{"id":731642,"date":"2026-06-12T10:27:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:27:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731642\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:27:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T10:27:15","slug":"new-2026-nba-mock-draft-with-blockbuster-jalen-williams-trade-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/731642\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2026 NBA Mock Draft with Blockbuster Jalen Williams Trade Idea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">If the Thunder broker that hypothetical blockbuster to get Cameron Boozer and three plug-and-play veterans, there&#8217;s no universe in which they&#8217;d have rotation minutes available for a second rookie. Simply finding a roster spot would be tricky and require additional subtractions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">That&#8217;s probably a great argument for trading this pick, but if the Thunder hold onto it, it also makes a compelling case for taking on a long-term project. Few prospects better fit that label than Quaintance, who looked like a game-changing defender (and incredibly raw offensive player) before shredding his knee during the 2024-25 season. Still, the Thunder could be patient with his progress and hope for the best, knowing that his mobility, length and defense might one day be needed in their quest to contain that 7&#8217;4&#8243; alien down in San Antonio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If the Thunder broker that hypothetical blockbuster to get Cameron Boozer and three plug-and-play veterans, there&#8217;s no universe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":731643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[64,63,590,85],"class_list":["post-731642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731642","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=731642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/731642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/731643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=731642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=731642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=731642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}