OKC Thunder grades: Ty Jerome has breakout season

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The first move the OKC Thunder made when they blew up their roster was to trade Chris Paul and Abdel Nader to the Phoenix Suns. In return, they received a first-round draft pick, Jalen Lecque, Kelly Oubre jr, Ricky Rubio, and Ty Jerome.

The Thunder then traded Oubre, Rubio, and Lecque on to other teams and kept Jerome. This was strange considering that Jerome did not play for the first half of the season, with the exception of the G-League bubble.

He played nine games in the bubble, starting seven of them. He averaged 12.1 points, 3.2 assists, 2.6 rebounds, and 0.9 steals in 24.2 minutes per game. He shot the ball at 39.4…