Draft capital is the currency of the modern NBA. If you don’t have it, you’d better be contending.
Otherwise, your franchise gets stuck. With that said a competitive team that’s also rich in draft capital is the best possible scenario.
With that in mind, everybody is jealous of the Oklahoma City Thunder right now. This team is already competitive.
Meanwhile, they don’t just have a solid amount of draft capital – they’ve got more than any team in NBA history has collected.
Arguably, they’ve got too much. The Thunder won’t be able to use all of the draft capital they’ve accumulated. At some point, they’ll have to consolidate.
Could they do so this summer by acquiring LaMelo Ball of the Charlotte Hornets?