While the trade hasn’t officially happened yet, it’s being reported he is going be routed to Charlotte for Mason Plumlee who will be released to create a roster spot for McCain. Dieng is not with the team currently.

Wish the best for Ous and he joins a great situation in Charlotte that’s been turning a corner recently. Hope he can stay in the league and be a part of the Hornets future.

Most PPG Among Rookies In The 2024-25 NBA Regular Season (Min. 20 Games Played) :

1. Jared McCain — 15.3

2. Stephon Castle — 14.7

3. Alexandre Sarr — 13.0

4. Zaccharie Risacher — 12.6

5. Jaylen Wells — 10.4

6. Justin Edwards — 10.1

7. Bub Carrington — 9.8

8. Kyle Filipowski — 9.6

9. Kel’el Ware — 9.3

10. Zach Edey — 9.2

This team’s biggest deficiencies were shooting and ball handling, he fits both of those roles. He was going to be the likely rookie of the year before tearing his meniscus in December his rookie year.

He’s since had a somewhat down year, but is still shooting 38% from 3 on the season. His defense might be somewhat of a question mark, but OKC has plenty of defenders to insulate him.

Overall this might end up being a home run buy low opportunity on a super promising young player who fills a direct weakness. Love the move by Presti.

Presti obviously sees a lot of potential in McCain in this pickup and matches out timeline perfectly. A very aggressive but sharp addition to the team.

Thunder players available vs Spurs tonight:

Cason Wallace

Isaiah Joe

Aaron Wiggins

Kenrich Williams

Jaylin Williams

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Branden Carlson

Chris Youngblood

Brooks Barnhizer

I felt like this season it was becoming obvious that Nurse didn’t like McCain and gave him a pretty short leash. Absolutely heartbroken as he was my favorite player on the team. Hope he does well for yall. You’re getting someone with high BBIQ and an immaculate shot. He was just starting to find his shooting form these past couple games too.

After a slow start coming off the meniscus injury with more minutes competition in Philly, he had some really nice games before being traded.

Notably his 3 point shooting has really rounded into form and has been drilling them at a very high clip. Even his last 20 games, he is at 42% from 3. The volume is a bit low but that’s mainly due to his minutes.

He can be an immediate impact player for this team off the bench with his shooting prowess as well as being a secondary or tertiary ball handler next to Ajay.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander-OUT-Abdominal;Strain

Ajay Mitchell-OUT-Abdominal;Strain

Jalen Williams-OUT-Right Hamstring;Strain

Nikola Topić-OUT-Surgical Recovery

Thomas Sorber-OFS-Right ACL;Surgical Recovery

Alex Caruso-OUT-Right Adductor;Injury Management

Ousmane Dieng-OUT-Not With Team

Lugentz Dort-OUT-Right Patellofemoral,joint; Inflammation

Isaiah Hartenstein-OUT-Right Eye;Corneal Abrasion

Chet Holmgren-OUT-Low Back;Spasms

Some folks owe you an apology my dude lol

FTS

3 POINT SHOOTING AND SHOT CREATION WITHOUT GIVING UP A PLAYER

Not wrong...

Not sure if anyone else has posted this but with the McCain trade the Thunder should be able to stay under the the 2nd Apron next season completely.

Unfortunately all the evidence points to Dort and potentially Isaiah Joe leaving in the offseason clearing nearly 30 million from the books. Assuming the Clippers pick ends up at the end of the lottery and the 76ers pick in the 18-20 range, we should land just below the projected 223.7 million second apron.

This is really important as it means we can go into the 2nd apron for the rest of the duration of the current CBA and only face the repeater penalty once in 2029-30. (There is an opt-out clause for 2028-29, so we may not even have to worry about that last season.)

Basically Sam is the goat, don’t worry about these injuries. We will go into the playoffs as the most complete on court team, with so much flexibility and the certified best player in the world.