2019-20 TRAINING CAMP ROSTER PRESEASON INFORMATION PRESEASON SCHEDULE DATE OPPONENT LOCATION TIME (CT) Oct. 8 vs. Dallas BOK Center (Tulsa, Okla.) 7:00 PM Oct. 10 vs. New Zealand Breakers Chesapeake Energy Arena (Okla.) 7:00 PM NO PLAYER POS HT WT BIRTHDATE FROM YEARS PRO Oct. 14 at Dallas American Airlines Center (Texas) 7:30 PM 12 Steven Adams C 7-0 265 07/20/1993 Pittsburgh/New Zealand 7 Oct. 16 vs. Memphis Chesapeake Energy Arena (Okla.) 7:00 PM 44 DeVaughn Akoon-Purcell G/F 6-6 200 06/05/1993 Illinois State/USA 2 7 Darius Bazley F 6-8 208 06/12/2000 Princeton HS/USA R 30 Deonte Burton G 6-5 240 01/31/1994 Iowa State/USA 2 6 Hamidou Diallo G 6-5 202 07/31/1998 Kentucky/USA 2 5 Luguentz Dort** G 6-4 215 04/19/1999 Arizona State/Canada R 23 Terrance Ferguson G 6-7 190 05/17/1998 Adelaide 36ers/USA 3 For all training camp and preseason media availability 14 Abdul Gaddy G 6-3 200 01/26/1992 Washington/USA R times please follow @ThunderPR on Twitter. 8 Danilo Gallinari F 6-10 233 08/08/1988 Olimpia Milano/Italy 12 2 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander G 6-6 181 07/12/1998 Kentucky/Canada 2 22 Devon Hall** G 6-5 215 07/07/1995 Virginia/USA R 15 Myke Henry F 6-6 215 12/23/1992 DePaul/USA 2 25 Eric Moreland F/C 6-10 240 12/24/1991 Oregon State/USA 5 YEAR-BY-YEAR PRESEASON RECORDS 33 Mike Muscala F/C 6-11 240 07/01/1991 Bucknell/USA 7 YEAR W-L 11 Abdel Nader F 6-6 225 09/25/1993 Iowa State/Egypt 3 9 Nerlens Noel F/C 6-11 220 04/10/1994 Kentucky/USA 6 2008..........................................................................................1-6 13 Justin Patton C 7-0 241 06/14/1997 Creighton/USA 3 3 Chris Paul G 6-0 175 05/06/1985 Wake Forest/USA 15 2009..........................................................................................2-5 21 Andre Roberson G/F 6-7 210 12/04/1991 Colorado/USA 7 17 Dennis Schröder G 6-1 172 09/15/1993 NY Phantoms Braunschweig/Germany 7 2010..........................................................................................3-3 **Signed to a Two-Way Contract 2011 ..........................................................................................2-0 HEAD COACH Billy Donovan (Providence) 2012..........................................................................................4-3 ASSISTANT COACHES 2013..........................................................................................4-3 Brian Keefe (UNLV) Maurice Cheeks (West Texas State) 2014..........................................................................................2-5 Mark Daigneault (UConn) Vin Bhavnani (USC) 2015..........................................................................................5-1 Dave Bliss (Georgia) Mike Wilks (Rice) 2016..........................................................................................3-3 David Akinyooye (Adelphi) 2017..........................................................................................3-1 DIRECTOR OF QUALITY CONTROL Billy Schmidt (Wake Forest) 2018..........................................................................................3-1 VP OF HUMAN & PLAYER PERFORMANCE All-Time Preseason Record: 32-31 (.507) Dr. Donnie Strack (Indianapolis) 2 okcthunder.com 3 STEVEN ADAMS 12 POSITION: Center HEIGHT: 7-0 WEIGHT: 265 better (Charles Barkley, Artis Gilmore, Cedric BIRTHDATE 7/20/93 Maxwell, Shaquille O’Neal). On 4/5 vs. Detroit, went 7-for-9 to register 14 points and 14 rebounds BIRTHPLACE Rotorua, New Zealand while blocking two shots. On 4/2 vs. L.A. Lakers, recorded 13 points, eight rebounds, two assists COLLEGE Pittsburgh and a game-best five blocks. On 3/31 vs. Dallas, PLAYERS produced a double-double of 20 points and a HOW ACQUIRED game-best 15 rebounds along with two assists Selected by the Oklahoma City Thunder in the first round (12th overall) of the 2013 NBA Draft. and two blocks. On 3/27 vs. Indiana, went 11-for- 14 en route to a 25-point and 12-rebound double- CURRENT NBA SEASON double. On 3/5 at Minnesota, missed just one shot 7th NBA season (5-6 FG) to register 13 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and three blocks. On 3/3 vs. Memphis, CAREER AVERAGES finished one board shy of his career high as he Appeared in 467 career games (403 starts), finished with a double-double of 13 points and 22 averaging 9.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 1.0 assist and rebounds. On 2/22 vs. Utah, logged 16 points, 10 0.99 blocks in 26.8 minutes, shooting 58.8 percent. rebounds, three assists and a game-leading five steals. On 1/24 vs. New Orleans, shot 9-for-12 to 2018-19 AVERAGES produce 20 points, 12 rebounds and two assists. Appeared in 80 games (all starts), averaging 13.9 On 1/17 vs. L.A. Lakers, went 6-for-9 from the points, 9.5 rebounds, 1.6 assists, and 1.46 steals in field and 5-for-6 from the free throw line to tally 33.4 minutes, shooting 59.5 percent from the field. 