In sports, there’s a general philosophy that it’s better to end something too early than too late. That’s exactly what the OKC Thunder need to embrace this Summer by curtailing its encore of the post-KD era.
You know what happened by now. Paul George is out. Danilo Gallinari, Shai GIlgeous-Alexander, and a boatload of picks are in. The Thunder got a great head start in entering, and excuse me for my choice of words, their next chapter in the NBA.
OKC acquired THREE unprotected first-round picks from the Clippers in this trade (2022, 2024 and 2026), league sources say, PLUS two firsts from Miami (2021 unprotected and 2023 protected 1-to-14) … AND the right to swap picks with the Clips in 2023 and 2025.