The Oklahoma City Thunder are the youngest NBA franchise, forming when the Seattle SuperSonics relocated to Oklahoma City after the 2007-08 season. Although they are still part of the 11 NBA teams who have never won a championship, they established themselves as a perennial threat in the stacked Western Conference.
A big part of this competitiveness is the ability of their front office to select players in the draft that instantly increase their NBA championship odds. The team is currently rebuilding and has piled up the draft picks in the next few years. Here's the three best Oklahoma City Thunder draft picks:
Kevin Durant
Kevin Durant was the last lottery pick of the Seattle SuperSonics team in 2007 before relocating in 2008. He was the second overall pick of the team and instantly showed that he was an elite scorer by racking up 20.3 points in his first year with 4.4 rebounds and 2.4 assists to earn the Rookie of the Year award in 2008 and a spot in the All-Rookie 1st Team.'
Kevin Durant had some nasty highlights in OKC ?? @KDTrey5 pic.twitter.com/PbLfOHvHWL