The 3 best contracts currently on the OKC Thunder

Though in the midst of a full-fledged rebuild and coming off of their worst season (win-percentage wise) in franchise history, the OKC Thunder are truly an enviable team.

Yes, they missed out on the postseason for the first time in five years, and for just the second time since their inaugural 2008-09 campaign, but their 22-win 2020-21 campaign seemingly went according to plan.

Now, with their placement in the league’s standings, Oklahoma City finds themselves boasting the fourth-best odds of landing the top slot in July’s NBA Draft, and, overall, have a 45.1 percent chance of landing a top-four selection on the illustrious night.

Sam Presti and co. have managed to excel throughout the last several years when scouring the market for cheap & young talents and now, with their two 2021 first-rounders, they’ll be in a prime position to once again bring on such players

Looking at their current roster, it’s evident that, excluding the likes of Al Horford, the OKC Thunder payroll is filled to the brim with inexpensive contracts, yet, despite this, they find themselves in possession of some quality talents.

Sometimes, a team gets players at an absolute bargain rate. When it comes to Oklahoma City, they have a plethora of players that could be viewed as being steals for their specific pay rates.

While we could pinpoint almost every player signed with the organization and make the argument that their contract is a steal, we at TI believe, in specific, there are 3 that simply stand out amongst the rest:

Best contract on OKC Thunder No. 1) Kenrich Williams (3-years, $6 million)

Acquired last offseason as somewhat of an afterthought add on in the trade that sent Stevn Adams to New Orleans, Kenrich Williams proved to be quite a pleasant surprise for the OKC Thunder in his debut season.

Proving to be a great “do it all” contributor for the team, the man known as Kenny Hustle was an absolute thrill to watch on both ends of the ball this season and, in turn, managed to become arguably the team’s best 3-and-D contributor.

Through 66 games played, the fourth-year forward posted per-game averages of eight points and 4.1 rebounds on 53 percent shooting from the floor and 44 percent shooting from deep while also boasting the team’s best defensive box plus-minus of those who logged 800 minutes or more on the year.

The popular vote here at TI is that Williams managed to work his way into becoming a core player for this team moving forward and, frankly, this mindset is hard to argue.