ESPN's Jonathan Givony and Jeremy Woo have linked five specific names to the Oklahoma City thunder at the No. 12 pick
The Oklahoma City Thunder have been one of the best drafting teams for nearly two decades now. How they drafted three MVPs in three straight drafts — Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, and James Harden — is widely known, at this point. But, more recently, they drafted two-thirds of their young core — Chet Holmgren and Jalen Williams — in the same draft class in 2022.
While they're one of the best teams at drafting, they're also one of the best at limiting information leaks and keeping their cards closed to their chest. Leading up to draft night, nobody outside of the organization knows what the Thunder are going to do; no clue whether they're looking to make any trades or draft any specific players. So, any report about what they may or may not be looking to do in a draft should be taken with a grain of salt.
ESPN's Jonathan Givony, joined by Jeremy Woo, published ESPN's latest top-100 board filled with intel on Friday morning, which included reports about who the Thunder have been linked with at No. 12 thus far. Those names are Nikola Topic, Jared McCain, Zach Edey, Johnny Furphy and Kyshawn George.After suffering a partial ACL tear, Nikola Topic's stock has seen a slight fall. Still, he's one of the best creator bets in the 2024 draft.
While the Thunder were the best three-point shooting team in the regular season, they struggled in the postseason due to a lack of true elite volume shooters. McCain would come in and help fix that hole as a sniper.Zach Edey is one of the greatest college basketball players of all-time. He would come in and help fix the Thunder's lack of screening, rolling, rebounding, and add to their interior finishing.
While he does excel in a number of areas the Thunder don't, he doesn't fit the typical Presti mold of prospects who are versatile, can move and put the ball on the floor. For that reason, the likelihood he's really headed to Oklahoma City is low.Johnny Furphy is a 6-foot-9 wing who can shoot, put the ball on the floor and drive, excels in transition, defends, and adds value on the glass.
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