The Oklahoma City Thunder swapped Josh Giddey for Alex Caruso this summer in a move that 'hurt' center Chet Holmgren.
This summer, Top executive Sam Presti had to make one of his first tough decisions regarding this core. In the second era of Thunder basketball, the first big departure happened this summer when Presti pulled the trigger on swapping former No. 6 overall pick Josh Giddey for defensive ace Alex Caruso in a one-for-one trade with the Chicago Bulls.
Then, a disastrous third season doomed him in Oklahoma City, to no fault of either party. The Thunder simply got too good too fast, with Jalen Williams's development and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's superstar rise, pushing Giddey off the ball and to a role he was never designed to play - which led to an unsurprising struggling season.
After Giddey refused a bench role in Bricktown following the season as he heads toward a contract year, the former No. 6 overall pick was traded to the Windy City in the first core-shaking move of this era.
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