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Nique did an interview with Nick Gallo where he said this number was partially inspired by Russell Westbrook, who was "his vet" in Sacramento last year and wore that number. So ... I like him already.
An interesting point here from Windhorst about the Nique Clifford trade: Nique wanted out of Sacramento, and his agents are the same as Ajay Mitchell’s. I doubt that was a major consideration of the trade, but certainly doesn’t hurt to keep a good relationship with Ajay’s reps.
The Hoop Collective with @WindhorstESPN: Lakers lighting it up, Warriors rolling, Thunder make a trade, etc. youtu.be/qqCSLuEa3gs?is=xaF_…
Kinda funny to revisit this 17 months after the fact. The Thunder now have two of these players (Sorber, Clifford), and Yaxel was a popular fan target a year later.
With OKC in the Finals, I haven’t done as much of a Draft deep dive, but I’ve come away with a handful of players I think could be in play for OKC:
Cedric Coward
Colin Murray-Bowles
Nique Clifford
Rasheer Fleming
Thomas Sorber
(Yaxel Lendeborg was here until he withdrew)
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Corey DeMoss retweeted
Thunder acquire Nique Clifford-
I did a scouting report on him in the '25 draft cycle:
🔗: bit.ly/4iLw2NK
In general, I really like this move from Presti. It’s similar logically to the Jared McCain trade: Identify a cheap young player who clearly isn’t being valued by his current team, go get him for a fairly minor asset return, and see if he’ll be better in your system.
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Nique was a guy I had circled for the Thunder going into the draft, and I thought it was kinda funny they traded him away on draft night. Now they’re bringing him back, and with no open roster spot, I wonder if this means Dalen Terry is already gone.
Breaking: The Sacramento Kings are trading Nique Clifford to the Oklahoma City Thunder for two second-round draft picks, league sources told @hoopshype.
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Whoa, I like Dalen Terry! This is a solid signing.
G/F Dalen Terry has agreed on a two-year deal with the Oklahoma City Thunder, sources tell ESPN. Terry enters his fifth NBA season after the former No. overall 18 pick spent time in Chicago and Philadelphia, and went to training camp with Golden State last month.
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Ty Jerome is a bad, bad man. Just watched him solo the last 2 minutes of regulation and eliminate a 9-point lead.
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Incredible performance. A really inefficient SGA night as he dealt with the Cavs throwing every body they could at him, but he never shrunk and came through when it mattered. And everybody contributed, got good minutes from Mara, Kenrich, Stirtz, and Peavy. And iHart was amazing.
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It sure would be nice if the Thunder would occasionally be the team that gets the magnet ball.
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Sucks for Topic, but this is not surprising. He now becomes an expiring contract, which could be valuable in trade negotiations. I’m rooting for him to carve out a career for himself after dealing with such shit luck to start his career.
The Thunder are declining Topic’s 4th year option
The Thunder will save roughly 60 million next summer by doing so.
Just a bummer for Topic who hasn’t gotten a chance to play, but the Thunder should be able to parlay these savings into the core of the team. (Much like they did with Cason)
They will pick up the options for McCain and Sorber
I absolutely love the Thunder, but man, watching games just feels so sad right now. It's impossible to look past everyone who's missing. Feeling this crushed so early in the season just sucks.
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First-half takeaways:
- SGA starting to look like the MVP
- Jared McCain showing he's more than just a shooter
- Liked what I saw from Micah Peavy
- I miss having multiple All-Defense guys. 😢
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