cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12313381
NOOOO MY DARLING BOY
Four years removed from being a first-round draft pick, Aleksej Pokuševski’s tenure with the Oklahoma City Thunder has come to an end.
The Thunder announced on Friday they have waived the 22-year-old forward.
Pokuševski was originally selected with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 draft by the Minnesota Timberwolves, who traded his rights to Oklahoma City in a three-team deal that also involved the New York Knicks. He was the youngest player in that draft class The trade has turned out to be very notable for all three teams involved. Minnesota acquired the draft rights to Jaden McDaniels, while the Knicks got the rights to Immanuel Quickley.
Not surprised since OKC is a bit too deep for him to get enough playing time to develop. He’ll probably get picked up by a tanking team since he’s shown enough flashes to be worth a chance I feel like.
I think that would’ve happened if he had trade value but it’s possible he goes to Europe or gets picked up on a two year flyer one last time. I believe he secretly had a nagging injury.