{"id":3149,"date":"2022-03-30T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linksus.net\/okc-thunder-news-the-thunder-selections-in-latest-usa-today-2022-nba-mock-draft-okc-thunder-wire\/"},"modified":"2022-03-30T17:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T17:00:00","slug":"okc-thunder-news-the-thunder-selections-in-latest-usa-today-2022-nba-mock-draft-okc-thunder-wire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/2022\/03\/30\/okc-thunder-news-the-thunder-selections-in-latest-usa-today-2022-nba-mock-draft-okc-thunder-wire\/","title":{"rendered":"OKC Thunder news: The Thunder selections in latest USA Today 2022 NBA Mock Draft – OKC Thunder Wire"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA Today’s<\/em> “For The Win” released its latest full 2022 NBA Mock Draft last Thursday<\/a>. This is the fifth version of the mock. With the Oklahoma City Thunder slated to most likely finish with the fourth-best lottery odds — especially following its win against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday<\/a> — the team will pick fourth overall in this mock.
The Thunder had four selections overall — three first-round picks and a second-round pick. The Thunder own its own first-round pick as well as the LA Clippers and Phoenix Suns<\/a>. Let’s take a look at the four new additions to the roster in this mock.
Credit: Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports
“One of the players that Purdue\u2019s Jaden Ivey often draws comparisons to is a young Russell Westbrook.
That is obviously an archetype that Oklahoma City\u2019s Sam Presti has been drawn to in the past as Westbrook was one of Presti\u2019s early draft picks with the Thunder. Ivey has the ability to take over the game at any given moment, and his explosiveness is easy to fall in love with.”
Credit: Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports
“Oklahoma City tends to like jumbo-sized ball handlers and Australia\u2019s Dyson Daniels fits that description. He is one of the best perimeter defenders in this class and\u00a0he got significantly better<\/a> as the season progressed as the G League. He plays at his own pace, and although that comes with its drawbacks, it has plenty of perks as well.”
Credit: Scott Wachter-USA TODAY Sports
“In my estimation, Arizona\u2019s Christian Koloko is one of the players who improved his draft stock<\/a> the most during the first weekend of the NCAA tournament. He is a prototypical big who has an outstanding build and the right defensive instincts to defend the paint and the basket in the NBA for years to come.”
Credit: Chris Jones-USA TODAY Sports
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USA Today’s “For The Win” released its latest full 2022 NBA Mock Draft last Thursday. This is the fifth version of the mock. With the Oklahoma City Thunder slated to most likely finish with the fourth-best lottery odds — especially following its win against the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday — the team will pick […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":869,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linksus2.linksus.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}