Yo this dude have double buff. “Traded from Kings” and “Traded to OKC”

Shart of the deal

The pick is lottery protected and they drafted Nique 24th overall. They traded this year’s Spurs pick to get into the first round and draft Nique in that slot.

Pretty good chance the Spurs pick this year is 24th or higher. If the Spurs miraculously end up in the lottery, the Kings actually still get the pick, so there’s no real downside in what Perry did there.

They gave up a late 1st round pick (27 Spurs) to get a late 1st round pick (Nique), and after taking a flyer for the year they flipped that late 1st back for two second round picks. This isn’t some disastrous asset management mishap as much as I’d love to jump on SAC otherwise. It made sense and at the end of the day they’re not any worse off, they essentially just traded a late 1st for two 2nds and a one year flyer on Nique. And if something bizarre happens to the Spurs this year, the Kings still get the lottery pick.

So overall, the Thunder got Nique and a first for two seconds

Not exactly, because OKC started out with the pick that became Clifford. That wasn’t an extra asset that they got from outside, it was an asset they had, traded, and recouped. It’s more accurate to say that they got Clifford and the 2027 1st for Clifford and the two 2nds. Clifford being on both sides of the ledger cancels out, so the net exchange is the 2 2nds for the 2027 1st.

Or to say it another way, the net effect of these two trades is as if OKC drafted Clifford with their original 2026 pick and then traded their 2 2nds for the 2027 Spurs pick. The only thing that’s different is that the Kings got a short rental of Clifford in the meantime. So overall what OKC got for their two 2nds is just the 2027 Spurs 1st.

I know the narrative is lol kings but this is still just trading a late 1st for two 2nds.The 27 spurs pick is going to be 25+ pick.Pretty meh trade all around.

Are they okcs seconds or another teams?

Raynaud, Sharp, 2 seconds, and a first for Fox actually doesn’t seem that bad? It’s not quite worth having to watch Zach Lavine play but he’ll be gone soon enough.

Perry seems pretty good at making second round picks.

If nique ends up not being good then it seems like an ok deal for king. I don’t think a late first round pick in a weak draft is that great

Kings got good ones with Raynaud and possibly Sharp, too. Lavine makes it look like garbage.

We gave up a pick that’s gonna be in the 20s next year to pick a guy at 24 last year, not exactly some crazy trade-off

And people are immediately assuming Nique Clifford is some baller because OKC wants him which is fair enough but let’s wait and see, atm OKC just need warm bodies to put on the court

But they also aren’t committed to paying the Fox salary. His contract is not worth his production. 14ppg and making $62 million in the 2030 season.

Clifford is not worth 2 2nds imo.

Nique Clifford isn’t an NBA talent. He belongs in Europe

Kings GM special

Truly horrible return but I’m not sure what they were supposed to do when fox had a one team list. As a kings fan, I’m just thankful they snagged Reynaud and Cardwell in the second round to salvage that draft. They both seem like rotation guys.

The Thunder already had Clifford to begin with. So really the net trade was a 1st for 2 2nd’s.

I just laugh when I think about how Mike Brown got a title out of a chronically dysfunctional, under achieving Dolan led Knicks team but had no such luck with the Kings.. like their stink just seems too hard to wash off..

Not even a bad trade

Nique was drafted with a pick that OKC originally got in the PG trade so I don’t think you can double count him that way. However the net gain is the 1st for 2 2nds that aren’t even in the same year. A late 1st usually goes for 4-5 2nds on draft night.

You thought you cooked

Teams trade late firsts for two seconds on draft night all the time.

Spurs pick is in a horrible draft class too

And okc is somewhat desperate 😕

The first is a spurs lottery protected pick lmao

Kings are incompetent sure, but this is super misleading

Edit: “okc2023champs” got his post deleted so “shaifanclub” has to come in and make the same exact post… makes me wonder

Stonks

When did we get a spurs or kings pick im confused

The first from the Kings is top 16 protected which won’t convey and turns into x2 seconds. So it’s a swap of a player for x2 seconds both ways.

Kevin Costner type beat

every gm should have okc blocked

Kangz

Can the kings just get relegated already?