NBA training camp starts next week, which means that the offseason is essentially over as teams prepare to start the 2022-23 regular season.
With that said, that does not mean trade season is over too. Bleacher Report writer Andy Bailey published an article on Monday that included trade ideas for all 30 NBA teams.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, they were involved in three such trade ideas with the Denver Nuggets, Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks.
The most notable of the batch is the proposal of sending Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to the Knicks after missing out on Donovan Mitchell. There’s been talks recently about a potential marriage between both parties, but nothing’s been officially reported and it’s more about coming up with trade ideas.
Let’s take a look at the three trades and Bailey’s reasoning as to why the trade makes sense for both teams