The 2023 NBA Draft is right around the corner, which means it is smokescreen season! It is the time of year when we make coffee, bunker down, work the phones, and stare at screens nonstop for a crumb of information that Sam Presti will likely make irrelevant in three weeks. Perhaps the OKC Thunder being so secretive works against them at times, as owners can float out tidbits to prop up their prospect knowing OKC will not rebuff the report.
The Oklahoma City Thunder are often tied to draft day promises and heavy smokescreens. Matisse Thybulle, James Bouknight, Caleb Houstan, Frank Jackson, Jabari Smith Jr, Cam Payne, Mitch McGary, Reggie Jackson, Aleksej Pokusevski, Daniel Orton, etc.