2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season

The 2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the 13th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 55th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This is the first season since 2014–15 without head coach Billy Donovan, as he mutually agreed to part ways with the Thunder on September 8, 2020, and 14 days later, went on to become the new head coach of the Chicago Bulls.[1] For the first time since 2012–13, long-time center Steven Adams will not be on the roster, as he signed with the New Orleans Pelicans in a 3-team sign-and-trade deal that also involved the Milwaukee Bucks on November 21. That deal made 3rd-year shooting guard Hamidou Diallo the longest-tenured Thunder player on the roster.

2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coachMark Daigneault
General managerSam Presti
OwnersProfessional Basketball Club LLC
Clay Bennett (Chairman)
ArenaChesapeake Energy Arena
Results
Record8–10 (.444)
PlaceDivision: 4th (Northwest)
Conference: 10th (Western)
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
TelevisionFox Sports Oklahoma
RadioKWPN and WWLS-FM

On November 11, the Thunder promoted assistant and former Oklahoma City Blue coach Mark Daigneault as their new head coach, making him the second youngest currently active coach in the NBA, after Ryan Saunders of the Minnesota Timberwolves.[2]

Draft picks
Main article: 2020 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club team
1 25 Immanuel Quickley PG  United States Kentucky
2 53 Cassius Winston PG  United States Michigan State

Before the start of the 2020 NBA draft period, the Thunder's first-round selection (held by the Denver Nuggets) was stuck as the 25th pick of the draft (while their own pick they traded to the Philadelphia 76ers was originally the 22nd pick) before the NBA suspended their season on March 12, 2020 after discovering a Jazz player had COVID-19 before the Thunder's game against them was suspended.[3] However, while the NBA resumed their season, the selection they had from Denver stayed as the 25th pick of the draft due to tiebreakers. They also held their own second round pick with the Thunder's second-round pick being the 53rd pick of the draft.[4]

Roster
Roster listing
Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players Coaches
Pos.No.NameHeightWeightDOB (YYYY-MM-DD)From
F 8 Ariza, Trevor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1985-06-30 UCLA
G/F 7 Bazley, Darius 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2000-06-12 Princeton HS (OH)
C 9 Brown, Moses (TW) 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1999-10-13 UCLA
G 6 Diallo, Hamidou 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) 1998-07-31 Kentucky
G 5 Dort, Luguentz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-04-19 Arizona State
G/F 2 Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-07-12 Kentucky
F 15 Hall, Josh (TW) 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2000-10-08 Moravian Prep (NC)
G 3 Hill, George 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 188 lb (85 kg) 1986-05-04 IUPUI
F/C 42 Horford, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986-06-03 Florida
F 44 Jackson, Justin 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1995-03-28 North Carolina
G/F 16 Jerome, Ty (GL) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-07-08 Virginia
G 11 Maledon, Théo 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 176 lb (80 kg) 2001-06-12 France
F 12 Miller, Darius 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1990-03-21 Kentucky
F/C 33 Muscala, Mike 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991-07-01 Bucknell
F/C 17 Pokuševski, Aleksej (GL) 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-12-26 Serbia
F 22 Roby, Isaiah 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-02-03 Nebraska
G/F 34 Williams, Kenrich 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1994-12-02 TCU
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • (GL) On assignment to G League affiliate
  • (TW) Two-way affiliate player
  • Injured

Roster
Last transaction: December 21, 2020

Standings

Division
Northwest Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Utah Jazz 17 5 .773 0.0 9–2 8–3 3–2 22
Denver Nuggets 12 9 .571 4.5 5–5 7–4 4–1 21
Portland Trail Blazers 12 9 .571 4.5 5–5 7–4 1–2 21
Oklahoma City Thunder 9 11 .450 7.0 2–7 7–4 1–2 20
Minnesota Timberwolves 5 16 .238 11.5 4–7 1–9 1–3 21

Conference
Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Utah Jazz * 17 5 .773 – 22
2 Los Angeles Clippers * 17 6 .739 0.5 23
3 Los Angeles Lakers 17 6 .739 0.5 23
4 Denver Nuggets 12 9 .571 4.5 21
5 Portland Trail Blazers 12 9 .571 4.5 21
6 Phoenix Suns 11 9 .550 5.0 20
7 Golden State Warriors 12 10 .545 5.0 22
8 San Antonio Spurs * 12 10 .545 5.0 22
9 Memphis Grizzlies 9 8 .529 5.5 17
10 Houston Rockets 11 10 .524 5.5 21
11 Sacramento Kings 10 11 .476 6.5 21
12 Oklahoma City Thunder 9 11 .450 7.0 20
13 New Orleans Pelicans 8 12 .400 8.0 20
14 Dallas Mavericks 9 14 .391 8.5 23
15 Minnesota Timberwolves 5 16 .238 11.5 21

