OKC Thunder Draft: 2 NBA star comparisons for Evan Mobley

For the first time in five years, and for just the second since their inaugural season back in 2008-09, the OKC Thunder find themselves viewing the NBA Playoffs from the comfort of their own living rooms.

After enduring their worst season in franchise history (win-percentage wise), seeing a final record of 22-50, Oklahoma City finds itself heading into the 2021 offseason with a ton of potential to come away as true winners.

Since their decision to fully invest themselves into the tank, the OKC Thunder have thrust themselves into legitimate contention for the top spot in the upcoming NBA Draft.

Even with their surprise victory over the Los Angeles Clippers in their final game of the year, the team still finds itself boasting an 11.5 percent chance of nabbing the highly coveted first overall pick as well and a 45.1 percent chance of finding their pick landing within the top four which, in turn, means they could easily find themselves in line to land one of the top talents in this class.

Reminiscent of players both past and present, many of these incoming rookies have the potential to reach star status at the next level, including the players that currently find themselves linked to the Thunder.

To get a better understanding of just how high their ceilings could be, over the past few months we at TI created a fun series where we compare some of the top names from this incoming crop of ballers to current NBA players that we feel most resemble their specific games/ skill sets.

Our most recent installment of the series compared one of the top guard prospects coming into the draft in Gonzaga standout, Jalen Suggs, to two of today’s top names.

Today, we continue on with the No. 2 prospect on many big boards in USC big man, Evan Mobley: