Oklahoma City Thunder: 5 takeaways from 2018 NBA Summer League

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5. Thunder have a good young core playing for the Blue

The Thunder’s G League affiliate is named the Oklahoma City Blue. Players like Rashawn Thomas, Daniel Hamilton and Dakari Johnson all played for the Blue last year.

Johnson averaged 23.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.1 blocks per game in the G League last year, and in Summer League, he posted 13.7 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.

Daniel Hamilton averaged 16.1 points, 9.0 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game in the G League, with 1.1 steals a night. In the Summer League he averaged 7.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.

Rashawn Thomas averaged 13.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.4 steals per game in the G League last year and bumped his numbers up to 14.4 points, 7.6 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1.2 blocks per game in Summer League.

All these players displayed their ability to play both sides of the ball dominantly and they could be valuable assets to the Thunder — or at least the Blue — down the road.

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