The Oklahoma City Thunder's future is looking extremely bright with Shai
Gilgeous-Alexander, Chet Holmgren, and Jalen Williams. They became the
youngest team to win a playoff series and are so close to getting to the
Finals. They need to address their frontcourt and they have the means
to do it. Armed with $33 million in cap space, they could sign just
about any top forward who wants to join. They also have so many draft
picks to make an adequate offer for just about any frontcourt player in a
trade. The possibilities are abundant, and I go over one where they use
some of their flexibility to lock up Isaiah Joe while adding an
All-Star forward.
0:00 Intro
1:13 Thunder 2024-25 cap space projection
2:31 Isaiah Joe
3:37 Cap Space Options
5:38 Lauri Markkanen option and his renegotiation
7:17 Walkthrough of the Markkanen and Joe scenario
8:27 Projecting the Thunder's payroll 2025-26 and beyond
10:48 Outro
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