OKC Thunder: Matt’s Monday Musings, Edition One

The Trade – Two Years On – Minor Players

The trade has played out for a number of players as expected. Kendrick Perkins was never going to succeed in Utah and was waived two days after the trade.

Grant Jerrett would only play three games for Utah for the rest of the season before being waived prior to the 2015-16 season.

Tibor Pleiss played 12 games in the 2015-16 season for Utah before being traded to the Philadelphia 76ers and then waived.

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Both Steve Novak and D.J. Augustin would play almost exactly a year for the Thunder. Novak would only play 20 games and Augustin would play 62 before they became the meat of trade that would bring Randy Foye to Oklahoma City from the Denver Nuggets.

How did that trade play out? Foye is now playing for the Brooklyn Nets and in my opinion battling to save his playing career.

The final minor piece is Kyle Singler who has been nothing short of a disappointment for the Thunder. He was meant to be a floor spacing three-point shooter who could defend. His defense is ok.

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Since joining the Thunder, Singler has shot the ball at 31 percent from deep. This is not good enough, particularly since the Thunder signed him to a five year deal in 2015.

It is safe to say that the minor parts of the trade have not worked out. The Thunder have lost out on Singler in a big way and Foye was not good for the development of Cameron Payne who basically stopped playing last year once Foye came to the team.