The Oklahoma City Thunder have an important summer looming after a wildly successful 2023-24 season.
Oklahoma City wrapped up a wildly successful 2023-24 season on Saturday with a Game 6 loss to the Dallas Mavericks. The Thunder played out the campaign under a familiar umbrella "house money" with no genuine consequence from anyone truly paying attention to how the organization is building this team.
The swing-and-a-miss trade of Gordon Hayward is another move without consequence shrugging aside the skittish scorer without any repercussions as Sam Presti always envisioned playing this season out without a roster-shaking transaction. Racing against a supremely talented league, it is tough to find the crease of opportunity to strike. That is the exact reason Oklahoma City wants to give itself as many chances, and as much information, as possible to make informed decisions.
However, gone are the days of preaching patience. Of course, no one should advocate for making a move just for the sake of it - and perhaps the marketplace never lends itself for the Thunder to make a splash in the transactional pool, but no more can anyone just turn their nose up at the idea.
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