Oklahoma City Thunder 2023-24 Season

[Laramie]

NBA Summer League, Las Vegas

Saturday, July 13, 2024 - 7:30 p.m. CST - NBA-TV

Oklahoma City Thunder vs Toronto Raptors
Pavilion - Las Vegas, NV

The game on July 13th in LV will be televised on NBA-TV.

[Laramie]

[Dob Hooligan]

One Summer game and they trying to put him in the 8 man rotation?

We talking about Summer League, man...

...Summer....League.

[Laramie]

[Laramie]

Monday, July 15, 2024
LV Summer League
Oklahoma City Thunder vs Miami Heat
Pavilion Las Vegas, NV - 5:00 PM CT - TSN - LOCAL TV: Bally Sports Oklahoma

[Laramie]

Hey Dob, here's a real Youtube head scatcher v v v



Who's the missing starter . . .

So nice to see Isaiah Hartenstein in a Thunder uniform.

[PhiAlpha]

One Summer game and they trying to put him in the 8 man rotation?

We talking about Summer League, man...

...Summer....League.

I mean it’s been 3 out of 4 so far. Doesn’t necessarily translate but he’s doing a lot of the stuff that other players like Cason did in summer league that suggest he’s going to get minutes at the nba level and a shot to earn a rotation spot. Maybe not in an 8 man rotation but we played 11 most of the season.

[Dob Hooligan]

I mean it’s been 3 out of 4 so far. Doesn’t necessarily translate but he’s doing a lot of the stuff that other players like Cason did in summer league that suggest he’s going to get minutes at the nba level and a shot to earn a rotation spot. Maybe not in an 8 man rotation but we played 11 most of the season.

I’m not being a smart aleck, or dismissive. But, I can’t believe a second round pick that was signed to a two way contract can compete for a 15 man roster spot on a 57 win, number 1 seed in the west (with the youngest roster in the NBA).

[PhiAlpha]

I’m not being a smart aleck, or dismissive. But, I can’t believe a second round pick that was signed to a two way contract can compete for a 15 man roster spot on a 57 win, number 1 seed in the west (with the youngest roster in the NBA).

LOL. 1…he’s a first round pick on a guaranteed contract.

2. You can’t see a 2 way player competing for a spot on the 15 MAN ROSTER?!? What? lol. We have two way guys competing for roster spots at the end of the bench every year, including last year.

Here’s a list of people who played minutes on the back end of the bench and/or competed for the last few roster spots on the team last year:

Lindy waters III (gone), Tre Mann (gone), Poku (gone), Mike Muscala (gone), Micic (gone), Biyambo (gone), Bertans (gone), Keyonte Johnson (possibly gone), Dieng (on roster), Oliver Sarr (ruptured Achilles in 4/2024), Adam Flagler (possibly gone),

Draft picks:

Nikola Topic (out 2024-25), Dillion Jones (guaranteed roster spot), Ajay Mitchell (two way)

Current healthy 2024-25 roster total including Topic, Jones and Dieng: 14

That leaves one roster spot with currently only Ajay Mitchell on a two way deal (really two roster spots since only 13 players who will actually be able to play this season)…so yes, there will be at least one two way player competing for a spot on the 15 man roster. I assume we bring Keyonte Johnson and Adam Flagler back on two way deals so that’s at least 3 people competing for the last roster spot and one allowed to be called up in place of Topic, assuming we don’t use our remaining cap space to bring in one last player but even if we do, Jones and Dieng will likely play on the G league at times, allowing a multiple 2-way players to be called up.

Regardless, Jones will be on the 15 man roster for sure and will compete for minutes in the rotation, especially if we roll with an 11 or larger man rotation again this year and given that Topic will not play.

[Dob Hooligan]

LOL. 1…he’s a first round pick on a guaranteed contract.

2. You can’t see a 2 way player competing for a spot on the 15 MAN ROSTER?!? What? lol. We have two way guys competing for roster spots at the end of the bench every year, including last year.

Here’s a list of people who played minutes on the back end of the bench and competed for the last few roster spots on the team last year:

Lindy waters III (gone), Tre Mann (gone), Poku (gone), Mike Muscala (gone), Micic (gone), Biyambo (gone), Bertans (gone), Keyonte Johnson (possibly gone), Dieng (on roster), Oliver Sarr (ruptured Achilles in 4/2024), Adam Flagler (possibly gone),

Draft picks:

Nikola Topic (out 2025-26), Dillion Jones (guaranteed roster spot), Ajay Mitchell (two way)

Current healthy 2024-25 roster total including Topic, Jones and Dieng: 14

That leaves one roster spot with currently only Ajay Mitchell on a two way deal (really two roster spots since only 13 players who will actually be able to play this season)…so yes, there will be at least one two way player competing for a spot on the 15 man roster. I assume we bring Keyonte Johnson and Adam Flagler back on two way deals so that’s at least 3 people competing for the last roster spot and one allowed to be called up in place of Topic, assuming we don’t use our remaining cap space to bring in one last player but even if we do, Jones and Dieng will likely play on the G league at times, allowing a multiple 2-way players to be called up.

I’m talking about Ajay Mitchell. The subject of the YouTube video in post # 1728.

[PhiAlpha]

I’m talking about Ajay Mitchell. The subject of the YouTube video in post # 1728.

Okay then see comments regarding the fact that we essentially have two spots for a two way player right now.

They aren’t going to shorten the rotation or not play anyone on the back end of the roster just because we won 57 games last year. Just like every other season, if he plays well enough, he’ll have a chance to earn a full contract. Will he jump in the full time rotation, probably not but he’ll definitely play minutes. Hell Lindy Waters played in 38 games last year and averaged 7.4 minutes per game.