The Oklahoma City Thunder announced Tuesday they traded two protected second-round draft picks in 2017 to the Denver Nuggets for center Joffrey Lauvergne.
The 24-year-old Frenchman tweeted about the deal:
After a largely nondescript rookie season in the Mile High City, Lauvergne became a solid bench player for the Nuggets in 2015-16. In 59 games, he averaged 7.9 points and 4.9 rebounds a night. Granted, Denver was 8.1 points better per 100 possessions when Lauvergne was off the floor, per NBA.com.
The deal is somewhat questionable for the Thunder since they already had a crowded frontcourt. Steven Adams and Enes Kanter are locked in as Oklahoma City's top two centers, while the team acquired power forward Ersan Ilyasova as part of the Victor Oladipo-Serge Ibaka trade. Head coach Billy Donovan will also likely want to carve out a role for first-round draft pick Domantas Sabonis.
The Norman Transcript's Fred Katz figured another shoe is about to drop:
Sporting News' Danny Leroux assumed Kanter could be the player on the move:
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