THUNDER JOURNAL Thunder trades Oubre to Warriors
The Oklahoma City Thunder will trade forward Kelly Oub re to the Golden State Warriors, ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski reported Thursday. In return, the Thunder will receive a protected 2021 firstround draft pick.
Terms of the deal have not been announced, but the pick is reportedly top -20 protected. It will only belong to the Thunder if the Warriors finish in the top-10 of the NBA standings. If the pick falls from No. 1 to No. 20, Golden State will keep it, and the Warriors will send two second-round picks to the Thunder.
The Thunder will create a $14.4 million trade exception in the deal, according to ESPN's Bobby Marks.
Oubre is on the move again, three days after the Thunder acquired him in the Chris Paul trade with the Suns. The 24-yearold forward averaged a career-high 18.7 points and 6.4 r ebounds l ast season in Phoenix.
Oubre is entering the final year of his contract, which pays $14.4 million.
Poirier to Thunder
The Thunder made another trade Thursday night, acquiring center Vincent Poirier and cash considerations from the Celtics in exchange for a protected 2021 secondround draft pick.
The teams announced the terms of the deal.
Poiri er ,27, av eraged 1.9 points and 2.0 rebounds last season in 22 games.
He signed a two-year contract with Boston last summer after playing professionally in France and Spain since 2012.
Poirier, from Clamart, France, has one year left on his deal for $2.6 million.
Social Justice Coalition
Thunder chairman Clay Bennett will serve as an inaugural board member of the National Basketball Social Justice Coalition, the NBA and Players Association announced Friday.
The mission of the Social Justice Coalition is to leverage the game's influence to raise awareness and advocate f or reform, according to a r el ease. Voting access and criminal justice reform will be among the specific areas of focus.
Bennett is one of five owners who will help lead the coalition. He'll join Micky Arison of the Heat, Steve Ballmer of the Clippers, Marc Lasry of the Bucks and Vivek Ranadive of the Kings.
There will also be five players and two coaches on the board.
Carmelo Anthony, Avery Bradley, Sterling Brown, Donovan Mitchell and Karl-Anthony Towns are the player representatives.
The coaches are Atlanta's Lloyd Pierce and Philadelphia's Doc Rivers.