Last Friday, the OKC Thunder kicked off their trade season shenanigans with a surprise deal that sent Hamidou Diallo to the Detroit Pistons in exchange for Svi Mykhailiuk and a 2027 second-round pick.
Just five days later on Wednesday afternoon, Sam Presti and co. struck again with another exchange, this time involving a player we all pretty much knew was not long for the Sooner State in Trevor Ariza.
According to ESPN NBA Insider Adrian Wojnarowski, Oklahoma City and the Miami Heat are finalizing a trade that would send the veteran wing to South Beach for a return package of Meyers Leonard and yet another 2027 second-round pick.
ESPN Sources: Oklahoma City is finalizing a trade to send Trevor Ariza to the Miami Heat for Meyers Leonard and a 2027 second-round pick. Leonard must still waive his no-trade clause because of the one-year Bird restriction on his deal, which he’s expected to do for Miami.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) March 17, 2021
The OKC Thunder have traded Trevor Ariza to the Miami Heat
With just under 10 days to go till the March 25th Trade Deadline, we can expect many more fireworks and “Wojbombs” to go off. Though this deal may not find itself setting off any big-time explosions in terms of chirps from the Twitterverse, it is a deal nonetheless that involves specific individual parties that managed to come out on top while others may be finding themselves coming up short
In other words, despite this being a relatively small move, there are still both “winners” and “losers” found from the ordeal, and we at Thunderous Intentions are here today to break down who falls into what category: