NBA Mock Draft: Thunder Select G League Star

In just over a week, the 2021 NBA Draft will take place and the Oklahoma City Thunder will select sixth overall. While that’s not the range they would have liked to be picking in, this is still a deep class that could deliver a franchise cornerstone at No. 6 overall.

The Athletic’s Zach Harper recently updated his NBA mock draft, which had the Oklahoma City Thunder selecting one of the youngest players in the draft who has one of the highest ceilings.

Let's take a look at how Harper thinks the lottery could shape up.

OKC's probability to draft an All-Star at No. 6

Thunder interested in trading for No. 1 overall pick

Team	Player	School
1. DET	Cade Cunningham	Oklahoma State
2. HOU	Jalen Green	G League Ignite
3. CLE	Evan Mobley	USC
4, TOR	Jalen Suggs	Gonzaga
5. ORL	Scottie Barnes	Florida State
6. OKC	Jonathan Kuminga	G League Ignite
7. GSW	James Bouknight	UConn
8. ORL	Keon Johnson	Tennessee
9. SAC	Kai Jones	Texas
10. NOP	Franz Wagner	Michigan
11. CHA	Moses Moody	Arkansas
12. SAS	Jalen Johnson	Duke
13, IND	Davion Mitchell	Baylor
14. GSW	Ziaire Williams	Stanford

The 2021 NBA Draft is set to take place July 29. It will be a pivotal night for the Thunder franchise, who will look to select a prospect who can expedite their rebuild. Oklahoma City will also have five picks outside of the lottery to bolster their roster during this current rebuild.