The Oklahoma City Thunder are set to add another wing to the mix, with ESPN’s Shams Charania reporting Tuesday morning that the team is signing former Bulls and 76ers wing Dalen Terry to a two-year deal.
If it goes through, the move would complete Oklahoma City’s 15-man roster. It also comes as the Thunder continue to work through a wave of injuries that has thinned out the rotation. Charania noted that Terry is leaving the Warriors’ G League team in Santa Cruz to join OKC, and added that “Per ESPN Research, the Thunder became the first team in 50 years to have three starters suffer injuries in the same game - Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace on Oct. 25 - and then all three miss the team’s next 20 games or more.”
The signing is not official yet, and the Thunder have already seen one deal fall apart before, with the reneged Ochai Agbaji agreement still fresh in mind. Even so, the expectation is that Oklahoma City will move ahead with Terry on the roster.
At No. 18 in the 2022 NBA Draft, Terry entered the league with a reputation for length, athleticism and defensive upside. At roughly 6-foot-7, he fits the wing profile Oklahoma City tends to target, and his guard skills have long made him an interesting piece for evaluators.
His most recent NBA run came in Philadelphia, where he averaged 4.1 points, 1.6 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 0.5 steals per game after four full seasons in Chicago. He has never averaged more than 14 minutes a night, but that could change in Oklahoma City, where the injury situation may open the door to the biggest role of his career.
Offensively, the fit will come down largely to his shooting. Terry is a career 31% 3-point shooter, and like Micah Peavy before him, he’ll need to prove he can hold up as a floor-spacer. Even with the Thunder dealing with injuries, the spacing around him should be better than what he’s had elsewhere.
There’s also a stylistic wrinkle here. Oklahoma City has usually leaned toward players who may not jump off the page athletically but can process the game quickly and make the right reads. Terry is the opposite kind of bet: more tools than polish, more athletic than cerebral, and still working through the decision-making that has been questioned early in his career.
The Thunder’s hope is that playing next to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and other play-making guards like Ajay Mitchell and Jared McCain can either simplify Terry’s job or help clean up the rough edges in his game.
At minimum, he gives Oklahoma City another defense-first wing and another body to soak up minutes as the team navigates the 2026-27 regular season.
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