Mock Draft Madness: Which prospects are the OKC Thunder taking?
By Rylan Stiles
The OKC Thunder are in the midst of pushing for a play-in tournament bid, but the NBA world will take a long peak at the NCAA March Madness event getting underway with the first round on Thursday. So with that, where do the latest Mock Drafts have the Thunder picking, and who would be the newest members of OKC?
In this article, we will pop around from news outlet to news outlet to check in on how their Mock Drafts have the Oklahoma City Thunder taking shape this summer.
Gradey Dick highlights the OKC Thunder draft haul in the latest 2023 NBA Mock Drafts ahead of NCAA March Madness.
The 2023 NBA Draft has taken on many twists and turns. At one time, when I would talk to scouts or people around the NBA, they would tab the 2023 NBA Draft as a historically deep class.
Now, the draft still is seen as a deep one, but the number of franchise-changing players has been walked back from seven or eight to maybe five, depending on who you talked to and how high they think their ceiling will be. Still, this is a great draft class, with many future high-level contributors to NBA squads.
As the NBA Draft nears, let’s round up all the Mock Drafts out there ahead of March Madness and grade the return for the OKC Thunder.