Can Thunder Even Up The Western Conference First-Rounder?

Author: Priyanka Saxena on Sep 07,2020

As we draw nearer to the likely resume of the 2019-20 NBA season, many situations are being proposed. While each is special and has its upside, the Oklahoma City Thunder ought to like to avoid the rest of the customary season, go directly to the end of the season games, and play the standard season finisher design.

First off, it shows that the NBA season in a limit would continue at Walt Disney World in Orlando to disengage players and staff from the rest of the world. This results in no home-court advantage for any teams as fans would not be permitted in the field.

To the extent of how the season would continue, four fundamental situations have been talked about by the NBA and the Board of Governors. Just one of the four jumps directly to the end of the season games, while the other three either incorporate more normal season games or some play-in design.

While there is still no clearness on which arrangement will be picked, the Oklahoma City Thunder ought to lean toward the team to take 16 teams to the end of the season games quickly dependent on their momentum position.

With the OKC Thunder being more wonderful than anticipated this season, the inquiry is, do they try to ensure their first-round pick for the forthcoming draft?

OKC Thunder swapped their first-round pick 2 years back to the Philadelphia 76ers. This deal was done to ensure they had the top 20 protection on it. Ersan Ilyasova was on the team, so the 76ers were happy. This gave them a lock to guarantee with the team the OKC Thunder possessed.

Going forward to this summer, OKC disoriented two of their stars in Russell Westbrook and Paul George. During the 76ers trade, OKC traded Jerami Grant for the major part to the Denver Nuggets for a first-round pick in this draft too.

Relatively few individuals would have figured the Thunder would be at risk for passing on the pick this draft. This explains that they definitely need to be in the top ten teams of the association.

Indeed, the OKC Thunder is not in the top ten right now. They are at a present sitting thirteenth in the team. This implies they can make just ascent fifth in the Western meeting before they are at risk for passing on this pick to the 76ers. The 76ers get a second-round pick in the 2022 and 2023 drafts if the pick doesn’t pass on.

On what account they can finish fifth or an even low position to keep the pick? Indiana Pacers are in the 6th best record, and they are determined to take Victor Oladipo back. So, it is difficult to perceive any one of the top six teams in the Eastern Conference that is coming below the Thunder team.

It would likewise create the impression that two teams beneath the OKC Thunder have next to zero possibility of getting them. The Brooklyn Nets are a team without a center, outside of Kyrie Irving, and he has all the earmarks of being accomplishing more damage than anything else to the team he is in. They are likewise seven games behind the Thunder.

The Orlando Magic is four games behind the Thunder and has not demonstrated that they are going to raise the standings.

In the West, the Thunder can climb past the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks. Anything past that and the Thunder lose their first-round pick. I don't know if they will be ready to go over the LA Clippers and Utah Jazz in the standings, given the hole between them, yet who knows in the current year's NBA, particularly with the science of this team.

Thus, for those viewing the OKC Thunder picks, they will get the Denver Nuggets first-round pick which is probably going to be a late first-round pick. At that point, the OKC Thunder is probably going to keep their pick, except if they finish fourth or better in the West. On the off chance that they do this, at that point, losing this Pick will be a decent result for home-court advantage in cycle one.

In any case, the OKC Thunder are in a gigantic position, significant in the season where they were intended to reconstruct and most likely to have two first-round draft picks As a side note, they will likewise keep their second-round pick on the off chance that it is 31-55.

The shockingly better thing is that the OKC Thunder has not begun the picks given to them by the LA Clippers. What an opportunity to be an OKC Thunder fan. What's to come is very splendid.

 


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