Thunder Acquire Draft Rights To Balsa Koprivica

The Thunder and Jazz completed a minor trade on Tuesday, with Oklahoma City acquiring the draft rights to Serbian center Balsa Koprivica in exchange for cash considerations. Both teams sent out emails to announce the deal.

Koprivica, 25, is currently with Bahcesehir Koleji in Turkey’s BSL.  He played two seasons at Florida State before declaring for the NBA draft in 2021.

Koprivica was selected by Charlotte with the 57th pick and traded to Detroit on draft night. The Pistons sent his draft rights to the Clippers in a cash deal in the summer of 2023, and those rights were shipped to Utah a year later as part of a trade involving Russell Westbrook and Kris Dunn.

There hasn’t been any indication that Koprivica is considering coming to the NBA, but his draft rights could be an asset for OKC to use in a future deal.