Although the Oklahoma City Thunder only entered the 2024 NBA Draft with one pick, the team landed two players when it was all said and done.
Following the selection of Nikola Topic with the No. 12 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft, the Oklahoma City Thunder were aggressive in trading back into the draft to add a second first-round pick.
It took trading five future second-round picks to acquire the No. 26 overall pick from the New York Knicks to get Dillon Jones, but Oklahoma City viewed this as an opportunity to add a second rookie in its upcoming class. Jones is coming off of a highly productive four-year college career capped off with Big Sky Player of the Year honors. After being taken by the Thunder, he officially became the first Weber State Wildcat to be drafted since Damian Lillard.
Given the Thunder has at minimum four roster spots opening up this offseason with outgoing free agents, adding a second rookie to the roster won’t create a logjam. This is especially true since Topic won’t be suiting up this season.
