The Oklahoma City Thunder are nearly eight months removed from Kevin Durant walking away from the franchise in free agency, and Thursday the franchise made what will likely be the first of many moves to reconfigure the roster.
In the first trade deadline since Durant left, Thunder general manager Sam Presti moved Cameron Payne, Joffrey Lauvergne and Anthony Morrow to the Chicago Bulls in exchange for Taj Gibson, Doug McDermott and an unprotected 2018 second-round pick.
Part of the Thunder's first season without Durant has been pure evaluation in trying to assess and understand what kind of roster fits around and complements Russell Westbrook.