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

Main article: 2016 NBA draft

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
Assistant coach(es)
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)
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)
November : 9–8 (Home: 6–4; Road: 3–4)
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)
February : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
March : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
April : 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
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 Israel 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.

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