NBA 2K Simulation: OKC Thunder win draft lottery, finish worst in west
By Rylan Stiles
The OKC Thunder were offered some awful trades
The Oklahoma City Thunder were offered some pretty awful trades during this NBA 2K simulation. As mentioned before, I knew going in I would not accept any deals to see how good this Thunder team can be in the 2K world, but that did not stop teams from trying. Let us know in the comments which trade packages you would have accepted if you were Sam Presti!
Before the NBA season was two days old, the Thunder were offered Kyle Anderson and De’Anthony Melton for Isaiah Roby and Derrick Favors. I am not sure what the NBA 2K trade logic is thinking here, but this is an interesting deal for Oklahoma City.
Then, Sam Presti was offered the same package but this time for Aleksej Pokusevski and Mike Muscala, as I immediately vomited in my mouth upon seeing this offer.
The Celtics also tried to get Poku, and also Tre Mann, for ENES KANTER AND MARCUS SMART! Is virtual Brad Steven’s okay?
Later, Stevens tried to send the Oklahoma State Product, Smart, and Grant Williams to Bricktown for Pokusevski and Charlie Brown Jr. Lastly, the C’s tried to get Dort by doing a Smart for Dort move straight up, which OKC has no incentive to do.
The Miami Heat tried to get their hands on Lu Dort and Darius Bazley by giving up Duncan Robinson and Thunder legend Victor Oladipo.
Surprisingly, the NBA 2k trade logic only attempted to grab Shai Gilgeous-Alexander twice, as the Bulls tried packaging Zach Lavine and Alex Caruso for SGA and Jeremiah Robinson-Earl to pair Gilgeous-Alexander with Billy Donovan again.
The second package was John Wall and Christian Wood going to Oklahoma City while SGA AND Darius Bazley are shipped to Houston. Now that is laugh-out-loud funny.
As is expected in real life, a ton of teams wanted to add Derrick Favors to their squad. The Wizards, Grizzlies, Bucks, and Cavs all tried for the veteran.