Could Carsen Edwards be the right pick for the OKC Thunder?

The OKC Thunder has little money to spend this offseason, only one pick in the NBA Draft, and limited trade assets. Carsen Edwards could make the most out of their pick.

The OKC Thunder desperately need a spark, and more importantly something to give them flexibility. As we sit a few weeks out from the 2018-19 season coming to a close, the OKC Thunder offseason looks bleak.

The Thunder are locked into their current roster that has seen back-to-back first round exits, three straight but only two coming with the Westbrook George tandem, with no money to shell out and only a few moveable pieces that might not garner equal or great value on the trade market.

The team also decided to keep head coach Billy Donovan so the fanbase and franchise are starring down the barrel of the team running it back and hurling themselves towards another disappointing postseason.

By the time the season rolls around, even if the roster stays the same san a rookie brought in via the draft, we will all talk our selves back in. The talking points are there. Paul George‘s health, Russell Westbrook bouncing back with a revamped shooting stroke possibly, and Jerami Grant, Steven Adams, Hamidou Diallo, and Deonte Burton, all progressing.

That is where Carsen Edwards comes in. The scrappy point guard that stole College Basketball fans hearts during this year’s March Madness tournament with how he willed his Purdue team to wins throughout the postseason.

An undersized point guard does not sound like the pick Sam Presti would make, or even should make at face value. But come with me on a journey down Edwards Avenue, and ignore the fact that the pick might already be promised away.

Specifics:

• Height: 6’0
• Weight: 199
• Wingspan: 6’6
• Position: Point Guard
• Age: 21
• College: Purdue University
• Home Town: Atascocita, Texas

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Generated 5/24/2019.