I always encourage people to look at the picks the Thunder didn’t get. Houston 2021. Philly 2025. Utah ducked their multi-year obligation entirely. The lottery has by and large been unkind to the Thunder through protected picks. If they’d had San Antonio’s luck… yeesh.
Another regurgitated false narrative is OKC & San Antonio were built similarly through tanking.
OKC missed the postseason 2 years:
#6 pick Giddey (traded for Caruso)
#2 Holmgren
Spurs missed the postseason 6 years:
#11 Vassell
#12 Primo
#9 Sochan
#1 Wemby
#4 Castle
#2 Harper
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