Bleacher Report suggests a player the Thunder should go after in the offseason

“Isaiah Hartenstein has quietly developed into perhaps the league’s most underrated reserve big.

Last season, he was tied for 18th in the NBA in box plus/minus and stuffed box scores with 17.0 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 2.3 blocks and 1.5 steals per 75 possessions. And for good measure, he posted a 66.4 true shooting percentage.

Contenders would be wise to go after him, but if they don’t, the Oklahoma City Thunder should pounce.

Hartenstein (24) isn’t much older than the young core, and all the passers (including Josh Giddey, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Aleksej Pokusevski and Chet Holmgren) could use a good rim-roller to feed.”

“For purposes of this slide, we’ll assume that public negotiations between Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets lead to his return, that the “Kevin Durant demands a trade” domino stays upright and the core looks an awful lot like it did at the end of the postseason.

With LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin, Andre Drummond and Nic Claxton all entering free agency, what that group could use is a big man, and veteran Derrick Favors is the kind of unselfish rim protector Brooklyn should be looking for.

Over the last two seasons, Favors has gotten used to a sub-20-minutes-per-game role and doesn’t demand a ton of possessions. He’ll just take up space on defense, protect the rim, rebound, set screens and happily take a break when the Nets go small.”