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.

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Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert earned the most votes for NBA All-Defensive First Team, the league has announced on Wednesday. Gobert, who is also the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, earned 94 First Team votes. He averaged 13.5 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game during the regular season, and was the big part of the Jazz’s Western Conference first-round win against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Behind Gobert is New Orleans Pelicans’ forward Anthony Davis who earned his first NBA All-Defensive First Team selection. Davis, who has two NBA All-Defensive Second Team selections, earned 73 first-team votes. He had an MVP-worthy campaign after the Pelicans lost DeMarcus Cousins, averaging 28.1 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.5 steals and led the league in blocks with 2.6 per game.

Rudy Gobert and Anthony Davis are joined on NBA All-Defensive First Team by Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday and Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington. This is also the first selection for Oladipo, Holiday and Covington.

The 2017-18 NBA All-Defense First Team! @VicOladipo @Jrue_Holiday11 @Holla_At_Rob33 @AntDavis23 @rudygobert27 pic.twitter.com/yk94xYliI6

— NBA (@NBA) May 23, 2018

NBA Defensive Player of the Year finalist, 76ers’ Joel Embiid, didn’t find his place on the NBA All-Defensive First Team. He did, however, made it into NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection. He is joined by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, Boston Celtics center Al Horford, San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler.

Six players selected to an NBA All-Defensive Team for their First Time! pic.twitter.com/sm9nmQOIT6

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) May 23, 2018

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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.

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Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert earned the most votes for NBA All-Defensive First Team, the league has announced on Wednesday. Gobert, who is also the favorite for Defensive Player of the Year, earned 94 First Team votes. He averaged 13.5 points, 10.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game during the regular season, and was the big part of the Jazz’s Western Conference first-round win against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Behind Gobert is New Orleans Pelicans’ forward Anthony Davis who earned his first NBA All-Defensive First Team selection. Davis, who has two NBA All-Defensive Second Team selections, earned 73 first-team votes. He had an MVP-worthy campaign after the Pelicans lost DeMarcus Cousins, averaging 28.1 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.5 steals and led the league in blocks with 2.6 per game.

Rudy Gobert and Anthony Davis are joined on NBA All-Defensive First Team by Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo, Pelicans guard Jrue Holiday and Philadelphia 76ers forward Robert Covington. This is also the first selection for Oladipo, Holiday and Covington.

The 2017-18 NBA All-Defense First Team! @VicOladipo @Jrue_Holiday11 @Holla_At_Rob33 @AntDavis23 @rudygobert27 pic.twitter.com/yk94xYliI6

— NBA (@NBA) May 23, 2018

NBA Defensive Player of the Year finalist, 76ers’ Joel Embiid, didn’t find his place on the NBA All-Defensive First Team. He did, however, made it into NBA All-Defensive Second Team selection. He is joined by Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green, Boston Celtics center Al Horford, San Antonio Spurs guard Dejounte Murray and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Jimmy Butler.

Six players selected to an NBA All-Defensive Team for their First Time! pic.twitter.com/sm9nmQOIT6

— NBA.com/Stats (@nbastats) May 23, 2018

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