5 teams who could look to make a trade during 2021 NBA Draft

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Oklahoma City Thunder

There isn’t a team in the NBA that is more loaded in the draft capital department than the Oklahoma City Thunder. Once the trade deadline passed this season, the Thunder had accumulated 34 total draft picks from 2021 through 2027. Furthermore, of those 34 draft picks that Oklahoma City possesses, 17 of them are projected to be first-round picks.

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Entering the 2021 NBA Draft, the Thunder hold the fourth-best odds for the No. 1 overall pick. Oklahoma City also won the tie-breaker over the Cleveland Cavaliers, meaning that the farthest they can fall in the first round is the eighth-overall pick. Given the state of the franchise, there’s a chance that the Thunder remain put wherever they land in the lottery.

But after seeing the Boston Celtics fail to deliver with a bevy of draft picks, why wouldn’t Sam Presti begin moving draft picks for proven players?

With Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Darius Bazley, and Luguentz Dort shaping up to be long-term pieces for the Thunder, making a trade on draft night could steer them in the right direction for the future.

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