When training camp began back in late September, it was visions of glory that rumbled through the Thunder’s heads. Paul George arrived via trade in June, veterans Patrick Patterson and Raymond Felton signed in early July and then just 48 hours before camp began, Carmelo Anthony waived his no-trade clause with designs on joining up with Russell Westbrook in Oklahoma City, with dreams of making a postseason run on the forefront of his mind.
Now, starting with Sunday’s Game 1 of Round 1 against the Utah Jazz, that vision can start to come to fruition.
“This is part of kind of why we wanted to all come together because we saw an opportunity,” Anthony said.