The Thunder are plotting something huge...

The Thunder already have their eyes set on the 2027 NBA draft as it's been reported that several of their scouts were seen in Australia this week looking at an up-and-coming talent down there in the NBL who has a very high ceiling and as you may or may not know the Thunder are in yet another really really good position with next year's draft and even though there is a whole season yet to be played between now and then and we have a whole rookie class from this 2026 year headlined by to evaluate before next season the Thunder are in a great position once again with draft capital thanks to the wizard himself Sam Presti. So the major story for this video is that there already is a prospect the Thunder have gone and looked at and only a handful of teams have gone down there for this showcase in Australia taking place from September 2nd through the end of this weekend on September 6th and that one player is a legacy player his brother is in the NBA as we speak and that player as reported by Olgin Ulitsch I want to make sure I'm saying that correctly he's a reporter in Australia who covers basketball multiple NBA teams including the Thunder, the Warriors, the Magic, the Blazers, the Rockets, and the Heat that's six teams right there are at the NBL Blitz watching Dash Daniels. Dash Daniels is the younger brother of Dyson Daniels who you probably would know him as the former steals leader of the NBA before Case and Wallace came in and took that title away from him but part of a very successful basketball family Dash recently has committed himself to the 2026-27 season in the NBL and teams are very intrigued by what he has to offer so we're going to talk about exactly who Dash Daniel is why you should have him on your radar why the Thunder are interested in we're going to break down a little bit of film for him in this video as well so going to talk Dash Daniels I'm excited to do that before we do so want to get a quick word from our sponsor Anson Belt & Buckle they're back with us for yet another month and please take advantage of our sponsorship with them because they have such incredible products that they offer so here's a quick word from Anson if you're anything like me then you'll understand that frustrating struggle of finding the perfect belt to go 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that loaded draft class give himself another year of development he switched teams in the NBL as well and so he's going to be back there this coming season and he would have been the youngest prospect in the class last year and when I say ups and downs there were a lot of good things and a lot of bad things for Dyson Daniels I mean first obviously what makes him the appealing prospect well the fact that he is a sheer physical specimen already at just 19 years of age now he is six foot five and he has that plus wingspan at six foot nine so this dude is built to be a defensive menace just like his brother and if he can develop and continue to work on his outside game his offensive bag he is the exact type of player that has Sam Presti written all over him and I mean you can just take a look for yourself right we'll start with his defensive film uh let me get Sam Presti out of here one second okay here's a little bit of the defensive film of Dash Daniels obviously the dude loves the full court press because especially in the NBL with inferior talent this dude can just swarm and overwhelm he used his long arms to force a turnover there you'll see him on ball here just jumping up using that wingspan setting up a transition dunk on the other end so the dude thrives on chaos and he's the type of guy that Sam Presti would love because he fits the defense first mentality he fits that high high ceiling type of guy and he's obviously getting some work in the international circuit which Sam Presti also has shown that he loves based on his history of draft picks basically since the beginning of time when he's been a general manager for the Thunder the offensive game is the biggest piece that still has to come through for Dash there's a reason why he didn't go into the draft last year and it's because he had a pretty up and down season last year in the NBL I mean these were his overall numbers he averaged only 4.2 points per game he only played 15 minutes a game he played just over 30 games a year his shooting percentages were not bad but there were certain games where you'd see him go off and score 14 points on five of seven from the field and there was plenty of games out there where he'd only play eight or nine minutes because he just was not really that developed offensively he couldn't take care of the basketball he would force turnovers on one end but he would turn them right back over on the other end so he still got to work on his dribble he's a big framed dude that is still pretty young so he's got to kind of figure out his body along the way with the coordination with the obviously he has the athleticism but here's a little bit of his shot if you're curious what I mean his three-point shot he can hit him but I think that his three-point mechanics need a decent bit of work you saw one there this is going to be another one on a step back right here a little bit of a hitch in his three-point shot he needs a lot of space to knock it down a pretty slow jumper he can attack the basket too obviously he's big so he can get down there and bully along he would be a great wing player for OKC and for any team in the NBA as long as you're willing to take a chance on the fact that he may have a low floor kind of along the way but he spent his offseason actually training with a former NBA guy Wesley Matthews when he was in Atlanta Dash stayed with his brother Dyson at his house in Atlanta he trained with Wesley Matthews who spent a lot of time in the NBA he was a 15-year NBA vet he helped him out with kind of that wing three and D type of stuff that Wesley was his entire career so Dash he would be the type of guy that I would expect for Sam Presty to go out and target and with that in mind the Thunder this coming draft they have a lot of fuel in the tank I mean this thing only got better when you consider the whole Kawhi Leonard Los Angeles Clippers debacle I made a video on that yesterday if you want to go take a look at that here on the channel but if you don't know the Clippers are essentially in hell right now they're losing five first round picks for the sanctions of their Kawhi Leonard cap circumvention they're not going to have ever ever been two first round picks over the next eight years so Steve Ballmer and co over there they are in a major world of trouble and this coming season the Thunder own the pick swap rights with the Clippers along with two other first round picks and a second round picked as well so the Thunder on the low end would most likely end up with two first round picks but I would anticipate that they're going to end up with three because I see a world where Denver ends up in the top five of the NBA draft lottery and I don't see a world at all where the Spurs end up in the top 16 of draft picks as well so the Thunder likely will end up with a pick there in the lottery with the Clippers they'll probably end up with a pick in the 20s because of the Nuggets and probably a pick in the mid to upper 20s from the Spurs as well so the Thunder are going to have three first round picks and they're going to have a second rounder as well which is the most amount of draft capital that any team has in this coming draft and it would give you an opportunity depending on what Dash is able to do here in this coming NBL season it would give you an opportunity to take a shot on somebody like this and obviously for the Thunder to send their scouting department down to Australia as one of just a handful of teams that went to Bendigo this week the Thunder obviously have Dash on their radar and I don't blame them for the set that he can bring to the table so I'm curious to get your guys's thoughts on Dash Daniels down below I'm sure this is going to be a lot of your guys's first time hearing about him in this video if it is let me know your first impressions if it's not let me know your own thoughts on Dash down below in the comments and while you're down there go click that link in the description 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