Abdel Nader texted Deonte Burton as soon as he saw the news on Instagram.
It was July, and Nader was still with the Celtics, but he had just been talking to Burton about how summer league was going with the Thunder. Burton said he had a good feeling about it.
“I was telling him, just keep working, the typical stuff you would say,” Nader recounted. “And then I see it on Instagram like two days later: Oh, they signed him to a two-way.”
Later that month, Boston sent Nader to OKC, where he rejoined his former Iowa State teammate.