It was quite the eventful (and expensive) offseason for the Thunder. Carmelo Anthony, after one bricktastic season in town, is out. In are Dennis Schroder and Nerlens Noel, two talented yet embattled young pieces who could flourish or crumble under the Thunder’s high expectations for this season. But additions and subtractions were not the theme of the Thunder’s successful summer; rather it was all about retention.
After flaming out of the first round of the playoffs at the hands of the Donovan Mitchell-led Utah Jazz, the possibility of Paul George bolting to Los Angeles was seemingly at an all-time high.