It has been a while since Ousmane Dieng took the floor for the Oklahoma City Thunder, the rookie suffered a non-displaced fracture in his right wrist in a G-League game on the 14th of December.
Sam Presti’s belief in the 19-year-old was made evident on draft night when he traded three 2023 first round picks to the Knicks for the 11th pick to ensure they would be able to draft both Dieng and Jalen Williams.
Three first rounders for a long-term project pick seemed pricy but on reflection it was a fair price when you consider the picks dealt away.