Trade & FA 2023-24: Stein-Ingram Trade Inevitable| LAL Want Lebron Back On Any Terms

[Mavs2021]

OKC has a ton of players...

G: Cason......... Micic, Mann, TyTy, Mills (5)
G: SGA............ Oladipo, Isaiah Joe, Aaron Wiggins (4)
F: Giddey......... Dort, Dieng, Kenrich Williams, Keyontae Johnson (5)
F: Jaylen.......... Garuba, Robinson-Earl, Bertans (4)
C: Chet............ Poku, Jaylin Williams (3)

They have 21 on the roster.... 9 guards, 9 forwards, and 3 bigs.

So is there an opportunity to convert McGee into 2 depth players here?

Even if they flat out waive Bertans/Oladipo, they are still at 19 roster spots. Waiving Pokusevski and Robinson-Earl with one year guaranteed left or/and Joe and Wiggins on non-guaranteed contracts? Seems like a waste of assets. Wiggins shot 51/39/83 last season. Joe shot 44/40/82. Hard to believe they just let them go for nothing.

I wonder whether the Thunder would accept a 3 for 1 deal McGee + 2nd round picks for Pokusevski, Wiggins and Joe. Pokusevski also fits into the TPE. I wouldn´t mind taking a flyer on him. He is the same age as OMax. One year left and RFA. He´s good you got a cheap protected asset. He sucks you just let him walk. Imho Pokusevski is another victim of the ESPN social media clowns. He´s rail thin, but not different than Chet, but one is American and the other is Eastern European. I know one thing, Pokusevski might get abused on defense and misses rotations, but so does McGee. At least Poku still manages to get twice as many BPG out of it.

At the same it would actually make more sense, if the Thunder used Bertans/Millsjust cashed in some of their chips. Maybe Harden is coming home.