The 2022-23 regular season is slowly but surely approaching with the schedule release being a milestone recently reached.
With a new NBA season comes a new NBA fantasy season as well. Fantasy sports value players a bit different than real life does. Collecting basic stats such as points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals is all that matters.
The Oklahoma City Thunder, despite being a young and exciting team, only has four players in the top 150 fantasy player rankings due to this. Let’s take a look at who made the list.
- No. 32 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander: Injuries have hindered SGA’s upside in each of the last two seasons. Drafting the 24-year-old is a risk until proven otherwise.
- No. 66 Chet Holmgren: One of the most unique prospects in recent memory, Holmgren has the two-way skill set to be the best fantasy player in the 2022 draft class. Long-term, Holmgren’s upside is tantalizing.
- No. 80 Josh Giddey: Despite shooting 26.3% from 3, Giddey managed to rank inside the top-100 in per-game value as a rookie. If he gets his shot ironed out, he could finish much higher.
- No. 124 Lu Dort: He continues to make strides as a scorer but will probably not be asked to become a playmaker with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Josh Giddey in the fold.
This list is about right. Nobody else on the Thunder will really get a chance to collect raw stats on a consistent basis that would be worthy enough of a fantasy roster spot.
