2018–19 Oklahoma City Thunder season

Oklahoma City Thunder
2018–19 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach	Billy Donovan
General manager	Sam Presti
Owners	Professional Basketball Club LLC; Clay Bennett (Chairman)
Arena	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Results
Record	49–33 (.598)
Place	Division: 4th (Northwest); Conference: 6th (Western)
Playoff finish	First Round; (Lost to Trail Blazers 1–4)
	Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio	KWPN and WWLS-FM

The 2018–19 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 11th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 53rd in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nick Collison (who had been with the franchise since it was based in Seattle), retired in May 2018 and was not on the roster for the first time since the 2002–03 season. The only remaining former SuperSonics' active players are Jeff Green and Kevin Durant, both of whom played their rookie seasons with the team in Seattle. Collison's retirement also left Russell Westbrook as the longest tenured Thunder player and last remaining player on the roster from the 2011–12 season in which they won the Western Conference and went to the NBA Finals. On March 20, 2019, the Thunder retired Collison's No. 4 jersey, becoming the first Thunder player and the last former Sonic player to have their jersey retired.

Despite speculation that Paul George would sign with his hometown team, the Los Angeles Lakers, in the off-season, George instead re-signed with the Thunder on June 30, 2018, exactly a year after he was traded to the team from the Indiana Pacers. The Thunder then clinched another playoff season due to the Kings loss to the Rockets on March 30th.

In the playoffs, the Thunder were eliminated by the Portland Trail Blazers in the First Round thanks to a Damian Lillard series-clinching three pointer over Paul George in Game 5. This marked the third consecutive season the Thunder was eliminated in the First Round, and they are 0–9 in road playoff games since Durant's departure from the team. After 11 years, this season also marked the end of an era as Russell Westbrook was traded to the Houston Rockets following this season, and reunited him with former Thunder teammate James Harden, whom had played for the team from the 2009 to 2012 seasons.

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
2	45	Hamidou Diallo	SG	United States	Kentucky
2	53	Devon Hall	SG	United States	Virginia
2	57	Kevin Hervey	PF	United States	Texas-Arlington

Roster

Roster listing

2018–19 Oklahoma City Thunder roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY-MM-DD)	From
C	12	Adams, Steven	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	265 lb (120 kg)	1993–07–20	Pittsburgh
SG	30	Burton, Deonte	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1994–01–31	Iowa State
SG	6	Diallo, Hamidou	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	1998–07–31	Kentucky
PG	8	Evans, Jawun (TW)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1996–07–26	Oklahoma State
PG	2	Felton, Raymond	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	1984–06–26	North Carolina
SG	23	Ferguson, Terrance	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	1998–05–17	Advanced Prep International (TX)
SF	13	George, Paul	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1990–05–02	Fresno State
SF	9	Grant, Jerami	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994–03–12	Syracuse
SF	15	Grantham, Donte (TW)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	1995–03–19	Clemson
PF	5	Morris, Markieff	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	1989–09–02	Kansas
PF	11	Nader, Abdel	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	1993–09–25	Iowa State
C	3	Noel, Nerlens	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	1994–04–10	Kentucky
PF	54	Patterson, Patrick	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	1989–03–14	Kentucky
SG	21	Roberson, André	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	1991–12–04	Colorado
PG	17	Schröder, Dennis	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	172 lb (78 kg)	1993–09–15	Germany
PG	0	Westbrook, Russell	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	1988–11–12	UCLA

Head coach

Billy Donovan

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
(GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
(TW) Two-way affiliate player
Injured

