Bleacher Report writer Zach Buckley published an article on Friday about one player every NBA team should trade this season.
NBA rosters have high turnover rates as players typically find new homes every couple of years.
For the Oklahoma City Thunder, their candidate was recently acquired veteran David Nwaba.
“David Nwaba might be the leading member of this season’s ‘Who He Play For?’ segment, as the defensive specialist moved from the Houston Rockets to the Oklahoma City Thunder in one of the Association’s biggest head-scratchers of an eight-player swap.
His stopping skills and high motor could potentially attract a defensively deficient trade-deadline shopper, provided they’re willing to overlook his many offensive limitations.
Nwaba can finish at (and above) the rim, but asking him for anything more on offense requires a healthy dose of optimism. Still, defense matters—it decides championship races, if you buy into the old adage—and teams that don’t have enough of it could consider a cheap flier on him.”
Nwaba might be the only player from the massive eight-player trade with the Houston Rockets that could stick with the Thunder beyond the preseason due to his $5 million salary this season. The Thunder also aren’t allowed to include Nwaba in trades with other players until Nov. 30, so it looks like he is stuck in Oklahoma City until then.
Nwaba has played in every preseason game so far for the Thunder, and head coach Mark Daigneault said he’ll give the 29-year-old a shot to earn a roster spot.
