Since joining the OKC Thunder Patrick Patterson has endured a roller coaster with regard to his role and playing time with the team. Patterson initially signed as a free agent in the summer of 2017 believing he would be taking the role of starting power forward.
The wildly unsuccessful OK3 experiment with Carmelo Anthony derailed those plans and Patterson moved to the bench. This season, once more Patterson returned to camp with the potential of starting or playing a bigger part in the Thunder system. Once again those plans didn’t come to fruition as Jerami Grant won the start.