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2018-19 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER PRESEASON INFORMATION PRESEASON SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Oct. 3 vs. Detroit Chesapeake Energy Arena (Okla.) 7 PM Oct. 5 at Minnesota Target Center (Minneapolis, Minn.) 7 PM NO PLAYER POS HT WT BIRTHDATE FROM YEARS PRO Oct. 7 vs. Atlanta BOK Center (Tulsa, Okla.) 2 PM 8 Alex Abrines G 6-6 200 08/01/1993 FC Barcelona/Spain 3 Oct. 9 vs. Milwaukee Chesapeake Energy Arena (Okla.) 7 PM 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 265 07/20/1993 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 6 22 Bryce Alford G 6-3 185 01/18/1995 UCLA/USA R 30 Deonte Burton** G 6-5 245 01/31/1994 Iowa State/USA R 34 Tyler Davis** C 6-10 266 05/22/1997 Texas A&M/USA R 6 Hamidou Diallo G 6-5 198 07/31/1998 Kentucky/USA R 2 Raymond Felton G 6-1 205 06/26/1984 North Carolina/USA 14 For all training camp and preseason media availability 23 Terrance Ferguson G 6-7 190 05/17/1998 Adelaide 36ers/USA 2 25 Abdul Gaddy G 6-3 185 01/26/1992 Washington/USA R times please follow @ThunderPR on Twitter. 13 Paul George F 6-9 220 05/02/1990 Fresno State/USA 9 9 Jerami Grant F 6-9 220 03/12/1994 Syracuse/USA 5 7 Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot G/F 6-6 210 05/09/1995 KK Mega Bemax/France 3 14 K.J. McDaniels F 6-6 205 02/09/1993 Clemson/USA 5 11 Abdel Nader F 6-6 225 09/25/1993 Iowa State/Egypt 2 YEAR-BY-YEAR PRESEASON RECORDS 3 Nerlens Noel F/C 6-11 220 04/10/1994 Kentucky/USA 5 54 Patrick Patterson F 6-9 230 03/14/1989 Kentucky/USA 9 21 Andre Roberson G/F 6-7 210 12/04/1991 Colorado/USA 6 YEAR W-L 17 Dennis Schröder G 6-1 172 09/15/1993 NY Phantoms Braunschweig/Germany 6 2008..........................................................................................1-6 5 Richard Solomon C 6-11 235 06/08/1992 California/USA R 0 Russell Westbrook G 6-3 200 11/12/1988 UCLA/USA 11 2009..........................................................................................2-5 **Signed to a Two-Way Contract 2010..........................................................................................3-3 HEAD COACH Billy Donovan (Providence) 2011 ..........................................................................................2-0 ASSISTANT COACHES 2012..........................................................................................4-3 Bob Beyer (Alfred) 2013..........................................................................................4-3 Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) Mark Bryant (Seton Hall) 2014..........................................................................................2-5 Darko Rajakovic (BK University, Serbia) Vin Bhavnani (USC) 2015..........................................................................................5-1 DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL 2016..........................................................................................3-3 Billy Schmidt (Wake Forest) 2017..........................................................................................3-1 VP OF HUMAN & PLAYER PERFORMANCE Dr. Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) All Time Preseason Record: 29-30 (.492) 2 okcthunder.com 3 ALEX ABRINES 8 POSITION: Guard HEIGHT: 6-6 WEIGHT: 200 BIRTHDATE night across the board, going 3-for-3 from the 8/1/93 three-point line and 2-for-2 from the charity BIRTHPLACE stripe to record 11 points, five rebounds and Palma, Majorca, Spain HOW ACQUIRED a steal. On 11/10 vs. L.A. Clippers, tallied 14 Signed by Oklahoma City on 7/23/16. Originally points (4-5 FG, 3-4 3FG, 3-4 FT) and three PLAYERS drafted by Oklahoma City as the 32nd overall pick of the 2013 NBA Draft. rebounds. Scored in double figures 10 times CURRENT NBA SEASON including one 20-point outing. Four games DNP 3rd NBA Season – Coach’s Decision. Two games DNP – Inactive (right groin strain). One game DNP – Inactive CAREER AVERAGES (concussion protocol). Appeared in 143 career games (14 starts) and averaged 5.3 points and 1.4 rebounds in 15.3 NBA CAREER minutes while shooting 38.0 percent from long 2016-17: Appeared in 68 games (six starts), range. averaging 6.0 points and 1.3 rebounds in 15.5 minutes per game. Connected on a Thunder 2017-18 AVERAGES rookie record 94 three-pointers (94-247). Appeared in 75 games (eight starts), averaging That 38.1 percent from beyond the arc ranked 4.7 points and 1.5 rebounds in 15.1 minutes. sixth amongst rookies. Led team in scoring Shot 38.0 percent from beyond the arc and 87.4 once. Scored a career-high with 19 points vs. percent from the free throw line. L.A. Lakers (2/24) on a career-best 7-of-13 shooting. Was a member of Team World during 2017-18 NOTES the