The Thunder have waived 24-year old shooting guard Kyle Weaver. Weaver played in 12 games (0 starts) for the Thunder last season and he averaged 12.0 minutes, 3.0 points, 1.5 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game. He played in 68 games (19 starts) in his two years with the Thunder and he averaged 19.3 minutes, 4.9 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. The Thunder won’t miss Weaver too much as he was #3 on the depth chart at shooting guard for the Thunder.

The Thunder have signed 28-year old PG/SG Royal Ivey to an undisclosed contract. Ivey played in 44 games (0 starts) for the Sixers & Bucks last season and he averaged 7.4 minutes, 2.1 points, 0.8 rebounds and 0.6 assists per game. He has now played in 378 games (109 starts) in his six years in the NBA and he has averaged 13.1 minutes, 3.6 points, 1.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game. I don’t see Ivey getting much P.T. for the Thunder as he will be likely on the third team.

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 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.