On the trade deadline, the Thunder, 76ers and Knicks reached a three-party deal. The specific plan is: George Hill goes to the 76ers, and Rivers Jr. goes to the Thunder.

The Thunder received 2 second-round picks in this deal.

According to statistics from Bobby Marks, the Thunder will have a total of 34 draft picks in the next seven years, including 17 first-round picks and 17 second-round picks.

Detonator: You can take whatever players you want, eat whatever you want at the barbecue, and keep the lottery tickets...General Manager Presti is so crazy!

I wonder if the draft in a certain year will look like this:

There will be 34 first-round picks in the next seven years. This is probably the first time in NBA history. See you later.

We no longer need to question too much about the Thunder's draft vision. They have never won the No. 1 pick in team history, but they gave away three MVP players we are very familiar with: Durant, Westbrook, and Harden.

And players such as All-Star Sabonis Jr. are also students who came out of the "Thunder Military Academy".

Now, the Thunder, which is rebuilding, is still following the draft reconstruction model.

How to make a team rise? One is to introduce all-stars, and the other is to cultivate all-stars yourself.

In a small market team like Oklahoma City, it is too difficult to introduce big names! This is the route taken by teams such as the Lakers and Clippers.

Another way is to draft.

One thing I have to say now is that the Thunder need to turn their advantage in talent selection into a record advantage, and even into a championship.

This is very difficult. Previously, they let Harden go due to contract issues.

If they could keep the beard, would they have won the championship? These are all assumptions.

The core issue is to retain people, otherwise it will still become a talent training base for the NBA.

In this case, even if there are 50 draft picks, it means nothing...