The Thunder have agreed to a training camp deal with center Eric Moreland, Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reports. The 27-year-old will seek to crack the regular season roster of a retooling franchise that will feature plenty of new faces.
Moreland split last season between the Suns and Raptors but never saw consistent playing time. Moreland only played double digit minutes twice in 2018/19, which is considerably less than the previous year when he battled for the primary backup spot to Pistons center Andre Drummond.
Moreland joins a Thunder squad with only 13 guaranteed contracts, meaning it’s possible that he could stay with the team through to the regular season. He’ll presumably be in competition with fellow recent Thunder signee Justin Patton for reps in the team’s frontcourt, with Patton’s multiyear deal and $700K partial guarantee likely giving him a leg up on Moreland.
OKC needs more inexperienced players to help them get a good lottery pick.
OKC has plenty of picks.
Was good for pistons couple years ago. Probably not making the team tho
Someone has to, so his chances are pretty good. After totally mismanaging the team after the loss of Durant (and giving away Harden to Houston for almost nothing before that), this team is an absolute mess. They will be rid of Gallinari and Roberson next summer, but they’re still stuck with Steven Adams and Schröder for two more seasons. And of course they can only get rid of Chris Paul (and the $125M owed to him) by attaching multiple first-round picks and finding a team who is willing to take him.