2016–17 Oklahoma City Thunder season

2016–17 Oklahoma City Thunder season
First season without Kevin Durant
Head coach	Billy Donovan
General manager	Sam Presti
Arena	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Results
Record	12–8 (.600)
Place	Division: 1st (Northwest) Conference: 5th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio	KWPN and WWLS-FM

The 2016–17 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the 9th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 51st in the National Basketball Association (NBA). On the 4th of July, Kevin Durant announced he would leave the Thunder and sign with the Golden State Warriors.

Draft picks

The Thunder originally did not have a pick in the 2016 NBA Draft, however made a blockbuster trade the day of the draft, sending Serge Ibaka to the Orlando Magic in exchange for Victor Oladipo, Ersan İlyasova, and the draft rights to the 11th overall pick in the 2016 NBA Draft (Domantas Sabonis). They additionally drafted Daniel Hamilton with the 56th overall pick in the 2nd round (received from the Denver Nuggets).

Roster

Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From G/F 8 Abrines, Álex 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1993–08–01 Spain C 12 Adams, Steven 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1993–07–20 Pittsburgh G 6 Christon, Semaj 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1992–11–01 Xavier F/C 4 Collison, Nick 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1980–10–26 Kansas F 9 Grant, Jerami 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994–03–12 Syracuse F 34 Huestis, Josh 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1991–12–19 Stanford C 11 Kanter, Enes 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1992–05–20 Stoneridge PS (CA) F/C 77 Lauvergne, Joffrey 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1991–09–30 France G 2 Morrow, Anthony 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1985–09–27 Georgia Tech G 5 Oladipo, Victor 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1992–05–04 Indiana G 22 Payne, Cameron  6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) 1994–08–08 Murray State G/F 21 Roberson, André 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1991–12–04 Colorado F/C 3 Sabonis, Domantas 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1996–05–03 Gonzaga F 15 Singler, Kyle 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) 1988–05–04 Duke G 0 Westbrook, Russell (C) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1988–11–12 UCLA	Head coach Billy Donovan Assistant coach(es) Vin Bhavnani Mark Bryant Maurice Cheeks Anthony Grant Adrian Griffin Royal Ivey Darko Rajaković Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended (DL) On assignment to D-League affiliate Injured Roster • Transactions Last transaction: 2016–11–11

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
Oklahoma City Thunder	12	8	.600	0.0	8–4	4–4	2–0	20
Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	0.5	6–4	6–5	2–1	21
Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	1.5	7–4	4–6	3–0	21
Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	5.0	3–7	4–6	1–4	20
Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	6.0	3–6	3–8	0–3	20

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	Golden State Warriors *	17	3	.850	–	20
2	San Antonio Spurs *	16	4	.800	1.0	20
3	Los Angeles Clippers	16	5	.762	1.5	21
4	Houston Rockets	13	7	.650	4.0	20
5	Memphis Grizzlies	13	8	.619	4.5	21
6	Oklahoma City Thunder *	12	8	.600	5.0	20
7	Utah Jazz	12	9	.571	5.5	21
8	Portland Trail Blazers	11	10	.524	6.5	21
9	Los Angeles Lakers	10	12	.455	8.0	22
10	Sacramento Kings	7	12	.368	9.5	19
11	Denver Nuggets	7	13	.350	10.0	20
12	New Orleans Pelicans	7	13	.350	10.0	20
13	Minnesota Timberwolves	6	14	.300	11.0	20
14	Phoenix Suns	6	14	.300	11.0	20
15	Dallas Mavericks	4	15	.211	12.5	19

Game log

Pre-season

2016 pre-season game log Total:3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2)
Pre-season: 3–3 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–2) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 3 @ Real Madrid L 137–142 (OT) Victor Oladipo (34) Enes Kanter (10) Victor Oladipo (5) Barclaycard Center (Madrid) 12,414 0–1 2 October 5 @ FC Barcelona W 92–89 Enes Kanter (24) Enes Kanter (8) Russell Westbrook (5) Palau Sant Jordi (Barcelona) 16,236 1–1 3 October 11 @ Dallas L 109–114 Ersan İlyasova (19) Enes Kanter (13) Russell Westbrook (7) American Airlines Center 18,239 1–2 4 October 13 Memphis L 94–110 Alex Abrines (19) Kaleb Tarczewski (10) Russell Westbrook (4) BOK Center (Tulsa) 17,022 1–3 5 October 16 Minnesota W 112–94 Russell Westbrook (26) Steven Adams (11) Russell Westbrook (10) Chesapeake Energy Arena N/A 2–3 6 October 18 Denver W 97–87 Steven Adams (17) Steven Adams (9) Russell Westbrook (9) Chesapeake Energy Arena N/A 3–3
2016–17 pre-season schedule

