Dakari Johnson didn’t get a lot of playing time for the Thunder – he was the third-team center, basically – but Johnson made the most of his opportunities in a rookie season that followed two years in the G-League. Here are his grades:
Starting: A. Johnson started six games in place of Steven Adams. Both Johnson and the Thunder held up well. OKC went 5-1 in those games, losing only at the Knickerbockers in December. Johnson was a plus-26 in point differential in those six games, including a plus-26 in a Thunder out of the Clippers in November, when Johnson held his own against DeAndre Jordan.