{"id":134808,"date":"2025-06-29T19:49:11","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:49:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/134808\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T19:49:11","slug":"fans-feel-bad-for-thunder-player-traded-6-days-after-nba-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/134808\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans Feel Bad for Thunder Player Traded 6 Days After NBA Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fans Feel Bad for Thunder Player Traded 6 Days After NBA Championship<\/a> originally appeared on Athlon Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It hasn’t even been a week since the Oklahoma City Thunder won the NBA championship, but they have already traded a player to save money and open up a roster spot.<\/p>\n

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On Saturday, just six days after they beat the Indiana Pacers in Game 7 of the NBA Finals for the Larry O’Brien Trophy, the Thunder traded forward Dillon Jones to the Washington Wizards, according to Shams Charania of ESPN.<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City also sent a second-round pick to the Wizards to make the deal happen, while the team received guard Colby Jones\u00a0\u2014 who was\u00a0quickly waived after the transaction was completed.<\/p>\n

The Thunder had traded five second-round picks to the New York Knicks for the draft rights to Dillon Jones in 2024. He proceeded to play 54 games (with three starts) for OKC in his rookie season, averaging 2.5 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists.<\/p>\n

In the playoffs, the 23-year-old didn’t get a lot of opportunities to play, suiting up in just 10 of 23 games and averaging 2.3 points<\/a>.<\/p>\n

While Dillon Jones had a limited role for the Thunder in their run to the championship, several fans still couldn’t help but feel bad at how fast things changed for him. Not only did he not get enough chance to enjoy the win, but he went from a championship contender to a rebuilding franchise.<\/p>\n

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“What about Dillon Jones day,” a fan wrote<\/a> along with a crying emoji. It references the special day that\u00a0Oklahoma City’s Mayor David Holt declared to celebrate each member of the Thunder’s championship roster.<\/p>\n

“Couldn\u2019t even wait until after Dillon Jones Day on July 14th smh,” a social media user doubled down<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A\u00a0commenter added<\/a>, “Imagine winning a chip and getting traded to Washington.”<\/p>\n

“I\u2019d hate to be the guy shipped off the defending champs for nothing icl,” a supporter remarked<\/a>. Another one echoed a similar sentiment<\/a>, noting, “Imagine being traded to the Wizards for air after winning a championship.”<\/p>\n

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“Hate to see him go lowkey,” a follower shared<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Oklahoma<\/p>\n

Oklahoma City Thunder forward Dillon Jones (3).\u00a9 Alonzo Adams-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

According to The Oklahoman, the Thunder\u00a0are now $9.5 million under the luxury tax<\/a> following the trade. They also opened up a roster spot for their latest first-round pick, Thomas Sorber, who was taken 15th overall in the recent draft.<\/p>\n

Related: Caitlin Clark Left in Disbelief After Pacers’ Game 1 Comeback Against Thunder<\/a><\/p>\n

This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports<\/a> on Jun 29, 2025, where it first appeared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans Feel Bad for Thunder Player Traded 6 Days After NBA Championship originally appeared on Athlon Sports. It…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[7,10684,1256,126,6,3220,11,191,475,179,567,954,468],"class_list":{"0":"post-134808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-playoffs","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-colby-jones","10":"tag-dillon-jones","11":"tag-indiana-pacers","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-championship","14":"tag-nba-playoffs","15":"tag-new-york-knicks","16":"tag-oklahoma-city","17":"tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","18":"tag-shams-charania","19":"tag-thomas-sorber","20":"tag-washington-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/114768390556537204","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}