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Rumor Check: The Exhibit 10 Reports Still Haven't Closed

Pritchard and Tilly remain unresolved weeks later, and the cap sheet leaves little room for more.

$216.2MPayrollabove the tax line
$200.4MTax Linethreshold already cleared
38Pritchard ConfidenceExhibit 10, still open
20Tilly ConfidenceExhibit 10, still open
By the Thunder Nightly Desk · Monday, October 12

Two Exhibit 10 contracts carry open status and confidence scores in the 20s and 30s more than a month after they surfaced, with no reported upgrade to a standard deal for either player. Oklahoma City's payroll sits above the first apron, a position that narrows what any further roster rumor could actually become.

$216.2M: Payroll

Pritchard, Tilly In Limbo

Anthony Pritchard signed his Exhibit 10 deal October 6 at confidence 38, still marked open. Christoph Tilly's Exhibit 10 deal dates to September 14 and sits at confidence 20, also open. Neither report has been updated to reflect a standard contract, a two-way deal, or a release. Both players remain on the roster list with no reported change in status. Both deals are the lowest tier of NBA contract, non-guaranteed money used to test camp bodies; an open tag this many weeks in just means the Thunder haven't had to make the call yet, not that one is coming.

Presti's Comments Carried No Specifics

GM Sam Presti's September 25 interview on the offseason, roster and future carries a confidence score of 29 and open status, the lowest-certainty entry still active. The report covered subjects, not decisions: no contract figure, no player name tied to a move, no date attached to anything concrete. That gap between what Presti discussed and what got reported is normal for an offseason interview, and it is why this report sits where it does; it describes a conversation, not a plan. Lindy Waters signing with the Beijing Ducks on September 15 sits at confidence 20, open, the last word on a departure that still has no reported finality.

The Cap Sheet Says No

Oklahoma City's payroll is $216.2M, above the $200.4M tax line and above the $209.0M apron threshold. Chet Holmgren's deal runs $41.5M; Jalen Williams matches that figure; Shai Gilgeous-Alexander sits at $40.8M; Isaiah Hartenstein carries $23.1M. Against that sheet, roster building happens at the edges, not the middle. Exhibit 10 deals for players like Pritchard and Tilly are exactly the kind of move a team this far over the line can still make.

Is Anthony Pritchard's Exhibit 10 deal with the Thunder confirmed?

No. The report carries a confidence score of 38 and remains marked open, meaning it has not been upgraded to a standard contract.

Why can't the Thunder make a bigger roster move right now?

The team's $216.2M payroll sits above both the $209.0M first apron and the $200.4M tax line, which limits the trades and signings available to fringe moves like Exhibit 10 deals.

By the Thunder Nightly Desk, written from the club's data and the reports on file, with every name and number checked against them. How the desks work.

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