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Ibaka was traded to the Magic on Thursday in exchange for Victor Oladipo, Ersan Ilyasova and the draft rights to No. 11 overall pick Domantas Sabonis, Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports.
The Thunder announced prior to Thursday's draft that Ibaka was on the trade block, and they wasted no time in finding a suitor for the shot-blocking power forward. While Ibaka should give the Magic another springy big man to pair in the frontcourt with the uber-athletic Aaron Gordon and low-post scoring threat Nikola Vucevic, it's a steep price to pay, with both Oladipo and Sabonis representing intriguing assets as the Thunder potentially prepare for a post-Kevin Durant world. Ibaka has seen his points, rebounds and blocks per game fall in each of the last three seasons, but that may have partially been a byproduct of Durant and Russell Westbrook having oversized roles in the Thunder attack. With no true star players surrounding him on his new team, Ibaka could reverse the three-year statistical trend and become a greater focal point on both ends of the floor. He'll turn just 27 years old in September, so Ibaka is far from over the hill at this stage of his career.
