still is trying to get up to speed, and it has been slow going.
The eighth-year power forward, who signed a three-year contract with the Thunder in the offseason, is having the worst statistical season of his career.
And though it's been more than three months since Patterson had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee, coach Billy Donovan can't say for sure if he's 100 percent physically.
“I don't know that,” Donovan said on Tuesday. “Obviously he's cleared to play, and I really don't get into details of whether or not he's playing injured or anything else, because I don't think that's the case.