OKC Thunder: 2 players who could unexpectedly be on trade block

The OKC Thunder have managed to surprise the majority of NBA fans during the early stages of this 2020-21 campaign.

After shipping off the majority of impact players that made their 2019-20 Cinderella story possible (Chris Paul, Danilo Gallinari, Dennis Schroder, etc.), many had envisioned a tankathon type campaign.

Instead, however, Oklahoma City currently finds themselves with a record of 8-10, constantly rotating in and out of the postseason picture in the Western Conference, and seeing impressive victories over teams like the Brooklyn Nets, Portland Trail Blazers, and, most recently, the Phoenix Suns.

Because of this, many OKC fans have shifted their attitude from tank to try, as they seemingly would love to see their favorite franchise’s five-year playoff streak extend to six.

That said, no matter which path they choose to take as we now enter the second quarter of their schedule, one can certainly expect some deals to be made at some point moving forward.

At the moment, Sam Presti has quite a few players that could be seen as expendable once the trade deadline comes about in later March.

The expected names to be found on this are the likes of Al Horford, Trevor Ariza, and the ever-increasing value of George Hill.

The OKC Thunder could be sellers at some point down the road

However, the buck doesn’t have to stop here. On this current OKC Thunder roster, there are only a select few players that are viewed as “untouchable”, with the list highlighted by star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander.

Because of this, despite fan’s wants — ourselves included — we here at TI believe there are some players outside of the three mentioned above that could find themselves within the trade rumor mill at some point in the future

Today, we present to you two talents that could unexpectedly find themselves on the trade block: