The Thunder announced a series of signings on Friday in a pair of press releases, filling two spots on their standard roster and all three of their two-way slots.
Joining the team’s projected 15-man regular season roster are first-round picks Aday Mara and Bennett Stirtz, who officially signed their first NBA contracts. As our breakdown of this year’s rookie scale salaries shows, Mara figures to receive a $5.79MM first-year salary and $27.02MM over four years as this year’s No. 12 pick, while No. 16 pick Stirtz will earn $4.72MM as a rookie and up to $22.82MM in total on his four-year deal.
Mara, a 7’3″ center who won a national title at Michigan this spring, will join a loaded frontcourt that also features Chet Holmgren, Isaiah Hartenstein, Jaylin Williams, and Thomas Sorber. As for Stirtz, the Thunder gave up two future second-round picks to move up one spot from No. 17 to make sure they got him. The 6’4″ guard excelled as a shooter and play-maker for Iowa over the last two seasons.
The Thunder have also signed the following three players to two-way contracts, per the team:
Oweh, Barnhizer, and Dix will be eligible to be active for up to 50 regular season games and won’t be playoff-eligible as long as they remain on their two-way contracts.
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The Thunder now have 13 players on guaranteed contracts and three on two-way deals, with Isaiah Hartenstein and Kenrich Williams set to sign new contracts after the moratorium lifts. While Oklahoma City figures to shuffle non-guaranteed training camp invitees on and off the roster in the coming months, the team’s major offseason work may be done — unless the front office still plans to be active on the trade market.