In their quest to get over the hump in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder have traded forward Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic.
NBA Communications announced on Thursday that the Magic acquired Ibaka and the Thunder will receive Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and the draft rights to No. 11 draft pick Domantas Sabonis, which Adrian Wojnarowski of The Vertical first reported.
Royce Young of ESPN provided Thunder general manager Sam Presti's comments on the move:
Ibaka took to Instagram on Friday to express his thoughts:
The Thunder have been close to obtaining the brass ring over the last six years with nothing to show for it. They have reached the Western Conference Finals four times since 2010-11 and lost in the NBA Finals in 2012.
This postseason was particularly devastating for the Thunder, who blew a 3-1 lead against the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. Ibaka has been with the team for all of those failures, being drafted in the first round in 2008 when the c ...
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