I am more inclined to not go with any projects anymore unless it is aplayer with high upside like Shaedon Sharpe in last year's draft.
That being said I did advocate for it last season eg Ismael Manage, Matteo Spagnolo were my choices but that has all changed now due to the situation where the Thunder are now further along and are starting to look like a playoff team.
On the flip side of the coin, drafting a player like Rupert may not be a bad idea after all. If you have too many talented players on the roster then there will not enough minutes to go around. The 76ers rebuild is a good example of this where a player like Isaiah Joe is a talented player but didn't get enough minutes to show what he is capable of.
I am more inclined to not go with any projects anymore unless it is aplayer with high upside like Shaedon Sharpe in last year's draft.
That being said I did advocate for it last season eg Ismael Manage, Matteo Spagnolo were my choices but that has all changed now due to the situation where the Thunder are now further along and are starting to look like a playoff team.
On the flip side of the coin, drafting a player like Rupert may not be a bad idea after all. If you have too many talented players on the roster then there will not enough minutes to go around. The 76ers rebuild is a good example of this where a player like Isaiah Joe is a talented player but didn't get enough minutes to show what he is capable of.
My Bold Prediction is the Thunder gets the 4th pick (Nick Collison's number) and drafts Amen Thompson.