Boston Celtics: TI names Romeo Langford as an OKC target

Thunderous Intentions named Boston Celtics second-year wing Romeo Langford a trade target in a recent piece about second-chance players the Thunder should still pursue.

My co-editor Mark Nilon, for those that don’t know, also covers the Oklahoma City Thunder for FanSided’s Thunderous Intentions. It was only a matter of a time before there was a crossover between his new beat and our beloved Boston Celtics.

That time has come.

In a recently penned (typed?) piece about second-chance targets OKC could still target this offseason, he named Romeo Langford as a possibility:

"A rookie season ravaged by injuries, the Indiana University star comes into year two with many question marks and no semblance of a permanent role within the C’s rotation."

Bleacher Report’s Zach Buckley was the originator of the idea, though:

"Frankly, the idea of the OKC Thunder pursuing the likes of Langford was originally created by Bleacher Report writer Zach Buckley, who proposed a trade between the two franchises in which Boston would receive George Hill and Oklahoma City would receive the second-year wing and veteran forward Semi Ojeleye"

Still, the reasoning for a Langford-Thunder union makes sense. Oklahoma City is in total rebuild mode, and can pretty much take on any risk at this point. At #14 in the 2019 NBA Draft, Langford was a fairly sizable risk by Danny Ainge.

So far, it has not even remotely paid off considering Langford’s inability to stay healthy. Perhaps there are more things at work here that we don’t know. Behind the scenes issues often are the underlying cause for players to seemingly never see the floor, and Langford’s continuous health problems could only compound things in that scenario.

This is all hearsay, but given the errors made by some of the biggest names in sports journalism, it is important to open your mind to what could actually be going on in these professional athletic locker-rooms and clubhouses.

NBA deals are as unpredictable as a Florida rainstorm, but understanding why a player might get traded to a destination is a slice of the pie.

Langford in a Thunder uniform makes a lot of sense.