One year ago, the Thunder’s D-League affiliate, the Blue, had a new head coach, was playing in a different arena in a different city and was getting to work in a practice facility formerly used by the Thunder. Now, for Head Coach Mark Daigneault and the rest of the Blue, Oklahoma City feels like home.
After going 28-22 in 2014-15, falling in the first round of the playoffs, Daigneault and his staff had an opportunity to digest the sprint it had just finished. With its eyes on how to improve for 2015-16, the staff attacked its offseason work with the same rigor that it expects from its players.