The leading US sports media offers another scenario in which Bertans would move to another team

On the other hand, the center Jakob Poeltl, as well as the winner of the gold medal and the most valuable player award at the World Cup last year, the German Dennis Schröder, would go in the opposite direction to “Thunder”.

The NBA analyst points out that the Thunder is one of the weakest rebounding teams in the league. Chet Holmgren, the center of the team’s starting five, is showing excellent performance, but he is a rookie in the league who is very thin.

Poeltl is much more massive than Holmgren, so he could be a good addition to the team as a backup center who can regularly get double-doubles. He averaged 10.6 points and 8.3 rebounds in 36 matches this season.

In addition, it is not excluded that Poeltl could play well with Holmgren together, occupying the center and forward positions, respectively.

The ESPN columnist believes the Thunder could also use a backup point guard. The team’s leader, Shay Gilges-Alexanders, is an outspoken scorer, while point guard Josh Giddy has a shaky perimeter shot.

Schroeder, who previously played for Thunder for two years in his career, averaged 13.9 points and 6.3 assists in 47 games this season, and in 33 games, the German played from the bench instead of starting five.

“Thunder” players have little experience in “play-off” games, which is evidenced by the fact that Bertan has more individual matches in his career than the rest of his teammates – 45 to 30, respectively.

Schroeder has 68 games in the playoffs, which is considerable experience and could be useful for a Thunder team that has not qualified for the playoffs in the previous three seasons.

“Raptors” has started rebuilding the squad. Team Canada recently traded one of its longtime stars, Pascal Siakam, and parted ways with leading point guard Fred VanVleet in the offseason. Therefore, other changes could be expected.

During his career as an NBA player, Bertans was traded several times. At one time, he was selected by the Indiana “Pacers” in the draft of young players, who traded the Latvian to the San Antonio “Spurs”.

After that, Bertans moved to Washington “Wizards”, Dallas “Mavericks” and last summer to “Thunder” in trades.

2024-01-31 22:04:12
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