Recently, ESPN's Tim MacMahon revealed on an episode of the Hoop Collective podcast that teams across the league are "in a panic" over the collection of draft capital heading to the OKC Thunder this year, particularly the unprotected rights to the 5-16 LA Clippers' 2026 first-round pick.
Frankly, the idea of the reigning champions and current favorites to repeat adding a potentially high-end lottery-selected talent to their arsenal is truly unheard of.
However, though such a selection certainly has the potential to be extremely valuable, it is the 2027 exchange of picks between these two franchises that should actually be sparking the most fear.