Inject it into my veins.

NOOOO MY DARLING BOY

Four years removed from being a first-round draft pick, Aleksej Pokuševski's tenure with the Oklahoma City Thunder has come to an end.

The Thunder announced on Friday they have waived the 22-year-old forward.

Pokuševski was originally selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who traded his rights to Oklahoma City in a three-team deal that also involved the New York Knicks. He was the youngest player in that draft class The trade has turned out to be very notable for all three teams involved. Minnesota acquired the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels, while the Knicks got the rights to Immanuel Quickley.

Hayward is an expiring $30MM/year contract which will open up the Thunder for ample 2024-2025 cap space, a cheaper re-signing of Hayward, Jalen Wlliams or Chet Holmgren rookie extensions, and more.

This is part of a larger series of trades for Charlotte.

They have also acquired via trade a top-2 protected FRP, Grant Williams, and Seth Curry.

This came up in my YouTube recommendations, and it’s pretty fun to watch as a Thunder fan.

I really try to not complain about the refs, but that was one of the worst calls of all time.

The Clippers are sending a 2027 first-round pick swap to Oklahoma City, clearing way for OKC to move a protected 2026 first-round pick to the 76ers, sources said. The Clippers are sending a 2024 and a 2029 second-round pick to the Sixers in the deal too, sources said.

I was at the game tonight, and based off of the fact that Chet got more points and he’s on our team and I’m biased, I officially declare Chet the better player.

This long boi rivalry has officially begun.

(Realtalk: it was very fun to watch both of them play. This is going to be a good season.)

• Chet is back and healthy, looking good in summer league.
• Wallace looks like he’ll be a good addition.
• We were one bad game away from the playoffs last year

So…is this the year we start really trying? Not saying were weren’t trying before, but you know what I mean.

If not, what other pieces do we actually need? We can’t just keep waiting on new draft picks and waiting on them to get their NBA legs year after year.

This could simply be the link to the official schedule, but it might be nice to have that listed for easy clickin’:

https://www.nba.com/thunder/schedule

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1118869

The Thunder now have five second-round picks for taking on Oladipo and Mills. Both are expiring contracts.

Mills will make $6,802,950 in '23-'24.

Oladipo will make $9,450,000 in '23-'24.

That's now five 2nd round picks, and this years 10th pick in Cason Wallace, for taking on Mills, Dipo, and Bertans.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1119511

BOX SCORE (LEMMY-FRIENDLY)

Thunder kept the lid on a late 4th quarter comeback by the Sixers--zero lead changes or ties for the duration. Overall sloppy game with 46 combined turnovers. Tre Mann is 3-for-3 on earning a spot in the league during SLC Summer League. Chet, Jalen Williams, and virtually all first and second stringers for the Sixers, did not play.

Thunder - Full Box

PLAYER	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Hunter Maldonado	0	3	2	0	4
Ousmane Dieng	10	3	3	1	22
KJ Williams	6	1	2	0	5
Jared Butler	2	5	3	0	9
Tre Mann	8	5	1	0	23
Jaden Shackelford	4	1	1	0	11
Zhaire Smith	0	0	0	0	16
Caleb McConnell	4	4	3	1	8
Jahmi'us Ramsey	2	2	0	0	2

PLAYER	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA
Hunter Maldonado	2	4	50	0	1
Ousmane Dieng	10	12	83.3	2	3
KJ Williams	2	6	33.3	0	2
Jared Butler	3	9	33.3	1	3
Tre Mann	7	15	46.7	4	10
Jaden Shackelford	3	12	25	2	7
Zhaire Smith	6	6	100	2	2
Caleb McConnell	4	8	50	0	2
Jahmi'us Ramsey	1	2	50	0	1

PLAYER	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	DREB
Hunter Maldonado	0	0	0	0	0
Ousmane Dieng	66.7	0	0	0	4
KJ Williams	0	1	2	50	3
Jared Butler	33.3	2	2	100	2
Tre Mann	40	5	7	71.4	8
Jaden Shackelford	28.6	3	4	75	4
Zhaire Smith	100	2	2	100	0
Caleb McConnell	0	0	0	0	4
Jahmi'us Ramsey	0	0	0	0	2

PLAYER	OREB	PF	TO	MIN	+/-
Hunter Maldonado	0	4	2	21:15	6
Ousmane Dieng	6	5	9	31:14	7
KJ Williams	3	2	1	17:29	5
Jared Butler	0	1	2	23:29	9
Tre Mann	0	4	4	31:14	7
Jaden Shackelford	0	1	0	24:27	1
Zhaire Smith	0	3	2	22:31	3
Caleb McConnell	0	1	1	13:53	8
Jahmi'us Ramsey	0	1	1	14:28	-1

Sixers - Full Box

PLAYER	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Ricky Council IV	2	2	0	0	8
Azuolas Tubelis	2	1	0	0	2
Filip Petrusev	8	1	0	0	8
Terquavion Smith	2	2	1	1	15
Jaden Springer	5	2	1	1	17
Javonte Smart	4	4	2	1	11
Jordan Tucker	3	2	1	0	12
Greg Brown III	4	1	2	2	11
DJ Steward	0	1	1	0	2
Hyunjung Lee	0	0	0	1	3
Elijah McCadden	2	1	0	0	2
Makur Maker	0	0	0	0	0

PLAYER	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA
Ricky Council IV	2	8	25	0	2
Azuolas Tubelis	1	2	50	0	0
Filip Petrusev	3	5	60	0	0
Terquavion Smith	5	11	45.5	5	10
Jaden Springer	5	13	38.5	0	1
Javonte Smart	5	11	45.5	0	5
Jordan Tucker	3	6	50	1	3
Greg Brown III	3	3	100	1	1
DJ Steward	1	7	14.3	0	2
Hyunjung Lee	1	2	50	0	1
Elijah McCadden	1	1	100	0	0
Makur Maker	0	0	0	0	0