Rising Stars Challenage at All-Star 2017 in On 12/9 at Memphis, logged a career-high 20 New Orleans. Scored three points and dished points (7-10 FG, 6-8 3FG), four rebounds and out an assist in 12 minutes. Scored 10-plus two steals en route to scoring his 500th-career points 17 times. Connected on three or more point, making him just the fifth player in Thunder three-pointers 13 times. Nine DNP – Coach’s history with at least 500 points, 37.0 percent Decision. Two DNP – Inactive (back spasms). shooting on 100 threes and 50 steals within his Three DNP – Inactive (left knee sprain). first 100 games (Kevin Durant, James Harden, Kevin Martin, Anthony Morrow). On 3/10 vs. San PLAYOFFS Antonio, went 3-for-4 from beyond the arc en Appeared in 11 playoff games and averaged route to 11 points and two rebounds. On 2/11 4.4 points and 2.3 rebounds in 17.3 minutes. vs. Memphis, registered 16 points on 4-of-7 2018: Appeared in six games, averaging 4.0 shooting from long range and six rebounds. On points and 2.7 rebounds in 18.3 minutes while 12/18 vs. Denver, recorded a perfect shooting shooting 40.0 percent from beyond the arc. 4 okcthunder.com 5 2017: Appeared in five games and averaged minutes. Made the Spanish National Under-20 4.8 points and 1.8 rebounds in 16.0 minutes. team for the second year and led team to Scored the first points of his playoff career on the Euroleague Final Four and Spanish ACB STEVEN ADAMS 4/21 vs. Houston. Finals. 2012-13: Appeared in 45 games with POSITION: Center HEIGHT: 7-0 WEIGHT: 265 FC Barcelona and averaged 4.0 points and 1.0 12 INTERNATIONAL CAREER rebounds in 11.0 minutes. Made the Spanish On 3/23 vs. Miami, registered a double-double of 24 points Appeared in 230 games and averaged 7.2 National Under-20 Team and appeared in six BIRTHDATE and 12 rebounds. On 3/18 at Toronto, went 10-for-13 to tally 7/20/93 points and 1.6 rebounds in 16.9 minutes. Began European Championship Under-20 games in 25 points, eight rebounds and four assists. On 3/16 vs. L.A. BIRTHPLACE playing basketball professionally in his native Slovenia. 2011-12: Appeared in 24 games with Clippers, recorded a double-double of 18 points and 14 Rotorua, New Zealand rebounds along with five blocks and three steals. On 2/13 Spain with Unicaja Malaga during the 2011- Unicaja Malaga and averaged 4.2 points and COLLEGE vs. Cleveland, grabbed a career-best 12 offensive boards 12 season. The following year, signed with 1.5 assists in 15.2 minutes. Made the Spanish Pittsburgh en route to a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds. HOW ACQUIRED On Christmas Day, logged 15 points on 7-of-9 shooting, 10 FC Barcelona and played four seasons there. National Under-18 Team and led that team to Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the rebounds and three blocks. On 12/13 at Indiana, finished Named EuroLeague’s Rising Star concluding the Spanish Under-18 Championship Semifinals first round (12th overall) of the 2013 NBA Draft. with a double-double of 23 points and 13 rebounds while going 11-for-16 from the floor. In three games from 12/1-5, the 2015-16 season. In the same year, received and European Under-18 Championship Finals. CURRENT NBA SEASON 6th NBA season totaled 66 points off 28-of-34 shooting. Logged a double- All-Spanish Liga Endesa Honorable Mention Appeared at the FIBA Eurobasket Under-18 All- double of 17 points and 13 rebounds along with three honors. As a member of the Spanish National Star game in Lithuania. assists and two blocks while shooting 8-for-12 from the CAREER AVERAGES floor on 10/22 vs. Minnesota. Scored in double figures 59 Team, won a gold medal at the 2011 FIBA Appeared in 387 games (323 starts) and averaged 8.8 times and logged 14 20-point games. Notched double-digit Europe Under-18 Championship, a bronze PERSONAL points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.00 blocks in 25.5 minutes, rebounding 35 times and recorded 28 double-doubles. Led shooting 58.6 percent from the field. the team in rebounding 32 times and in scoring three times. medal at the 2012 FIBA Europe Under-20 Enjoys doing community service events with Three games DNP – Inactive (right calf contusion). Two Championship, and a bronze medal at the 2016 the local Spanish community. Favorite movie 2017-18 AVERAGES games DNP – Inactive (concussion protocol). One game Appeared in 76 games (all starts), averaging 13.9 points, DNP – Inactive (left hip contusion). Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2015- is “Lord of the Rings” and favorite TV show is 9.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.21 steals and 1.03 blocks in 16: Appeared in 52 games with FC Barcelona “Game of Thrones.” Lists tennis as his second 32.7 minutes. Ranked fourth in the league with 62.9 percent NBA CAREER shooting.