A few months back, ESPN's Zach Kram argued that the decision to trade Alperen Sengun to the Houston Rockets on draft night back in 2021 is the "biggest roster mistake" the OKC Thunder have made since 2020.
Though he made sure to note that the exchange did net Sam Presti and company two future first-round picks, it's important to understand that these assets were ultimately used a year later in a trade-up during the 2022 NBA Draft to select Ousmane Dieng.
At the end of the day, moving on from Sengun wound up being far from a crippling decision for the franchise.