April 2021 Oklahoma City Thunder Wiretap

Thunder Sign Moses Brown To Multi-Year Contract

Mar 28, 2021 6:30 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder have signed Moses Brown to a multi-year deal.

Terms were not disclosed.

Brown is averaging 8.3 points and 7.9 rebounds in 16 games this season. 

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Lu Dort In Concussion Protocol Following Celtics Game

Mar 28, 2021 2:09 PM

Lu Dort suffered a concussion on Saturday night against the Boston Celtics.

Dort, currently in concussion protocol, is averaging 12.6 points and 3.4 rebounds on the season. 

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Thunder Waive Austin Rivers, Bucks Leaders To Sign Rivers

Mar 28, 2021 1:06 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder waived Austin Rivers, sources told Shams Charania of The Athletic.

The Bucks are reportedly in the lead to sign Rivers once he clears waivers, with mutual interest on both sides. 

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Thunder To Shut Down Al Horford For Rest Of Season

Mar 27, 2021 7:36 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder will shut down Al Horford for the rest of the season, sources told Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.

The 34-year-old Horford will train with the team, but will no longer be active in games.

The team will instead focus on playing their younger players.

Sam Presti will work with Horford on a trade over this offseason.

Horford has two years and $53 million left on his deal. 

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Thunder Waive Meyers Leonard

Mar 25, 2021 8:36 PM

The Oklahoma City Thunder has waived forward/center Meyers Leonard.

Leonard was originally acquired from the Miami Heat on March 17, 2021.

Leonard is out for the season and was recently disciplined for making an anti-Semitic slur.

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76ers Acquire George Hill From Thunder

Mar 25, 2021 3:51 PM

The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed to acquire George Hill from the Oklahoma City Thunder for Tony Bradley and two future second round picks (2025 and 2026).

Austin Rivers will go to the Thunder from the New York Knicks as part of a three-team trade. The Knicks will acquire Terrance Ferguson, Vincent Poirier and a 2021 second round pick from the 76ers. The 76ers will also acquire Iggy Brazdeikis from the Knicks as part of the deal.

Hill is signed through the 21-22 season and gives the 76ers another ballhandler.

Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the 76ers are now out on Kyle Lowry.

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Shai Gilgeous-Alexander To Miss Significant Time With Plantar Fasciitis

Mar 24, 2021 10:20 PM

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander will miss a significant amount of time due to plantar fasciitis in his right foot.

“Obviously when we’ve got a guy out for maintenance or for rest, it’s easy to be in the moment and wonder why we’re doing that, but I think this makes it very tangible,” Mark Daigneault said Wednesday. “We were trying to avoid this, and obviously we didn’t on this particular case, but this is why we’re being so cautious. If you just look at the information objectively, there’s kind of red flags all over the place.”

Gilgeous-Alexander is averaging 23.7 points, 5.9 assists and 4.7 rebounds.

 

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Heat Discussed Trades For Rudy Gay, P.J. Tucker Before Deciding On Trevor Ariza

Mar 18, 2021 1:56 PM

The Miami Heat pivoted to a trade for Trevor Ariza after they were unable to reach agreement on a deal for Rudy Gay or P.J. Tucker.

The San Antonio Spurs are seeking more for Gay than the Heat were willing to give up. Some within the Heat preferred trading for Gay over Ariza. Gay is on a $14.5 million expiring contract.

Trade talks between the Heat and Spurs centered on LaMarcus Aldridge went nowhere. 

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Thunder Fully Guarantee Lu Dort's Contract Through 22-23

Mar 18, 2021 8:26 AM

The Oklahoma City have agreed to fully guarantee the final two seasons of Lu Dort's contract for the 21-22 and 22-23 season.

Dort is averaging 12.4 points and 3.6 rebounds per game.

Dort went undrafted in 2019 out of Arizona State and was subsequently signed to a Two-Way contract by the Thunder. 

The Thunder converted Dort to a standard NBA contract in June on a four-year, $5.4 million deal.

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Heat To Acquire Trevor Ariza From Thunder For Meyers Leonard, 2027 2nd Rounder

Mar 17, 2021 3:08 PM

The Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder are finalizing a trade of Trevor Ariza for Meyers Leonard and a 2027 second round pick.

Leonard will waive his no-trade clause, which he possesses due to the one-year Bird restriction on his deal.

Leonard will almost certainly be waived by the Thunder as he's out for the season with a shoulder injury and also was sanctioned by the NBA for his use of an anti-Semitic slur. 

Ariza has not played since March 2020 and has remained away from the Thunder this season after he was traded multiple times in the offseason. Ariza is on a $12.8 million expiring contract.

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Thunder Uninterested In Trading Away Al Horford Without Asset In Return

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Clippers Targeting Point Guard With Terry Rozier, George Hill, Ricky Rubio As Possibilities

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Thunder Receive Trade Interest On George Hill, Trevor Ariza

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Thunder Trade Hamidou Diallo To Pistons For Svi Mykhailiuk, Houston's 2027 2nd Rounder

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