JULY 27: The Thunder have officially signed Diallo, according to the league’s transactions log.
JULY 25: The Thunder have agreed to terms with second-round pick Hamidou Diallo, reports ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (via Twitter). According to Wojnarowski, Diallo will sign a three-year, $4MM contract with Oklahoma City.
Diallo, who averaged 10.0 PPG and 3.6 RPG during his first and only season as a Kentucky Wildcat, entered the draft as an early entrant this spring and was selected 45th overall. While Diallo was technically drafted by the Nets, the No. 45 pick had already been traded twice by that point — he was ultimately sent from Brooklyn to Charlotte to OKC.
Based on the reported terms, Diallo’s first NBA contract could be a minimum-salary deal, which would work out to $3.92MM. Because it’s a three-year pact, the Thunder will have to use a small portion of their taxpayer mid-level exception to complete the signing.
Diallo’s deal will push Oklahoma City’s team salary back up to approximately $149.58MM and the club’s projected tax bill up to about $93.19MM — it will also fill OKC’s 15-man roster. The Thunder may not be done with their offseason moves, however, as Kyle Singler remains a candidate to be waived and stretched.
Thunder second-rounders Devon Hall and Kevin Hervey remain unsigned for now, as our tracker shows.
Underated pickup. Thunder get an A for their offseason
For the love of all that is holy get rid of singler….attach a second rounder to him and let some team have that to dump him.
Probably not going to get much playing time but if he does he’ll be solid on fast breaks and finishing at the rim. I saw a 20 minute workout video where he was getting up a ton of shots, he struggled mightily with his jumper at Kentucky but is working on it this summer.
You have to give OKC credit. They are goIng for it. Dennis and Russ some will Be interesting. THey could make the West finals for sure.