Regular season

2016–17 game log Total: 12–8 (Home: 8–4; Road: 4–4)
October: 3–0 (Home: 2–0; Road: 1–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 26 @ Philadelphia W 103–97 Russell Westbrook (32) Russell Westbrook (12) Russell Westbrook (9) Wells Fargo Center 20,487 1–0 2 October 28 Phoenix W 113–110 (OT) Russell Westbrook (51) Russell Westbrook (13) Russell Westbrook (10) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 2–0 3 October 30 L. A. Lakers W 113–96 Russell Westbrook (33) Russell Westbrook (12) Russell Westbrook (16) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 3–0
November : 9–8 (Home: 6–4; Road: 3–4) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 4 November 2 @ L. A. Clippers W 85–83 Russell Westbrook (35) Enes Kanter (12) Russell Westbrook (5) Staples Center 19,060 4–0 5 November 3 @ Golden State L 96–122 Victor Oladipo (21) Joffrey Lauvergne (7) Russell Westbrook (10) Oracle Arena 19,596 4–1 6 November 5 Minnesota W 112–92 Russell Westbrook (28) Enes Kanter (10) Russell Westbrook (8) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 5–1 7 November 7 Miami W 97–85 Enes Kanter (24) Kanter & Sabonis (10) Russell Westbrook (11) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–1 8 November 9 Toronto L 102–112 Russell Westbrook (36) Steven Adams (12) Russell Westbrook (7) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–2 9 November 11 L. A. Clippers L 108–110 Russell Westbrook (29) Russell Westbrook (14) Russell Westbrook (9) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–3 10 November 13 Orlando L 117–119 Russell Westbrook (41) Russell Westbrook (12) Russell Westbrook (16) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 6–4 11 November 14 @ Detroit L 88–104 Russell Westbrook (33) Russell Westbrook (15) Russell Westbrook (8) Palace of Auburn Hills 14,172 6–5 12 November 16 Houston W 105–103 Russell Westbrook (30) Victor Oladipo (10) Russell Westbrook (9) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 7–5 13 November 18 Brooklyn W 124–105 Russell Westbrook (30) Russell Westbrook (11) Russell Westbrook (13) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 8–5 14 November 20 Indiana L 111–115 (OT) Russell Westbrook (31) Russell Westbrook (11) Russell Westbrook (15) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 8–6 15 November 22 @ L. A. Lakers L 109–111 Russell Westbrook (34) Russell Westbrook (8) Russell Westbrook (13) Staples Center 18,997 8–7 16 November 23 @ Sacramento L 101–116 Russell Westbrook (31) Russell Westbrook (11) Russell Westbrook (9) Golden 1 Center 17,608 8–8 17 November 25 @ Denver W 132–129 (OT) Russell Westbrook (36) Russell Westbrook (12) Russell Westbrook (18) Pepsi Center 14,327 9–8 18 November 26 Detroit W 106–88 Anthony Morrow (21) Russell Westbrook (13) Russell Westbrook (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 10–8 19 November 28 @New York W 112–103 Russell Westbrook (27) Russell Westbrook (18) Russell Westbrook (14) Madison Square Garden 19,812 11–8 20 November 30 Washington W 126–115 (OT) Russell Westbrook (35) Russell Westbrook (14) Russell Westbrook (11) Chesapeake Energy Arena 18,203 12–8
December: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 4 New Orleans Chesapeake Energy Arena 22 December 5 @ Atlanta Philips Arena 23 December 9 Houston Chesapeake Energy Arena 24 December 10 Boston Chesapeake Energy Arena 25 December 13 @ Portland Moda Center 26 December 14 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 27 December 17 Phoenix Chesapeake Energy Arena 28 December 19 Atlanta Chesapeake Energy Arena 29 December 21 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 30 December 23 @ Boston TD Garden 31 December 25 Minnesota Chesapeake Energy Arena 32 December 27 @ Miami American Airlines Arena 33 December 29 @ Memphis FedEx Forum 34 December 31 L. A. Clippers Chesapeake Energy Arena
January : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 35 January 2 @ Milwaukee BMO Harris Bradley Center 36 January 4 @ Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 37 January 5 @ Houston Toyota Center 38 January 7 Denver Chesapeake Energy Arena 39 January 9 @ Chicago United Center 40 January 11 Memphis Chesapeake Energy Arena 41 January 13 @ Minnesota Target Center 42 January 15 @ Sacramento Golden 1 Center 43 January 16 @ L.A. Clippers Staples Center 44 January 18 @ Golden State Oracle Arena 45 January 23 @ Utah Vivint Smart Home Arena 46 January 25 @ New Orleans Smoothie King Center 47 January 26 Dallas Chesapeake Energy Arena 48 January 29 @ Cleveland Chesapeake Energy Arena 49 January 31 @ San Antonio AT&T Center
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 1 Chicago Chesapeake Energy Arena 51 February 3 Memphis Chesapeake Energy Arena 52 February 5 Portland Chesapeake Energy Arena 53 February 6 @ Indiana Bankers Life Fieldhouse 54 February 9 Cleveland Chesapeake Energy Arena 55 February 11 Golden State Chesapeake Energy Arena 56 February 13 @ Washington Verizon Center 57 February 15 New York Chesapeake Energy Arena All-Star Break 58 February 24 L.A. Lakers Chesapeake Energy Arena 59 February 26 New Orleans Chesapeake Energy Arena 60 February 28 Utah Chesapeake Energy Arena
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 61 March 2 @ Portland Moda Center 62 March 3 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort Arena 63 March 5 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 64 March 7 Portland Chesapeake Energy Arena 65 March 9 San Antonio Chesapeake Energy Arena 66 March 11 Utah Chesapeake Energy Arena 67 March 14 @ Brooklyn Chesapeake Energy Arena 68 March 16 @ Toronto Air Canada Centre 69 March 18 Sacramento Chesapeake Energy Arena 70 March 20 Denver Chesapeake Energy Arena 71 March 22 Philadelphia Chesapeake Energy Arena 72 March 26 @ Houston Toyota Center 73 March 27 @ Dallas American Airlines Center 74 March 29 @ Orlando Amway Center 75 March 31 San Antonio Chesapeake Energy Arena
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0) Game Date Time Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 76 April 2 Charlotte Charlotte Hornets 77 April 4 Milwaukee Chesapeake Energy Arena 78 April 5 @ Memphis FedEx Forum 79 April 7 @ Phoenix Talking Stick Resort 80 April 9 @ Denver Pepsi Center 81 April 11 @ Minnesota Target Center 82 April 12 Denver Chesapeake Energy Arena
2016–17 season schedule

