{"id":850322,"date":"2026-10-04T00:09:15","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:09:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/850322\/"},"modified":"2026-10-04T00:09:15","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T00:09:15","slug":"otega-oweh-looks-to-improve-his-deep-range-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/850322\/","title":{"rendered":"Otega Oweh Looks To Improve HIs Deep-Range Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9q\">The Thunder rookie is still trying to polish his offensive game.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"9v\">The Oklahoma City Thunder are expected to put a lot of pressure on their younger players this season, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/could-okc-offseason-departures-help-mark-daigneault-coach-of-the-year-case\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">refreshed roster<\/a>. This will cause many players to have to step into a new role that they aren\u2019t necessarily used to, including new rookies.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a0\">One of these players in particular is OKC\u2019s second-round draft pick and two-way player, Otega Oweh. The Kentucky product<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/the-thunder-s-two-way-players-set-to-see-valuable-playing-time-with-open-roster-spot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> might just be a two-way player<\/a>, but with only 14 players on the Thunder\u2019s roster, he might see valuable playing time this season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"a5\">Oweh will be a valuable addition when he is called up, as in his last season at Kentucky, he averaged 18.6 points and 1.8 steals, but he is looking to be more consistent in a certain area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"aa\">\u201cI feel really good right now,\u201d Oweh said Monday at media day. \u201cFor me, I feel like I just got to make open threes, really, and being on a team like this with a lot of great and unselfish guys, I feel like I\u2019m going to be in a lot of positions where I\u2019m going to have to. So everything is reps, and you know, for me, it\u2019s nothing but reps. I\u2019m excited and looking forward to getting on the court.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"af\">Oweh averaged the most three-point attempts of his college career during his senior season, shooting 3.8 shots beyond the arc per game. However, the young guard also had one of the worst three-point shooting percentages of his collegiate career, hitting only 33.3% of his shots.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ak\">While this is something that no doubt can be worked on, Oweh will have to figure it out soon, as he said he\u2019ll be called on to hit open shots. His role will be comparable to Cason Wallace\u2019s, as he\u2019ll be called to play off-ball and flow with the offense. This will make him end up sitting on the arc, and with OKC\u2019s ball movement, could leave him open for big shots from three.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"ap\">Oweh will be looking for every chance to prove himself this coming season, and hitting these open shots from deep could be the perfect opportunity to do so. If he can keep up his defensive reputation as well as improving his deep-range accuracy, the Kentucky guard<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/thunder\/onsi\/otega-oweh-could-prove-to-be-the-thunder-standout-two-way-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> could see himself promoted<\/a> to a Wallace-type role in the future. Only time will tell how well Oweh adjusts to the NBA, but one thing you can expect is for the guard to try his luck with every open three he has the chance to hit.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" preventdefault:click=\"\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\" on:click=\"q-BKH5TN-7.js#s_lDqay9E5m5g[0]\" q:id=\"av\">Follow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Thunder rookie is still trying to polish his offensive game.\u00a0 The Oklahoma City Thunder are expected to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850323,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[7,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,312],"class_list":["post-850322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-thunder"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117379738401744640","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850322","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=850322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850322\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850323"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}