PLAYER	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	DREB
Ricky Council IV	0	4	5	80	2
Azuolas Tubelis	0	0	0	0	2
Filip Petrusev	0	2	2	100	6
Terquavion Smith	50	0	0	0	2
Jaden Springer	0	7	7	100	2
Javonte Smart	0	1	3	33.3	4
Jordan Tucker	33.3	5	7	71.4	1
Greg Brown III	100	4	6	66.7	2
DJ Steward	0	0	0	0	0
Hyunjung Lee	0	1	1	100	0
Elijah McCadden	0	0	0	0	1
Makur Maker	0	0	0	0	0

PLAYER	OREB	PF	TO	MIN	+/-
Ricky Council IV	0	2	4	26:35	-11
Azuolas Tubelis	0	1	2	13:03	-5
Filip Petrusev	2	2	0	19:07	-8
Terquavion Smith	0	5	3	25:10	-4
Jaden Springer	3	4	7	29:34	-1
Javonte Smart	0	1	2	24:05	-6
Jordan Tucker	2	1	0	16:23	5
Greg Brown III	2	2	3	15:23	-5
DJ Steward	0	1	2	12:33	-7
Hyunjung Lee	0	2	0	7:26	-8
Elijah McCadden	1	2	0	7:39	2
Makur Maker	0	0	1	3:02	3

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1081149

BOX SCORE (LEMMY-FRIENDLY)

Grizzlies solidly hold the Thunder down as Jake LaRavia turns it on; Chet Holmgren records a double double, albeit with sixturnovers.

Thunder Full Box

PLAYER	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Ousmane Dieng	6	2	0	2	13
Chet Holmgren	11	1	2	3	10
Jaylin Williams	4	3	1	3	12
Jared Butler	4	6	0	1	16
Tre Mann	4	2	1	0	28
Jaden Shackelford	3	1	1	0	7
Hunter Maldonado	1	2	0	0	0
Caleb McConnell	1	1	0	1	0

PLAYER	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA
Ousmane Dieng	5	10	50	1	4
Chet Holmgren	3	8	37.5	0	4
Jaylin Williams	4	11	36.4	2	7
Jared Butler	5	11	45.5	3	7
Tre Mann	10	14	71.4	2	6
Jaden Shackelford	2	4	50	2	4
Hunter Maldonado	0	1	0	0	1
Caleb McConnell	0	2	0	0	1

PLAYER	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	DREB
Ousmane Dieng	25	2	3	66.7	4
Chet Holmgren	0	4	4	100	10
Jaylin Williams	28.6	2	2	100	4
Jared Butler	42.9	3	3	100	4
Tre Mann	33.3	6	8	75	4
Jaden Shackelford	50	1	3	33.3	3
Hunter Maldonado	0	0	0	0	1
Caleb McConnell	0	0	0	0	1

PLAYER	OREB	PF	MIN	TO	+/-
Ousmane Dieng	2	1	32:21	2	0
Chet Holmgren	1	1	30:35	6	5
Jaylin Williams	0	1	27:15	1	-4
Jared Butler	0	4	28:12	1	4
Tre Mann	0	2	31:15	5	-6
Jaden Shackelford	0	0	22:52	1	-12
Hunter Maldonado	0	5	19:04	2	-17
Caleb McConnell	0	1	8:26	0	-10

Grizzlies Full Box

PLAYER	REB	AST	STL	BLK	PTS
Jake LaRavia	3	0	2	0	25
David Roddy	4	5	0	0	8
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	4	4	3	0	12
Vince Williams Jr.	9	1	2	1	18
Jacob Gilyard	4	6	7	0	10
Timmy Allen	1	3	0	1	2
GG Jackson	5	0	0	0	8
Frankie Ferrari	2	4	0	0	0
Joel Ayayi	1	0	0	0	1
Matt Hurt	3	0	0	1	10

PLAYER	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA
Jake LaRavia	9	18	50	4	9
David Roddy	2	12	16.7	1	4
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	5	16	31.3	2	6
Vince Williams Jr.	5	10	50	3	7
Jacob Gilyard	3	5	60	3	4
Timmy Allen	1	2	50	0	0
GG Jackson	3	4	75	2	3
Frankie Ferrari	0	1	0	0	1
Joel Ayayi	0	1	0	0	0
Matt Hurt	2	5	40	2	4

PLAYER	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	DREB
Jake LaRavia	44.4	3	4	75	1
David Roddy	25	3	5	60	3
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	33.3	0	0	0	3
Vince Williams Jr.	42.9	5	6	83.3	8
Jacob Gilyard	75	1	1	100	4
Timmy Allen	0	0	0	0	1
GG Jackson	66.7	0	0	0	4
Frankie Ferrari	0	0	0	0	2
Joel Ayayi	0	1	2	50	1
Matt Hurt	50	4	4	100	1

PLAYER	OREB	PF	MIN	TO	+/-
Jake LaRavia	2	3	29:01	1	7
David Roddy	1	1	29:25	2	-1
Kenneth Lofton Jr.	1	4	29:01	2	7
Vince Williams Jr.	1	5	29:25	2	-1
Jacob Gilyard	0	6	29:01	3	7
Timmy Allen	0	3	10:35	0	9
GG Jackson	1	0	10:35	0	9
Frankie Ferrari	0	2	10:59	1	1
Joel Ayayi	0	0	10:59	0	1
Matt Hurt	2	2	10:59	1	1

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1069112

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