Transactions

Trades

June 23, 2016	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Daniel Hamilton[1]	To Denver Nuggets Cash considerations
June 23, 2016	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Domantas Sabonis[2] Victor Oladipo Ersan İlyasova	To Orlando Magic Serge Ibaka

Free agency

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Russell Westbrook	Signed 3-year extension deal worth $85 million	Oklahoma City Thunder
Ronnie Price	Signed 2-year deal	Phoenix Suns
Chris Wright	Signed 1-year deal	Maccabi Rishon LeZion

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Kevin Durant[3]	2-year contract worth $54.3 million	Golden State Warriors
Randy Foye[4]	1-year contract worth $2.5 million	Brooklyn Nets
Dion Waiters[5]	2-year contract worth $6 million	Miami Heat

References

1. "Thunder acquires draft rights to Hamilton". nba.com/thunder. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
2. "Thunder acquires Oladipo, Ilyasova and draft rights to Sabonis". nba.com/thunder. June 23, 2016. Retrieved June 23, 2016.
3. "Warriors sign free agent forward Kevin Durant". nba.com/warriors. July 7, 2016. Retrieved July 7, 2016.
4. "Brooklyn Nets sign Randy Foye". nba.com/nets. July 15, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
5. "Heat signs Dion Waiters". nba.com/heat. July 26, 2016. Retrieved July 26, 2016.

External links

• Oklahoma City Thunder official site