Oklahoma City Thunder Receive: F/C Al Horford, G Derrick White, 2022 First-Round Pick (No. 7 – POR), 2023 First-Round Pick (BOS), 2024 First-Round Pick (Swap – BOS), 2025 First-Round Pick (BOS)
Boston Celtics Receive: G Damian Lillard
Portland Trail Blazers Receive: G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
We hope Al Horford isn’t an avid reader of NBA Analysis. This would be a nightmare situation for the veteran big man.
After making a trip to the NBA Finals with the Boston Celtics, this deal has him heading right back to Oklahoma City. The last time he was there, the organization sat him for the better part of a year.
Don’t try to tell us the Thunder haven’t been tanking.
Such is life in the NBA. Horford becomes a casualty of a deal that lands the Thunder considerable draft capital, the Celtics a star point guard, and the Blazers a new franchise player. If the Thunder really are looking to deal Gilgeous-Alexander, and the Blazers are open to moving Lillard, this deal serves every team involved too well to pass up on.
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Horford will simply have to hope the Thunder are able to find a separate trade partner for him yet again.