Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: F Danilo Gallinari, G Bogdan Bogdanovic, F Jalen Johnson, 2023 First-Round Pick (ATL), 2023 First-Round Pick (CHA), 2025 First-Round Pick (ATL), 2026 First-Round Pick (Swap – ATL), 2027 First-Round Pick (ATL), 2028 First-Round Pick (Swap – ATL)
Atlanta Hawks Receive: G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
The Oklahoma City Thunder’s package here is certainly a mouthful. It’s also likely exactly what Presti would be seeking in return for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.
In total, the Thunder receive six first-round picks or pick swaps in exchange for Gilgeous-Alexander here. The amount of draft capital this team would suddenly own is almost unfathomable. It may bring about the singularity, or the collapse of Western Civilization.
Meanwhile, they get a promising young player in Jalen Johnson too. He was underwhelming as a rookie on a competitive Atlanta team, but he’s still got promise. They’re taking on Gallinari and Bogdanovic to make the money work. The former is nearing retirement. The latter is a solid player, but he shouldn’t threaten the tank job.
As for the Atlanta Hawks, a backcourt of Gilgeous-Alexander and Trae Young would be among the best in the NBA. Instead of running a heliocentric system through Young, they’d now have dual ball-handlers with vastly different skill sets.
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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander is an oversized guard who prefers to score first but is also apt at setting up teammates. Young is a waterbug with prodigious passing vision who can comfortably get his own buckets in equal measure.
In tandem, they could get this Hawks team back to the Eastern Conference Finals.
