The Oklahoma City Thunder traded with the Philadelphia 76ers at the start of this rebuild, placing Al Horford in Sam Presti’s trade value rehabilitation program. That deal netted OKC the draft rights to Theo Maledon, Vasilije Micic, a 2025 first-round pick (top-six protected), and of course, Al Horford. The Thunder then flipped Horford to Boston in return for the 16th pick in the 2021 NBA Draft (Alperen Sengun), who OKC traded to Houston for two future first-round picks, which were parlayed into the 11th overall pick in the 202 NBA Draft (Ousmane Dieng).
While that trade package already looks like a win for Oklahoma City, after three summers of back-and-forth flirting, it has a chance to get even better.