last year when publishing my big board, I made it more my personal rankings rather than focusing the order around a specific team. Big boards can be fairly subjective, with each team needing and favoring a specific playing style or archetype of a player than the other, and that’s why this year’s is entirely focused on OKC and how the roster is currently constructed.

Many of these prospects’ outcomes rely on the team they get drafted into and the team context that they come into. The Thunder, who are in a position to take Best Player Available because of their rebuild, may value a player more than another team that, for example, already has a multitude of on-ball creators and ball handlers and just needs a player to slot into a specific role.