As the Thunder waits patiently on the rehabilitation of Russell Westbrook and Andre Roberson, the question turns to who fills their minutes.
At least one of those questions has been answered in the starting lineup with Dennis Schroder at point guard. Patrick Patterson has positioned himself to be the starter at power forward, with Jerami Grant playing heavy minutes across the entire frontcourt.
But the shooting guard position remains a question. Even when Roberson was healthy, the Thunder found alternatives to close games as a remedy to some of his limitations on offense. Even though the distribution of minutes is more important than who starts, it still bears watching who will start at shooting guard when the Thunder opens preseason against the Pistons on Wednesday.