While the Oklahoma City Thunder are still the top team in the NBA, it’s no secret that Mark Daigneault’s squad has had a few struggles recently.<\/p>\n
In addition to a trio of losses at the hands of San Antonio, including a 15-point defeat and another by 20 points, OKC has also lost to Minnesota in the past few weeks after starting the season 24-1. Even in a win against the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, Dec. 29, the Thunder allowed 74 points in the first half.<\/p>\n
Oklahoma City should get the opportunity to remedy a few of these concerns in the upcoming NBA Draft, as the team could land up to four first-round picks this summer.<\/p>\n
In a recent mock draft from Derek Parker at NBA Draft on SI<\/a>, the Thunder landed a few intriguing prospects to bolster its roster.<\/p>\n At No. 4 overall, Parker paired North Carolina freshman Caleb Wilson with OKC. <\/p>\n Coming out of high school, Wilson was rated the No. 5 overall player and No. 3 power forward in the 2025 recruiting class, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.<\/p>\n Listed at 6-foot-10 and 215 pounds, Wilson is averaging 19.6 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.5 blocks per game while shooting 55.4% from the field and 28.6% from 3-point range. Wilson’s size, rebounding prowess and defensive ability should make the former 5-star prospect a solid fit in Oklahoma City’s scheme, and a player who could compliment Chet Holmgren and the team’s other versatile big men.<\/p>\n At No. 20 overall in Parker’s mock draft, the Thunder added Iowa State’s Joshua Jefferson.<\/p>\n Listed at 6-foot-9 and 240 pounds, Jefferson spent two years at St. Mary’s before transferring to Iowa State ahead of the 2024-25 campaign. As a senior this year, the talented forward is averaging 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5 assists and 1.5 steals per game while shooting 55.3% from the field and 42.4% from beyond the arc.<\/p>\n With the ability to stretch the floor as a perimeter shooter and help as a connective playmaker, in addition to his defensive ability, Jefferson also seems like a solid fit for Oklahoma City.<\/p>\n Finally, at No. 23, Parker slotted Arizona freshman Brayden Burries to the Thunder. Burries was rated the No. 9 overall recruit and No. 2 combo guard in the 2025 recruiting class by 247Sports, and has performed well in his first year with the Wildcats.<\/p>\n in 13 games, Burries is averaging 14 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals per contest while shooting 48.9% from the field and 35.6% from 3-point range. Listed at. 6-foot-4 and 205 pounds, Burries could be another solid wing option for Oklahoma City off the bench early in his career.<\/p>\n Want to join the discussion? Like\u00a0Thunder on SI<\/a>\u00a0on Facebook and\u00a0follow us on Twitter<\/a>\u00a0to stay up to date on all the latest Thunder news. You can also\u00a0meet the team<\/a>\u00a0behind the coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While the Oklahoma City Thunder are still the top team in the NBA, it’s no secret that Mark…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377887,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434],"tags":[49,48,459,82],"class_list":["post-377886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377886\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}