OKC Thunder Lightning Report: Checking in on Terrance Ferguson

OKC Thunder sophomore Terrance Ferguson’s career so far has been nothing short of bewildering. Are we any closer to making sense of it?

When the OKC Thunder wing man Terrance Ferguson entered the NBA Draft way back in 2017, he was somewhat of an unknown commodity. Following his decision to forgo the college path in favor of a year playing basketball in Australia, he got a mere fraction of the attention that most promising young players tend to receive.

Getting the attention of NBA scouts was hard enough while only playing a few minutes per game, and that’s without factoring in the time and space barriers between the United States and Australia.

So when the OKC Thunder drafted him with the 21st pick, it wasn’t entirely clear who they were getting. Was it the YouTube mixtape superstar who lit up gyms with his athleticism and shooting? Or was it the inconsistent shooter who had trouble staying on the floor in a league far below the NBA level?

For as many minutes as Ferguson has garnered so far in the NBA, it’s still unclear who he is or who he’s going to be. He came into the league as a raw, athletic, shooter with the potential to be a dangerous three-and-D wing.

Since then, however, it seems like he’s almost completely changed his identity. The problem with him isn’t that he hasn’t grown as a player since he got to OKC–  he certainly has,  but he’s developed in such a way as to be virtually unrecognizable from the player he came into the league as.