The Oklahoma City Thunder have struggled in recent seasons, recording back-to-back 50-loss campaigns. Long gone are the Kevin Durant-Russell Westbrook-James Harden days, though the franchise is not without hope.

General manager Sam Presti has stockpiled draft picks, which have begun to yield promising players. While a bit injury-prone, 2019 first-round pick Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has proven to be a piece that the franchise can build around. Undrafted Luguentz Dort, also from the 2019 draft class, has been a diamond in the rough, emerging as a defensive stalwart.

2021 saw the team bring in guard Josh Giddey, who became a nightly triple-double threat in his rookie year before a hip injury cut his season short. The pieces are there.

The 2022 NBA Draft presents an opportunity for Presti and the Thunder to jump-start their rebuild. Armed with three first-rounders, including two lottery picks, the Thunder are poised to greatly improve.

But what areas do they need to address. The backcourt is set up nicely for the future with Gilgeous-Alexander and Giddey. However, the frontcourt is a bit thin, with raw talents, such as Isaiah Roby and Darius Bazley, currently manning starting spots this offseason.

The Thunder, who ranked dead-last in points per game and three-point percentage, need offensive-minded players. With that in mind, let's take a look at the team's three biggest needs heading into the draft.

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Thunder's 3 Biggest Needs Entering 2022 NBA Draft

3. Stretch five 

The Thunder currently have Roby, who can fill the role of a stretch big man, though at 6-8, he's admittedly, a bit small for the five spot. Aleksej Pokusevski offers size at the 5, as he's a legitimate seven-footer, though his shooting potential is uninspiring, given his 28.6 three-point percentage from downtown on 3.8 career attempts.

The Thunder lack a big man with size who can consistently knock down threes. The floor-spacing they would gain by acquiring such a player would be tremendous. It's no wonder that sharpshooting center Chet Holmgren has been mocked to Oklahoma City so frequently.

Holmgren, who knocked down 39 percent of his three-pointers on 3.3 attempts per game, was a strong shooter from beyond the arc, as well as a more-than capable defender.

A sharp-shooting big man would help take the Thunder offense to the next level.

2. A capable three-point shooter

This ties into the first point, though the Thunder flat-out need three-point shooters. Regardless of position, Oklahoma City desperately needs capable shooters.

As a team, the Thunder had two players, Roby and Mike Muscala, who shot the three-ball at a rate better than 40 percent. That's simply unacceptable. Defenses had virtually no one to make them pay beyond the arc, which is one of the reasons why the Thunder were the worst offensive team in the NBA this past year.

Either of Holmgren or Jabari Smith would easily solve this problem, though Oklahoma City could also look to address their lack of shooting with their second lottery pick.

1. Versatile forward 

The Thunder are theoretically set at both forward spots for the future, with the defensive-minded Dort at small forward and Bazley manning the power forward spot.

However, the Thunder needs more versatility at that spot, someone with length who can defend, put the ball on the floor and shoot from downtown.

That would also lend head coach Mark Daigneault more flexibility when experimenting with different lineups. Versatility is the name of the game in today's NBA. The Thunder need to address their lack of it in the NBA Draft.