Before the trade deadline, most Oklahomans knew only that Switzerland produces good chocolate, helpful pocketknives, secretive banks, and hot blondes. Little did we know that the country could also provide difference making basketball players.
An afterthought dealt by the Bulls after their "blockbuster" trade which netted them John Salmons overloaded the team at the wing, Thabo Sefolosha's being moved was not picked up by the media until well after the league's deadline had expired. Just mere weeks later, the Thunder's acquisition of the Swiss national in return for a late first round pick in a weak draft class is already being billed as the steal of this year's trade season.