OKC Thunder: 2 multi-team Bradley Beal blockbusters
By Mark Nilon
We are now a quarter of the way finished with the 2020-21 campaign, and OKC Thunder fans likely couldn’t be happier.
Through 16 games, the youthful team finds themselves boasting a 7-9 record, constantly rotating in and out of the top-8 postseason seeds, and have attained impressive victories over the likes of the Brooklyn Nets and, most recently, the Portland Trail Blazers.
Even with this, however, there are many who believe that Oklahoma City will eventually look to be sellers at some point down the road and offload some of their veteran assets in exchange for more preferred ones such as draft capital and youthful prospects that will help them better build for the future.
One of our more preferred means of trading that we hope OKC partakes in is via the multi-team route and, more specifically, those involving a superstar being on the move.
We discussed the idea of the franchise hopping in on the James Harden sweepstakes earlier in the year before he ultimately was sent to Brooklyn by means of a four-team deal.
Moving forward, we hope that the Thunder will make their way into multi-team talks involving another player of a similar ilk reported to be on the move and, quite possibly the most likely candidate is Washington Wizards star guard, Bradley Beal
The OKC Thunder should hop in on any Bradley Beal blockbusters
It has been a rumor for quite some time now that the perennial All-Star could grow tired of the tumultuously run Wizards franchise this season and ask out. Recently, his tone has seemingly steered into the direction of the buzz, with a postgame interview filled with sighs and stares following a loss against the San Antonio Spurs:
"“It’s not like we’re giving in or giving up, it’s just frustration, individual frustration or team frustration,” he said. “We’ve got to look ourselves in the mirror and we’ve got to be better.”"
From his presser, the word that has managed to ring in everyone’s mind is “frustration.” Because of this, of late, the trade ideas have begun to ramp up which, in turn, has piqued our interest in TI.
Should specific trade talks ramp up, the Thunder must jump into the mix. Today, we present to you two realistic blockbuster deals we could see happening involving Bradley Beal and OKC: