{"id":836539,"date":"2026-09-16T10:54:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/836539\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T10:54:26","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T10:54:26","slug":"every-kansas-state-player-drafted-by-the-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/836539\/","title":{"rendered":"Every Kansas State player drafted by the Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sept. 16, 2026, 3:00 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a data-autotag=\"cd165858-eeda-4db8-a84a-db7a782e61e3\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/basketball\/nba\/teams\/oklahoma-city-thunder\/25\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Oklahoma City Thunder<\/a> have developed their team over the decades via the usual ways most teams in the NBA have, finding special success through the NBA draft since their founding as the Seattle SuperSonics. Many of the franchise&#8217;s top players have joined the team either through direct selections in the annual draft or via trades executed on that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On top of this, the Thunder have selected not only several star players through the draft but also a number of notable alumni each offseason. A few colleges have been more prominently represented than others in sourcing those prospects, though OKC has always cast a wide net as well. Both prestigious programs and smaller institutions have consistently contributed high-caliber talent to the Thunder&#8217;s roster over the years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">So without further ado, let&#8217;s take a look at every player who has been drafted by the Thunder out of Kansas State.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Honeycutt &#8211; guard<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:372px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1789556065_630_74872452007-Short-Logo-Side_1.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Thunder City Edition uniform (Photo by Zach Beeker\/NBAE via Getty Images)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft year and position: 17th round (3rd pick, 203rd overall), 1969 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons at Kansas State: 3<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons played with Thunder: did not make the team<\/p>\n<p>Keyontae Johnson &#8211; forward<img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" fetchpriority=\"high\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/77310356007-36-479767.jpeg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feb 23, 2024; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault talks to forward Keyontae Johnson (18) during a time out against the Washington Wizards during the second half at Paycom Center. Mandatory Credit: Alonzo Adams-USA TODAY Sports\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Draft year and position: 2nd round (20th pick, 50th overall), 2023 NBA Draft<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons at Kansas State: 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Seasons played with Thunder: 1<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">All stats and data courtesy of Basketball Reference.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 16, 2026, 3:00 a.m. CT The Oklahoma City Thunder have developed their team over the decades via&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[72400,7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,90461,30882,72482,72404,72452,72444,72422,72570,72484,72405,72406,312,72403],"class_list":["post-836539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-accessfree","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-sourceokc-thunder-wire","tag-sstssportsnbathunder","tag-sstsnokc-thunder","tag-tagbasketball","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagnational-sports","tag-tagnba","tag-tagnba-draft","tag-tagoklahoma-city-thunder","tag-tagoverall-positive","tag-tagsports-news","tag-thunder","tag-typestory"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117280352739297977","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836539","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=836539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}