For years, the choices and prospects for the draft of Oklahoma City have been a great debate on the NBA commercial market. It was always clear that the Thunder could explode any team out of the water with a commercial offer, the sponsor offer, if necessary. But years of tireless debate and questions of alignment adapting nothing, because Oklahoma City never needed an overwhelming addition via trade after all.
The Thunder has won a championship with mainly its internal nucleus which has been developed in the past three years. Of course, Isaiah Hartenstein And Alex Caruso pushed the team over it, but it was never an exchange of superproductions that was necessary. The Thunder has cut a rare path and he brought them the first trophy in the NBA championship in the history of the franchise.
Now Oklahoma City is in a unique place. The list is in contact, and all the signs indicate that this team trying to make it go back for a second consecutive championship. There are not many questions before the season. But with the ABC and Oklahoma City list, the questions point to the future.
In the last article in the Bleacher reportA surprising addition of thunder was listed in a ranking of the best NBA trade tokens at the moment. Subject nikola has not yet played a regular season match for the Thunder, but it is still coveted in the League.
“Nikola Topić has not recorded a second action in the regular season since the Thunder made him the 12th choice in total of the 2024 draft,” said Zach Buckley wrote. “And in a strange way, it may be a good thing in terms of building its intrigue on the commercial block.
“Since his potential recruit race was erased by an LCA injury, he looks like the Mystery Box. imposing One) for no obvious reason in the field to worry about his ability to achieve it. »»
Although his game is certainly still unknown for the most part, Summer League had to have increased his value. The subject looked like the choice of lottery that it had been announced to be with skills that you cannot teach.
“And if you only look at the positive points with Topić, there are really breathtaking things,” wrote Buckley. “It is a main playmaker of 6’6” who understands how to regularly create advantages for himself and his teammates – like a 19 -year -old. It could end as the best player in his draft class, and this is how the Thunder should try to market it if he never considered it necessary to make an all-in push. »»
The thing about these particular skills that this subject has, however, is that they are perfectly suited to the Oklahoma City system. It was easy to look at the Thunder’s summer league team and see where the subject would integrate into the team’s plan at both ends of the soil. He is a connector, a real ball of the ball, and likes to operate the pick-and-roll-which is exactly what this Thunder team could use.
It would certainly be a precious commercial element for many teams in the league, but what happens if Oklahoma City simply does not have to exchange it. After standing Pat with a trunk of asset treasure and built internally, the direction of the Thunder has been clear from the start. Now, with a title to their credit, it would be a surprise to see things change significantly now.
