Oklahoma City Thunder has been meticulously flipping players for draft picks for the past year, and it appears it doesn’t intend to stop anytime soon. The team’s most recent business was trading Danny Green and Terrance Ferguson to Philadelphia 76ers and acquiring two picks and forward Al Horford.
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, the picks that OKC received are first-rounder in 2025 with “light protection” and No.34 pick in 2020 NBA Draft, which Philly used to draft French point guard Theo Maledon.
The impressive thing about this deal is that OKC acquired Danny Green alongside another draft pick just a few days ago in a trade that saw them sending Dennis Schroder to Los Angeles Lakers. If they continue to follow the pattern, Thunder will turn Horford into more picks soon.
After this last deal, Thunder is set to have impressive 15 first-round picks throughout 2026 alongside multiple swap-pick options with Los Angeles Clippers and Houston Rockets, among other teams. This number will only increase moving forward, as the organization has several more “tradable” players on their rebuilding roster.
This deal works out well for Philly as well, considering that they received a proven shooter in Green while getting away from Al Horford’s big deal.
The 76ers signed Horford to a four-year, $109 million contract last summer, but the 34-year-old was largely unproductive during his time in Philadelphia. He averaged 11.9 points, lowest since his sophomore season in NBA, and was even benched on several occasions due to his inability to share the floor with Philly’s star center Joel Embiid.
