The OKC Thunder have had their fair share of players experience decline in the last few years. From Randy Foye in 2016 to Sebastian Telfair in 2014 to Carmelo Anthony just last season, they’ve had a number of guys who were clearly on their way out.
Like most forms of decline, the declines of those aforementioned players were largely due to the fact that they just didn’t physically have it enough to keep up anymore.
That really doesn’t seem to be the big issue with Patrick Patterson, however. It’s not necessarily that Patterson has completely lost the athleticism that made him a competent, versatile defender in the past.