It didn’t feel like it at the time, but one of the worst moments of Raymond Felton’s career turned out to be a precursor to setting up his second act as a professional. Once an every-night starting point guard, Felton has transitioned into a reserve, bolstering the Thunder’s bench unit with an attitude that carries the torch that is lit by starter Russell Westbrook each night.
Through the first nine years of his career, even including his rookie season in Charlotte, the highly touted point guard from the University of North Carolina had never started fewer than 54 games in a season.