It continues to sound like the Oklahoma City Thunder will be active at the trade deadline. In a recent episode of “The Woj Pod,” ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski listed four Thunder players who have garnered interest from teams around the league.
“Oklahoma City has got a number of guys who they’re going to be able to, either now or after the season, move on from: George Hill, Kenrich Williams, Mike Muscala, Justin Jackson — I know they’re getting calls on all of those guys,” Wojnarowski said.
“I think they’re going to probably move at least one of those guys on here in the next week.”
For weeks, it has been expected that Hill would be traded, though he has another year on his contract that is not fully guaranteed, so the Thunder could hold onto him if they wish.
Muscala’s contract expires at the end of the season. He is only owed $2.3 million, so he would be easy for a team looking for a stretch-five to take.
He may actually be the most likely of this group to be traded. Muscala has only played one of the five games since the All-Star break as the Thunder evaluate young bigs including Aleksej Pokusevski, Isaiah Roby, Moses Brown and Darius Bazley.
Williams is probably the least likely, as he has two years remaining on his contract after this season. He has played very well for Oklahoma City, and as his salary is only $2 million per season, it’s easy to speculate that the Thunder would have to receive a very good offer to move him.
Jackson will be a restricted free agent after this season and can be issued a qualifying offer of $7 million, so his movement would depend on whether the Thunder consider him a potential part of a future rotation.
The trade deadline is Thursday.
