Personally I think the Thunder should be calling the Timberwolves about the availability of Al Jefferson and Kevin Love. The one thing the Thunder lacked last season and it really showed in the playoff series against the Lakers was muscle under the basket. To make a trade like that the T-Wolves would likely want Jeff Green and quite a bit more. I still think it would be a deal worth making as Green is not the kind of rebounder the Thunder can afford to start at power forward. The Thunder hope that Daequan Cook and Morris Peterson will be able to give them solid outside shooting. That could be wishful thinking. In free agency I think the Thunder will be looking for cheap offense and rebounding. Guys like Flip Murray, Roger Mason, Eddie House, Luther Head, Anthony Tolliver, Matt Bonner, Craig Smith, Amir Johnson, Chris Singleton and Alex Barron would fit the bill.

The Thunder have acquired rookie 21-year old forward Latavious Williams from the Heat for a second round pick in 2011. Williams was picked #48 overall by the Heat and he is the first player in NBA history drafted out of the NBDL. Williams played in 47 games (9 starts) with the Tulsa 66ers last season and he averaged 7.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. The Thunder will likely bring Williams along slowly.

The Thunder selected center Magnum Rolle out of Louisiana Tech with the 51st overall pick of the NBA Draft. They then traded Rolle to the Pacers for the rights to 23-year old forward Ryan Reid. Reid was picked with the 56th overall pick of the NBA Draft. He played in 31 games at Florida State in which he averaged 6.8 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game. He played in 126 games in his college career and he averaged 5.0 points, 3.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game. Reid will likely be nothing more than a backup in the NBA and I don’t like this trade at all for the Thunder.

The Thunder have acquired 20-year old center Tibor Pleiss (#31 overall pick) from the Hawks for some cold, hard cash. Pleiss is a big guy at 7′1″, 242 pounds but he’s kind of soft. He played in 34 games in Germany last season and he averaged 8.3 points, 5.5 rebounds, 0.2 assists and 1.4 blocked shots per game. In four years in Germany, Pleiss played in 73 games in which he has averaged 6.0 points, 3.8 rebounds, 0.2 assists and 0.9 blocked shots per game. The Thunder are collecting big guys and that bodes well for the future.

The Thunder selected 22-year old forward Craig Brackens out of Iowa State with the 21st overall pick and they picked SG/SF Quincy Pondexter out of Washington with the 26th overall pick. They have shipped them both to the Hornets to complete the trade in which the Thunder acquired Cole Aldrich and Morris Peterson. Brackens played in 96 games (95 starts) in his three years in college and he averaged 16.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 blocked shot per game. Pondexter played in 136 games (102 starts) in college and he averaged 13.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game. The Thunder gave up a couple of good looking young players for Cole Aldrich who will have some pressure on him to perform right away.