Kevin Ollie signs with the Thunder
The Thunder has signed veteran point guard Kevin Ollie.
Terms of the deal are unclear, but the contract likely is a one-year deal for the 36-year-old journeyman.
Ollie is entering his 13th NBA season and has career averages of 3.8 points, 2.3 assists and 1.6 rebounds in 15.8 minutes per game. He spent last season in Minnesota, where he played 50 games for the Timberwolves and averaged 4.0 points, 2.3 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 17 minutes per game.
Ollie’s best season came in 2002-03 in Milwaukee and Seattle. While playing all 82 games, he averaged 6.5 points, 3.5 assists and 2.2 rebounds in 23.1 minutes.
Ollie has also played for Dallas, Orlando, Sacramento, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Chicago, Indiana, and Cleveland. With the Thunder he likely will serve as a third string guard behind Russell Westbrook and Shaun Livingston and add another experienced veteran to help mentor one of the youngest rosters in the NBA.
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How much money is Kevin Ollie due? These moves seems to indicate that Thunder might attempt to be major players in 2010 with all these expiring contracts they are accumulating. Maybe Sam Presti’s waiting for Blake to say he hates the Clips.
AS for Presti and Griffin, I hope you are right! But if he doesn’t (or if he waits), with all the cap space that we’re saving, and both Thomas and Ollie’s contracts will expire next year, we might land 1-2 big-name free agents to surround Kevin Durant with in 2010!
No big time free agent will ever play for the OKC Blunder the way this ownership is going besides they would rather play in a larger market where they can get national exposure for endorsement deals and also want to play for a WINNING AND CONTENDING TEAM
Perfect emergency point guard, also can be a steady mentor to our young team. Another good thing is he’s brought in clearly knowing his role from the start. I hope this doesnt signal the end for Mason, what do you think Darnell?