NBA Mock Draft: Thunder Double Down On Potential In First Round

Just outside of the lottery, the Thunder have two first round picks they could capitalize on.

The 2021 NBA Draft is just days away and the Oklahoma City Thunder are set to be extremely active. Of their six picks in this draft, two are just outside of the lottery where teams find value every year.

With the No. 16 and No. 18 picks on Thursday, there’s quite a few directions they go, assuming these aren’t packaged in a trade.

On Sunday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Kendrick Perkins and Mike Schmitz went through a mock draft of how they think could happen in a few days.

For the Thunder, the ESPN crew projected them taking two extremely high-risk players that also could be high-reward picks. Considering the position OKC is in, perhaps taking a couple of gambles here in the first round could be the best move, rather than playing it safe.

Let’s see how the ESPN crew thinks the first handful of picks outside of the lottery could go.

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Team	Player	School
15. WAS	Usman Garuba	International
16. OKC	Keon Johnson	Tennessee
17. MEM	Trey Murphy III	VIrginia
18. OKC	Jalen Johnson	Duke
19. NYK	Kai Jones	Texas
20. ATL	Cameron Thomas	LSU
21. NYK	Chris Duarte	Oregon
22. LAL	Jared Butler	Baylor
23. HOU	Sharife Cooper	Auburn
24. HOU	Isaiah Jackson	Kentucky
25. LAC	Day'Ron Sharpe	UNC
26. DEN	Josh Primo	Alabama
27. BKN	Tre Mann	Florida

The 2021 NBA Draft is just three days away. It could be a pivotal night for the Oklahoma City Thunder, who will be using the first wave of their insane amount of draft capital over the next few years.