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Abdel Nader the Thunder's latest perimeter piece in small-ball overhaul

From his spot on the sideline, Billy Donovan would watch it happen.

One of his team's supporting players would get the ball last season and, with no clean look to shoot, would briefly weigh his options. The ball might bounce or it might not, but typically it would find its way in short order back into the hands of Thunder playmakers Russell Westbrook and Paul George.

“If you're not able to go by your man, then chances are it's going back to Russell or it's going to Paul and it's, ‘You guys do it,'” Donovan told The Oklahoman this month at the NBA's Las Vegas Summer League.