17 points, 15 rebounds and four steals. On 1/8 vs. Minnesota, went 8-for-9 en route to 20 points, 2018-19 NOTES 12 rebounds and two steals. On 12/14 at Denver, Averaged career highs in points, rebounds, registered 26 points, 14 rebounds, two assists and assists, steals and field goals (6.0). Held the sixth- two blocks. On 11/17 at Phoenix, went 11-of-15 to highest field goal percentage in the league while finish with 26 points and 10 rebounds. On 10/19 ranking second in the NBA in offensive rebounds at LA Clippers, recorded 17 points on 8-for-11 (4.9) and box outs (9.0). Among centers, ranked shooting and 18 rebounds. Logged 28 double- second in total steals (117) and third in +/- (389). doubles. Scored in double figures 61 times and On 12/19 at Sacramento, registered 20 points and at least 20 points 13 times. Grabbed double-digit a career-best 23 rebounds, marking just the third rebounds 34 times. Led the team in scoring twice, time a Thunder player recorded a 20/20 points/ rebounding 28 times and assists once. Missed one rebounds game (Kanter 4/6/16, Ibaka 2/19/18). game with left calf tightness. Missed one game On the same night, the Thunder became the first with a right ankle sprain. NBA team since 1995 to have a player with over 40 points (Paul George), a different player with NBA CAREER over 20 rebounds (Steven Adams) and a different 2017-18: Appeared in 76 games (all starts), averaging player with a triple-double (Russell Westbrook) 13.9 points, 9.0 rebounds, 1.2 assists, 1.21 steals (Mavericks, 4/11/95: Jamal Mashburn, Popeye and 1.03 blocks in 32.7 minutes. Ranked fourth in the Jones, Jason Kidd). From 12/7 to 12/14, produced league with 62.9 percent shooting. Led the league a four-game streak in which he scored 20+ points, in offensive rebounds (5.1) and screen assists (4.8). the longest such streak of his career. On 11/5 vs. Finished the season with the fourth-best field goal New Orleans, scored his 3,500th career point, percentage in the NBA (62.9 percent, 448-712) making him one of five players in NBA history while ranking 13th in rebounds (9.0). Recorded new with as many points and 2,700+ rebounds in his career-highs in points (1,056), rebounds (685) and first 400 games while shooting 58 percent or assists (88). On 1/28 vs. Philadelphia, went 10-of-11 4 okcthunder.com 5 from the field for a double-double of 20 points and Houston on 12/9. Scored 20 or more points seven percent from the field. In Game 3 vs. Portland on Rookie Team as well as Big East Preseason Rookie 13 rebounds, dishing out his 300th assist, making times. Scored in double figures 48 times, including 4/19, finished with 10 points, seven rebounds, two of the Year. Started in all 32 of his career games him one of five players since he was drafted in 2013 a streak of six straight games from 12/5-17, tied for assists and a block. In Game 2 on 4/16 at Portland, played. Ranked first all-time at Pitt in field goal with at least 300 assists, 2,000 rebounds and a 58.0 the longest streak in his career. Recorded 10-plus fell just one board shy of a double-double for the percentage (57.1 percent), second in blocked shots percent field goal percentage (DeAndre Jordan, rebounds 26 times. Registered 16 double-doubles, a second consecutive game with 16 points and nine (63), and sixth in rebounds for freshman seasons Dwight Howard, Rudy Gobert, Andrew Bogut). single-season career-high. One DNP – Concussion. rebounds. In Game 1 on 4/14 at Portland, finished (192). Ranked first on team in rebounds per game On 12/1 vs. Minnesota, notched the second-best One NWT – Concussion. 2015-16: Appeared in two points shy of his playoff career best in scoring (6.3) and blocks per game (2.0). Ranked fifth on shooting performance in Thunder history after Serge 80 games (all starts) and averaged 7.9 points, 6.7 with 17 points, nine rebounds and three steals. team in scoring with 7.2 points per game. Scored in Ibaka’s 12-for-12 (1/31/14) by going a perfect 11-for- rebounds and 1.11 blocks in 25.2 minutes. Blocked 2018: In six games (all starts), averaged 10.5 points, double figures on six occasions. Scored a career- 11 from the floor and 5-for-5 from the charity stripe a career-high 89 shots. Scored a then career high 7.5 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 33.3 minutes. Tied high 16 points along with 10 rebounds against and tallying a new career high with 27 points, six with 17 points at San Antonio on 4/12.