With peculiar lineups and player groupings on the floor, it’s hard to say that anything concrete that an NBA team puts together during the preseason is guaranteed to carry over to the regular season, but some of the subtler aspects of the game can be developed during exhibition time.
During the Thunder’s preseason slate, core players who were healthy like Paul George, Steven Adams and Dennis Schröder were able to take charge and get into top form, and role players were able to get a sense of where they fit in.
“Mostly what you get out of preseason games is a rhythm and a habit,” George noted.