There is already a general s wind, the Thunder point guard proves himself in four games, or has booked a rotation spot

Although the Thunder are the championship team this year, they are no worse than any young team in terms of draft pick resources. This year, the team won the 15th pick and the team has excellent static and dynamic talents. Although it is only 2.08 meters tall, its wingspan reaches 2.26 meters. In terms of standing height, it is even better than the centers above 2.10 meters.

However, in terms of talent, he is not as good as Topic, the defender chosen by the Thunder last year. Before the draft last year, Topic's highest draft pick reached the top 5. However, due to a sudden knee injury, the teams that were interested in him retreated one after another, and the Thunder won the European star with the 12th pick.

After a year of recovery, Topić also made his official debut in this summer league. After Sauber missed Summer United due to injury, Topić became the team's undoubtedly the first choice. Now that four summer league games have passed, Topic is becoming more and more comfortable in controlling the team. Many media have said that Topić is likely to reach the height of Golan Dragic in the future.

You should know that even this year, Topić is one of the youngest players among the rookies. There is still one month left, and Topić is 20 years old. When facing the Grizzlies in the first game of the summer league, even though the Grizzlies' defensive intensity was very high, Topic still had outstanding performance in breakthroughs and passing balls throughout the game. At the end of the game, he scored 14 points, 1 rebound, 4 assists and 2 steals, which is excellent enough for a 19-year-old player's debut.

In the next two games, Topic lost his touch and made only 2 of 13 shots against the 76ers. However, in the case of poor touch, Topic was also working hard to adjust. Topic made only 2 of 13 shots in the whole game, and used his breakthrough ability to win 8 free throws, and finally scored 11 points, 3 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals. In the game against the Jazz, the cold feel still did not improve. He made 3 of 12 shots in the game, 0 of 5 shots from outside the three-point line, scoring 7 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. However, regardless of whether the touch is online or not, Topic's basketball philosophy of passing the ball has always helped the Thunder team participating in the summer league.

In the last game, Topic once again scored a comprehensive data of 18 points, 4 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal. His control over the rhythm of the team in the game is not inferior to that of a veteran who has been fighting in the NBA for many years. In contrast, Deming, the Nets, who is also 19-year-old 8th overall pick, performed much worse.

After these games, Topic has even quietly risen to the top of the Summer League MVP list. It is not difficult to foresee that he may have booked a position in the future Thunder team lineup. This summer, the Thunder used a maximum salary of three points, leaving Alexander, Chet Homegren and Jaylen Williams.

The consequences of doing so are likely to make them stretched to strengthen later. Perhaps next year the team can still use the dividends of Chet and Jewish rookie contracts to compete for the championship again. In the 26-27 season, the Thunder will find it difficult to keep players like Dolte, Caruso, and Harten, who have a market value of around $20 million.

So Topic's outstanding performance in the summer league is likely to win himself a rotation position in the future. After all, there are still three years of contracts with a total price of only about $18 million, so the Thunder will naturally not spend much effort to risk paying luxury tax to sign ups in the free agent market.

Even compared with Carson Wallace, who has entered the rotation, Topic has a natural advantage in organizing the connection and controlling the rhythm. At present, as long as he is outside the three-point line and improves his shooting ability, he is very likely to become the team's best sixth man in the future. For the Thunder, this undoubtedly extends the team's championship shelf life! What height do you think Topich can reach in the future? Welcome to like, follow, and leave a message to discuss!