The OKC Thunder have a loaded roster, as they always do around this time, filling the roster up to the maximum 21 players allowed (up from 20 with the new CBA this season). The Thunder entered the Summer with top five in the league cap space and used it creatively. Sam Presti elected to take on bad contracts to improve their draft assets. Trading up from 12 to pick 10 and getting paid a boatload of second-round picks to take on unwanted players from other teams.
While many wonder how this OKC Thunder roster will be chopped down to 15 standard contracts, the pathway is more straightforward than many realize.