10:55pm: The Thunder are shopping for a two-way wing player, and not simply just a shooter, tweets Wojnarowski.
4:32pm: The Thunder are actively seeking a shooter as the deadline draws near, tweets Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports. Oklahoma City has a pair of trade exceptions, and Wojnarowski suggests the team will use those to take back salary in an uneven exchange.
Oklahoma City has a $6.5MM exception left over from the departure of Kevin Martin this past summer, as well as an exception worth $2,338,721 created in last year’s Eric Maynor trade. It’s most likely the Thunder would use the Maynor exception, which expires at the deadline, given the team’s proximity to the $71.748MM luxury tax line. Oklahoma City is about $2.2MM shy of that threshold.
Anyone the Thunder might be specifically targeting hasn’t been linked to the team in rumors of late. Oklahoma City reportedly has interest in Brandon Bass, but presumably the club is looking for an outside threat rather than a player with a mid-range game. The Thunder was eyeing Evan Turner earlier this year, but he’s shooting just 28.5% from behind the arc. The team is investigating the possibility of bringing career 36% three-point shooter Rudy Fernandez over from Spain, but that probably wouldn’t happen until after the season.
The Thunder could wind up with an additional late-first-round pick from Dallas, and GM Sam Presti might use that as trade bait. Oklahoma City gets the Mavs’ 2014 first-rounder if it falls outside the top 20. The pick is currently at No. 23, as our Reverse Standings show.
Kyle Korver for Jeremy Lamb?
maybe in Danny Ferry’s dreams
FYI, Sam Hinkie is not the GM of the Thunder. He’s the Sixers’ GM. In Sam We Trust.
Had the wrong Sam! Thanks for the catch. It’s been corrected.
–Chuck
Dunleavy from Chicago would be a good fit, and is probably available as a dump.
call the sixers about james anderson.
I’m trying to figure out why the Thunder would really need to make a move at this point. They are set up better than anyone else and they keep accumulating more and more assets. I would just hold onto those assets unless I get a young perimeter player with length and athleticism to add to the core I already have. Sefolosha is likely gone after the season, so if they can find a replacement for him, they should jump on it, but I would be careful of the assets I give up
Wilson Chandler could fit the bill
I havent been able to watch him much this year…He hasnt seemed to be the same player since coming back from China after the lockout. Maybe its just me. I know he has had some injuries in that time. Is he moving well defensively? I’ve always thought he had a ton of talent
So they are essentially looking for the same thing as the Heat, except they have way more assets, and therefore more ways to pick that player up. I also feel like their need isnt as obvious as Miami’s
They need Iman Shumpert
Afflalo probably makes sense. Would probably need to give up a bit to get him though.