Sam Presti selected Terrance Ferguson with the 21st pick of the first round on Thursday night in the NBA draft. He fits the mold of a two way wing player, but he has some substantial work in front of him to transition from project to dependable rotation player.
One would assume this probably means Andre Roberson probably won’t be matched when he enters restricted free agency in July. OKC will have a trio of wings in Ferguason, Abrines, and Doug McDermott trying to provide solid production on a nightly basis.
Ferguson was originally slated to play his college ball at Arizona, but instead played pro ball this past season in Australia.
I’m assuming Sam Presti has more players coming in the next few weeks to strengthen this basketball team in what right now is Russell Westbrook’s final contractual year in Oklahoma City.
Ferguson is a nice prospect, but OKC needs a couple of other proven vets to take this team up a tier. With Jimmy Butler now a member of the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Northwest Division just became a much tougher division along with OKC’s schedule becoming more difficult. With Utah now a very solid team, the Thunder with Westbrook and Adams, and the Wolves now with Butler, Townes, and Wiggins—the Northwest Division becomes a tough division.