Roster
Last transaction: 2019-02-15

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Denver Nuggets	54	28	.659	0.0	34–7	20–21	12–4	82
x – Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	1.0	32–9	21–20	6–10	82
x – Utah Jazz	50	32	.610	4.0	29–12	21–20	8–8	82
x – Oklahoma City Thunder	49	33	.598	5.0	27–14	22–19	9–7	82
Minnesota Timberwolves	36	46	.439	18.0	25–16	11–30	5–11	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	c – Golden State Warriors *	57	25	.695	–	82
2	y – Denver Nuggets *	54	28	.659	3.0	82
3	x – Portland Trail Blazers	53	29	.646	4.0	82
4	y – Houston Rockets *	53	29	.646	4.0	82
5	x – Utah Jazz	50	32	.610	7.0	82
6	x – Oklahoma City Thunder	49	33	.598	8.0	82
7	x – San Antonio Spurs	48	34	.585	9.0	82
8	x – Los Angeles Clippers	48	34	.585	9.0	82

9	Sacramento Kings	39	43	.476	18.0	82
10	Los Angeles Lakers	37	45	.451	20.0	82
11	Minnesota Timberwolves	36	46	.439	21.0	82
12	Memphis Grizzlies	33	49	.402	24.0	82
13	New Orleans Pelicans	33	49	.402	24.0	82
14	Dallas Mavericks	33	49	.402	24.0	82
15	Phoenix Suns	19	63	.232	38.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2018 preseason game log
Total: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0)

Preseason: 3–1 (Home: 2–1; Road: 1–0)

2018–19 season schedule

Regular season

2018–19 game log
Total: 49–33 (Home: 27–14; Road: 22–19)

October: 2–4 (Home: 2–2; Road: 0–2)

November : 12–3 (Home: 7–1; Road: 5–2)

December : 9–6 (Home: 4–1; Road: 5–5)

January : 9–5 (Home: 4–3; Road: 5–2)

February : 6–5 (Home: 4–2; Road: 2–3)

March : 6–10 (Home: 3–5; Road: 3–5)

April : 5–0 (Home: 3–0; Road: 2–0)

2018–19 season schedule

Playoffs

2019 playoff game log

First round: 1–4 (Home: 1–1; Road: 0–3)

2019 playoff schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Álex Abrines^‡	SG	31	2	588	48	20	17	6	165
Steven Adams	C	80	80	2,669	760	124	117	76	1,108
Deonte Burton	SG	32	0	240	28	9	6	8	82
Tyler Davis^‡	C	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
Hamidou Diallo	SG	51	3	526	97	17	21	10	190
Jawun Evans^≠	PG	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Raymond Felton	PG	33	0	379	34	52	10	6	142
Terrance Ferguson	SG	74	74	1,931	141	72	40	16	513
Paul George	SF	77	77	2,841	628	318	170	34	2,159
Jerami Grant	SF	80	77	2,612	417	79	61	100	1,090
Donte Grantham^≠	SF	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot^†	SF	21	1	123	18	4	4	1	35
Markieff Morris	PF	24	1	387	91	19	11	2	156
Abdel Nader	PF	61	1	694	116	20	20	12	241
Nerlens Noel	C	77	2	1,055	325	45	66	96	378
Patrick Patterson	PF	63	5	861	147	31	16	13	229
Dennis Schröder	PG	79	14	2,314	284	323	65	12	1,224
Russell Westbrook	PG	73	73	2,630	807	784	142	33	1,675

After all games.[1]
^‡Waived during the season
^†Traded during the season
^≠Acquired during the season

Playoffs

Player	Pos.	GP	GS	MP	Reb.	Ast.	Stl.	Blk.	Pts.
Steven Adams	C	5	5	159	36	7	5	5	59
Deonte Burton	SG	3	0	4	2	0	0	0	2
Raymond Felton	PG	5	0	57	3	3	4	1	11
Terrance Ferguson	SG	5	5	128	12	6	2	0	25
Paul George	SF	5	5	204	43	18	7	1	143
Jerami Grant	SF	5	5	176	28	4	3	10	58
Markieff Morris	PF	5	0	59	13	5	1	3	19
Abdel Nader	PF	3	0	5	0	0	0	1	2
Nerlens Noel	C	5	0	60	19	0	2	3	24
Dennis Schröder	PG	5	0	151	16	17	4	0	69
Russell Westbrook	PG	5	5	197	44	53	5	3	114

