Kelly Oubre is being shipped off by OKC!
Kelly Oubre is being shipped off by OKC! Yep, you read that correctly. The Warriors will be trading for Kelly Oubre in exchange, they will be giving up a protected 2021 first round draft pick.
The reason why this 2021 draft pick is protected is due to the fact that if the Warriors finish between the 21st and 30th; then the OKC Thunder will be given that first-round pick. Now if they end somewhere around the 20th spot; then they give OKC two second-round picks. With it being in 2021, the Warriors will give them that pick next season.
The deal was mainly fueled by the Warriors learning that their top star, Klay Thompson, will be out for the remainder of the season with an Achilles tear. The injury happened yesterday during pick up games.
With Oubre being with Golden State now, this will fill the position of small forward (most likely). Kelly Oubre was in that blockbuster trade involving OKC and the Suns.
Here is what Bob Myers has to say on Klay Thompson and filling that position:
“We got this news and we found ourselves with a hole at a position that we can’t find many better guys to fill than a Klay Thompson,” Myers said. “So now we write our board up and under the 2-guard position we had a blank space — after processing that, the league’s now waiting for us. We got to do what we got to do. So we’re exploring a lot of different things.”
“We’re going to keep looking at what we can do and filling that position and try to get the best player we can,” Myers said. “Nothing’s done as far as [an Oubre agreement] or anything yet but we got to look hard and look fast. I probably shouldn’t even be up here [at this news conference]. I should not even be doing this right now, but I got some great guys I work with that are working right now on what we can do. And so we got to fill that position and give our fans and our organization and all the people that support us the best chance to win next year that we can.”
Here is a little bit about Kelly Oubre:
Kelly Oubre was originally selected by the Washington Wizards in the 2015 NBA Draft. The 15th overall pick is showing off and is improving quite nicely; for example, last season, Oubre was scoring 18 points and 6 rebounds for the Phoenix Suns.
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