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Bennett Stirtz, Aday Mara turn in near-identical stats in Thunder summer league opener
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The Oklahoma City Thunder have players scattered during Fourth of July weekend. Including Shai Gilgeous-Alexander playing across the border for his native Canada . But Bennett Stirtz and Aday Mara are giving OKC fans a glimpse of the future during NBA Summer League.
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The Big Ten stars from Iowa and Michigan, respectively, are spending the holiday in Salt Lake City. And the former conference rivals turned in near identical stats Saturday against the rookies and sophomores on the Memphis Grizzlies .
The point guard and sharpshooter Stirtz dropped 10 points while collecting three rebounds. He also dished out four assists and three steals.
Mara, though, produced some near similar results especially through the main three offensive stats:
Mara, if anything, showed his brief defensive prowess inside the home of the Utah Jazz in swatting two blocks. The big grabbed one steal too for OKC. He accomplished his stats in a span of 21 minutes on the floor. Stirtz played 24 total minutes in the contest.
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The Thunder pulled off the aggressive move involving Stirtz back on June 23 by trading up to No. 16 . He even came close to joining the Grizzlies on night one of the draft. But general manager Sam Presti made sure the Iowa star landed to them.
"Bennett is a player that has a great feel for the game, has been successful at multiple levels, and I think, in an NBA context, some of the things he does will be very amplified," Presti said after the selection was made .
Now he and Mara are handing the Western Conference Finals runner ups a glimpse of the future.
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