The plan is for Cameron Payne to play a basketball game Saturday night in Oklahoma City.
As of Friday, it wasn't clear whether he'd be suiting up for the Thunder or its D-League affiliate, the Blue.
The second-year point guard — who has yet to play for the Thunder this season after fracturing the fifth metatarsal in his right foot during a preseason scrimmage — played a pair of road games this week with the Blue.
Payne's hope, based on a tweet he sent last week, was to return to the Thunder for its 7 p.