Transactions

Trades

July 6, 2018[2]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Hamidou Diallo	To Charlotte Hornets 2019 second-round pick Cash considerations
July 20, 2018[3]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Rodney Purvis	To Orlando Magic Dakari Johnson Cash considerations
July 23, 2018[4]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Abdel Nader Cash considerations	To Boston Celtics Rodney Purvis
July 25, 2018[5]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Dennis Schröder (from Atlanta) Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot (from Philadelphia)	To Atlanta Hawks Carmelo Anthony (from Oklahoma City) Justin Anderson (from Philadelphia) 2022 protected first-round pick (from Oklahoma City)
July 25, 2018[5]	To Philadelphia 76ers Mike Muscala (from Atlanta)
February 1, 2019[6]	To Oklahoma City Thunder 2020 protected second round draft pick	To Chicago Bulls Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot Cash considerations

Free agency

Re-signed

Player	Signed
Paul George[7]	July 6, 2018
Jerami Grant[8]	July 7, 2018
Raymond Felton[9]	July 12, 2018

Additions

Player	Signed	Former team
Nerlens Noel[10]	July 6, 2018	Dallas Mavericks
Deonte Burton[11]	Two-way contract	Wonju DB Promy
Tyler Davis[12]	Two-way contract	Texas A&M Aggies

Subtractions

Player	Reason left	New team
Daniel Hamilton[13]	Free agent	Atlanta Hawks
P. J. Dozier[14]	Free agent	Boston Celtics
Alex Abrines[15]	Personal Issues

References

"2018-19 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster and Regular season Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
"Thunder Acquires Hamidou Diallo". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
"Thunder Acquires Rodney Purvis". NBA.com. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
"Thunder Acquires Abdel Nader". NBA.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.
"Thunder Acquires Dennis Schröder and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot". NBA.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
"Thunder Acquires Protected Second-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
"Thunder Signs Paul George to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
"Thunder Signs Jerami Grant to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
"Thunder Signs Raymond Felton". NBA.com. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
"Thunder Signs Nerlens Noel". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.
"Thunder Signs Deonte Burton to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.
"Thunder Signs Tyler Davis to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
"Atlanta Hawks Sign Daniel Hamilton and Alex Poythress". NBA.com. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
"Celtics Sign PJ Dozier to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.
"Thunder release guard Alex Abrines, cite personal issue". espn.com. February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.

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[1] "2018-19 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster and Regular season Stats". basketball-reference.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.

[2] "Thunder Acquires Hamidou Diallo". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.

[3] "Thunder Acquires Rodney Purvis". NBA.com. July 20, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.

[4] "Thunder Acquires Abdel Nader". NBA.com. July 23, 2018. Retrieved July 23, 2018.

[5] "Thunder Acquires Dennis Schröder and Timothé Luwawu-Cabarrot". NBA.com. July 25, 2018. Retrieved July 25, 2018.

[6] "Thunder Acquires Protected Second-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. Retrieved February 1, 2019.

[7] "Thunder Signs Paul George to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2018.

[8] "Thunder Signs Jerami Grant to Multi-Year Contract". NBA.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.

[9] "Thunder Signs Raymond Felton". NBA.com. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.

[10] "Thunder Signs Nerlens Noel". NBA.com. July 6, 2018. Retrieved July 8, 2018.

[11] "Thunder Signs Deonte Burton to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. July 7, 2018. Retrieved July 7, 2018.

[12] "Thunder Signs Tyler Davis to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 13, 2018.

[Hamilton-Poythress-13] "Atlanta Hawks Sign Daniel Hamilton and Alex Poythress". NBA.com. August 20, 2018. Retrieved August 20, 2018.

[14] "Celtics Sign PJ Dozier to Two-Way Contract". NBA.com. August 21, 2018. Retrieved August 21, 2018.

[15] "Thunder release guard Alex Abrines, cite personal issue". espn.com. February 9, 2019. Retrieved February 9, 2019.