Mike Muscala Inks Two-Year Deal to Stay with Thunder

Oklahoma City’s first free agency news of the day has officially dropped.

Free agent forward Mike Muscala will be returning to the Thunder on a two-year, $7M deal, per ESPN Adrian’s Wojnarowski.

Free agent F Mike Muscala has agreed on a two-year, $7M deal to return to the Oklahoma City Thunder, his agent Sean Kennedy of @excelbasketball tells ESPN.
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 2, 2021

The veteran center has been on four teams in nine seasons in the NBA, and was thought to be drawing interest from a number of teams as a free agent.

But Muscala seems to have found a place he wants to be. He has long been thought of as a strong locker room presence for the young, rebuilding Thunder squad. A happy, tearful end-of-season interview capped off a season in which Muscala played just 35 games.

He averaged a career-high 9.7 points and 3.8 rebounds while shooting 44 percent from the floor and 37 percent from three.

His agent, Sean Kennedy, told Wojnarowski the news.

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Muscala is the second oldest player on the roster behind recently acquired Kemba Walker.

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