The Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder look like transferring on from Tony Bradley, a younger heart acquired on the commerce deadline.

The Thunder should not anticipated to concern Bradley a qualifying provide as he hits free company, based on The Athletic’s Tony Jones. Bradley was acquired from the Philadelphia 76ers as a part of the George Hill commerce final season.

In 22 video games with the Thunder, Bradley was a dependable large man, averaging 8.7 factors and 6.1 rebounds in 18 minutes per sport whereas taking pictures 65.6% on 5.5 photographs per contest.

The Thunder’s roster is already filling up, although, they usually enter Monday evening with six choices within the 2021 draft. The idea is that they’ll commerce some or choose a draft-and-stash participant — or each — however there’s restricted room to work with.

Bradley began seeing enjoying time in his third yr within the league. In that 2019-20 season, on the Utah Jazz, he averaged 4.9 factors and 4.6 rebounds in 11.4 minutes per sport.

He was traded to the Sixers through the 2020 offseason. A 3rd- to fourth-string heart for a lot of his tenure in Philly, Bradley solely appeared in 20 video games, however he performed nicely total throughout his stint as a starter instead of the injured Joel Embiid.

Bradley was traded to the Thunder, the place he performed strong however remained caught in a busy rotation, one wherein Oklahoma Metropolis wished to discover a extra positionless type with gamers like Darius Bazley and Isaiah Roby at heart, together with true large Moses Brown, who has been traded to the Boston Celtics.

Assuming Bradley is gone, the Thunder may have no true facilities on the workforce.

The draft will start at 7 p.m. Central Time on Thursday.