John Lucas III We Hardly Knew Ye

John Lucas III was released by the team today. From an OKC fans perspective you hate to see a "hometown" guy go. Even if he was a Cowboy. Nonetheless it's a business this NBA. He had virtually no chance of seeing any significant time. He hadn't dressed for any games to this point.

Still, this leaves the Thunder one under the roster limit of 15. Very intriguing. Are they positioning for a move, a waiver wire pickup or just content with what they have?

A reliable outside threat would be ideal but so would a true big man. It seems to me the lean would be towards a shooter though since the Thunder have Mo Sene and Robert Swift who are still getting back to 100%.

Kyle Weaver seems like a big X-Factor to me. He's played barely a minute so far this season. He's obviously not a point guard. He must be a shooter right? This Wednesday against Boston isn't a good place to find out. Unless it gets ugly (and it could). According to his bio he does a little bit of everything, most notably defense.

In any event it's interesting to think of trade possibilities given that the Detroit Pistons and the Denver Nuggets just traded Chauncey Billups and Antonio McDyess for Allen Iverson.