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Who should the OKC Thunder sign as a replacement player?

By Rylan Stiles

Rob Edwards #25 of the Oklahoma City Blue weaves through the defense of the Delaware Blue Coats during the NBA G League Winter Showcase at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on December 22, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images)
Rob Edwards #25 of the Oklahoma City Blue weaves through the defense of the Delaware Blue Coats during the NBA G League Winter Showcase at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on December 22, 2021 in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) /
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Melvin Frazier Jr. #35 of the Oklahoma City Blue defends against Jarron Cumberland #34 of the Delaware Blue Coats during the NBA G League Winter Showcase at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center on December 22, 2021, in Las Vegas, Nevada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images) /

OKC Thunder might need to dip into the OKC Blue to fill out the varsity roster

The OKC Blue, the Oklahoma City Thunder NBA G-Leauge affiliate is off to a hot start going all the way to the NBA G-League showcase cup finals before eventually falling in the title game in Las Vegas, Nevada. The G-Leauge season has since been put on pause prompting a Blue Christmas for OKC.

Now, the Oklahoma City Thunder can use this to their advantage and dip down to the NBA G-League to find their three replacement players to make it through the next week or so without their regular varsity members.

The OKC Thunder sit 12-20, playing some of their best basketball of the season before the COVID-19 outbreak, in an attempt to stoak the flames of this hot streak, one option is Melvin Frazier Jr who has spent the last two seasons with the OKC Blue.

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This year, the 25-year-old is posting 11 points per game on 39-percent shooting from downtown to go along with his three rebounds, assist, and steal per game. Frazier was on the Oklahoma City Thunder training camp roster before being waived to retain his G-Leauge rights.

The OKC Thunder did the same to sharpshooting guard, and fan favorite, Rob Edwards. The Arizona State product was teammates with Lu Dort with the Sun Devils is shooting 34-percent from deep on six attempts, down from his 44-percent clip last season in the G-League Bubble in as many attempts per game and as many games played. Edwards’s points per game average is a mirror of his rookie G-League season, chipping in 12 points per contest to go along with three rebounds, two assists, and a turnover per game.

Other names to watch are Zavier Simpson, who the team drafted seventh overall in last year G-Leauge Draft, Scotty Hopson a veteran presence who has stuck around the Blue organization for multiple seasons, Jaylen Hoard who got some NBA run last year on a two-way deal for Mark Daigneault, and Olivier Sarr who has been an interesting big for the Blue especially now without DJ Wilson.

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