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Shams Charania: Dalen Terry departs the Warriors' G League team in Santa Cruz to provide a wing addition to Oklahoma City. Per ESPN Research, the Thunder became the first team in 50 years to have three starters suffer injuries in the same game -- Jalen Williams, Chet Holmgren and Cason Wallace on Oct. 25 -- and then all three miss the team's next 20 games or more.
NBA Courtside: Draymond Green says he don’t see OKC competing for a championship this year after losing their second best player and best defender: “For them to lose two starters in onr night is absolutely insane. So I think the answer to that would be we saw that last year with JDub missed most of the year. They were still a really good team in the regular season as you see they just beat Phoenix a couple nights ago right after losing those guys. They’re a well oiled machine. So they’re still going to be one of the better teams in the NBA. However, when you get to the playoffs in certain levels of the playoffs, that’s when things like this get exposed.”
The lights atop Devon Tower illuminated Oklahoma City on Monday night, providing a much-need bright spot during a dark time. They formed the No. 8. A showing of support for Thunder star Jalen Williams, who fractured his fibula and dislocated his ankle on the left side during a win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. He’s now set to undergo surgery, at which point a timeline for his return will then be determined.
A disabled player exception, if granted by the league, can only be used on players who are only under contract for the current season in question, but Oklahoma City could certainly use one of its trade exceptions to take in a contract of that size. It seems relatively safe to presume that Jerome — whether or not Oklahoma City shows interest — is bound to generate trade feelers between now and the Feb. 11 trade deadline given Memphis' perceived focus on its young trio of Cam Boozer, Zach Edey and Cedric Coward.
Bobby Marks: "We are going to wait and hear for the injury news and certainly if it is deemed that Jalen Williams is out for the year, Oklahoma City will be allowed to apply for the $15 million disabled player exception. That takes into account him also being out throughout the finals here. So that is basically being determined through mid-June. They are allowed to use that. You can sign a player to a one-year contract, trade for a player in the last year of their contract, or also claim a player."
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Shams Charania: BREAKING: Oklahoma City's Jalen Williams has a dislocated left ankle and fractured fibula; Cason Wallace has a torn labrum in his left shoulder. Both will undergo surgery and be sidelined for several months -- most, if not the entire season.
Kenrich Williams: “Definitely grateful to be back. Definitely grateful and appreciative that the front office and coach was on board with that. I always say that I want to retire here in OKC, and that’s I mean that. The ability to be able to win games and play on the highest level, that’s what we’re doing it for right now.”
Clemente Almanza: Thunder PR: The Oklahoma City Thunder has signed forward Buddy Boeheim to an Exhibit-10 contract. In 18 games (11 starts) with the Oklahoma City Blue last season, he averaged 15.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists in 33.3 minutes per game.
Oklahoma City's future NBA arena has passed a crucial construction milestone early Monday morning as crews poured the first of more than 18 concrete decks. The 750,000 square-foot Continental Coliseum is being built on the site of the former arena and convention center in downtown Oklahoma City.
NBA Courtside: LeBron James says you can’t count out OKC on making a championship run: “I think it’s very important that we as fans of the game and the casuals don’t write off OKC just yet. I mean, because you’re so intrigued with obviously Victor and rightfully so and what they bring to the table and obviously the young guys, Dylan Harper, you know, and Stephon Castle you love what they bring to the game. And I love watching those guys. They’re unbelievable, but we quick to turn the page a lot faster than we should.” This is definitely a thing in sports it’s what you do for me now and them not winning last year plus the Spurs having a young hungry team fans can quick to forget how good teams are.
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Justin Martinez: Mark Daigneault on Aday Mara’s conditioning: “He worked really hard from the end of Summer League until he came back to Oklahoma City and then to the start of training camp. That’s a lot of days that he’s stacked up with his head down on his body and on his conditioning, and it showed tonight.”
Justin Martinez: OKC has signed Anthony Pritchard to an Exhibit-10 contract, per Thunder PR. Pritchard appeared in 39 games for the OKC Blue last season. He averaged 11.2 points, 5.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds in 28.8 minutes per game.
Amidst training camp, Daingeault discussed why Westbrook's illustrious career is unforgettable from an NBA standpoint, in addition to what he means to Oklahoma City. “Congrats to him on an unbelievable first-ballot career. He's, obviously, one of the giants of the game — not only in Oklahoma City — in the history of the league,” Daigneault said. “He brought a particular spirit to the game. And fearlessness and competitiveness that made it very easy to gravitate to him, and obviously, this city did. And he reciprocated. He's an unbelievable member of the community, even to this day. He's doing great work in the Oklahoma City community. “Special player. Special guy. Congratulations again to him. And the last thing I'll say is, when you got guys that are of his caliber that have passed through the organization, there's a certain standard that they set that when new players come in, they feel an obligation to live up to. And that's what the great organizations have. And great organizations are built on great players.”
Jovan Buha: Quentin Grimes said he’s spoken with JJ Redick about returning to his defensive role and responsibilities from his first couple of years with the Knicks. He wants to be an intense, nasty point-of-attack defender, referencing OKC and San Antonio’s POA defenders as an example.