Kings Trade Nique Clifford to Thunder for Two Future Second-Round Picks
The Sacramento Kings traded guard Nique Clifford to the Oklahoma City Thunder on November 8, receiving Utah's unprotected 2028 second-round pick and Minnesota's unprotected 2030 second-round pick in return.
Clifford, 24, is 6-foot-5 and was selected by Oklahoma City with the 24th pick in the first round of the 2025 draft before being traded to Sacramento; he never appeared in a game for the Thunder. In his rookie season with the Kings he played 75 games, starting 28, and averaged 8.6 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists, scoring a career-high 30 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers on February 8, 2026. This season, however, he had fallen out of head coach Doug Christie's rotation, playing just 4 minutes 30 seconds against the San Antonio Spurs on November 6.
Oklahoma City made the move to bolster its wing rotation amid major injuries: Jalen Williams is out for the season with a fractured left fibula and dislocated ankle, and Cason Wallace is sidelined long-term with a torn labrum in his left shoulder.
(Source: USA Today)
Source: USA Today
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