NBA Season Preview 2022-23: Every team’s current longest-tenured player
By Luke Anton
Oklahoma City Thunder: Darius Bazley, 3 years
Speaking of the aforementioned Mike Conley, the Grizzlies acquired the No. 23 pick in the 2019 draft from the Jazz in the Mike Conley trade, and they used that pick on Darius Bazley, who they promptly traded to the Thunder for Brandon Clarke (along with a 2024 second-round pick).
After the draft, the Thunder signed undrafted Lu Dort to a two-way contract. A couple of weeks later, they landed Shai Gilgeous-Alexander in the Paul George trade. So the trio of SGA, Dort and Bazley have been playing together in OKC for three seasons now, going on a fourth. (Mike Muscala as well, signed as a free agent in July 2019.)
Bazley is currently rookie-extension eligible and could become a restricted free agent next summer.