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OKC Thunder trades Lindy Waters III to Golden State Warriors for No. 52 pick in NBA Draft
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The Oklahoma City Thunder traded Lindy Waters III to Golden State on Thursday in exchange for the No. 52 overall pick in the 2024 NBA Draft , which was later used to help OKC land UC Santa Barbara guard Ajay Mitchell with the 38th overall pick.
Waters is a former Norman North and OSU standout who spent the past three seasons with OKC.
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The 6-foot-6 forward averaged 3.6 points and 1.1 rebounds in 7.4 minutes this past season while shooting a career-high 43.5% from deep. Waters also helped the OKC Blue, the Thunder's G League affiliate, win its first championship .
It's a notable accomplishment for Waters, who briefly played for the The Basketball League's Enid Outlaws after he graduated from OSU and worked his way into the NBA.
Waters has a team option of $2.2 million for next season with a deadline set for Saturday. The Athletic's Anthony Slater reported that Golden State plans to keep Waters past the guarantee date, and it likes him "as a deep rotation option."
This was the second trade OKC has made during the NBA Draft, which wrapped up Thursday afternoon. After selecting Serbia's Nikola Topic with the No. 12 overall pick on Wednesday, OKC sent five future second-round picks to New York to select Weber State's Dillon Jones with the No. 26 pick.
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