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Clemente Almanza

OKC Thunder officially sign Chet Holmgren, Ousmane Dieng and Jalen Williams

The Oklahoma City Thunder officially announced the signings of the first-round rookies on Tuesday. No. 2 pick Chet Holmgren, No. 11 pick Ousmane Dieng and No. 12 pick Jalen Williams all signed their rookie scale deals.

Contracts for first-round picks are for four years with the first two being guaranteed and the final two being team options.

The Thunder needed to sign its first-round picks in order for them to play in summer league, which officially kicks off Tuesday night against the Utah Jazz in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Jaylin Williams, who went No. 34 in the second round, does not need to be signed onto a contract in order to play summer league, per Locked On’s Rylan Stiles.

Second-round contracts usually takes more time to negotiate in order to figure out guaranteed money and how many team options there will be in them.

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