Game log

Preseason
2020 preseason game log
Total: 1–2 (Home:0–2; Road:1–0)
Preseason: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season
2020–21 game log
Total: 8–11 (Home: 1–7; Road: 6–4)
December: 1–3 (Home: 0–3; Road: 1–0)
January: 7–7 (Home: 1–3; Road: 6–4)
February: 0–1 (Home: 0–1; Road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation
Attendance		Record
21 February 1 Houston L 106–136 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (19) Al Horford (7) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena
0		 8–11
22 February 3 Houston Chesapeake Energy Arena
23 February 5 Minnesota Chesapeake Energy Arena
24 February 6 Minnesota Chesapeake Energy Arena
25 February 8 @ LA Lakers Staples Center
26 February 10 LA Lakers Staples Center
27 February 12 @ Denver Ball Arena
28 February 14 Milwaukee Chesapeake Energy Arena
29 February 16 Portland Chesapeake Energy Arena
30 February 17 @ Memphis FedEx Forum
31 February 19 @ Milwaukee Fiserv Forum
32 February 21 Cleveland Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
33 February 22 Cleveland Chesapeake Energy Arena
34 February 24 San Antonio Chesapeake Energy Arena
35 February 26 Atlanta Chesapeake Energy Arena
36 February 27 Denver Chesapeake Energy Arena
March: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
April: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
May: 0–0 (Home: 0–0; Road: 0–0)
2020–21 season schedule

Transactions
Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions

Trades
November 16, 2020[6] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Ty Jerome
Jalen Lecque
Kelly Oubre Jr.
Ricky Rubio
2022 first-round pick		 To Phoenix Suns
Chris Paul
Abdel Nader
November 19, 2020[7] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Admiral Schofield
Draft rights to Vít Krejčí		 To Washington Wizards
Draft rights to Cassius Winston
November 19, 2020[8] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Vincent Poirier
cash considerations		 To Boston Celtics
protected 2021 second-round pick
November 20, 2020[9] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Draft rights to Aleksej Pokuševski
James Johnson
2024 second-round pick		 To Minnesota Timberwolves
Draft rights to Jaden McDaniels
Ricky Rubio
To New York Knicks
Draft rights to Immanuel Quickley
November 22, 2020[10] To Oklahoma City Thunder
2021 GSW protected first-round pick
2021 DEN second-round pick		 To Golden State Warriors
Kelly Oubre Jr.
November 24, 2020[11] To Oklahoma City Thunder
George Hill (from Milwaukee)
Zylan Cheatham (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade)
Josh Gray (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade)
Darius Miller (from New Orleans)
Kenrich Williams (from New Orleans) (Sign and trade)
2023 DEN protected first-round pick (from Denver)
2023 WAS second-round pick (from New Orleans)
2024 CHA second-round pick (from New Orleans)		 To New Orleans Pelicans
Steven Adams (from Oklahoma City)
Eric Bledsoe (from Milwaukee)
2024 right to swap first-round pick with MIL (from Milwaukee)
2025 MIL first-round pick (from Milwaukee)
2026 right to swap first-round pick with MIL (from Milwaukee)
2027 MIL first-round pick (from Milwaukee)
To Denver Nuggets
Draft rights to R. J. Hampton (#24) (from Milwaukee)		 To Milwaukee Bucks
Jrue Holiday (from New Orleans)
Draft rights to Sam Merrill (#60) (from New Orleans)
November 24, 2020[12] To Oklahoma City Thunder
2025 ATL protected second-round pick		 To Atlanta Hawks
Danilo Gallinari (sign and trade)
cash considerations
November 25, 2020[13] To Oklahoma City Thunder
T. J. Leaf
2027 IND second-round pick		 To Indiana Pacers
Jalen Lecque
November 27, 2020[14] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Trevor Ariza (from Detroit)
Justin Jackson (from Dallas)
2023 second-round pick (from Dallas)
2026 DAL second-round pick (from Dallas)		 To Detroit Pistons
Delon Wright (from Dallas)
To Dallas Mavericks
James Johnson (from Oklahoma City)
December 8[15] To Oklahoma City Thunder
 To Philadelphia 76ers

Re-signed
Player Signed

Additions
Player Signed Former team
Moses Brown[16] Two-way contract Portland Trail Blazers
Josh Hall[17] Two-way contract

Subtractions
Player Reason left New team
Josh Gray[18] Waived
Zylan Cheatham[19] Waived
Andre Roberson Free Agency
TJ Leaf[20] Waived
Admiral Schofield[21] Waived
Frank Jackson[22] Waived

References
  1. "Oklahoma City Thunder and Billy Donovan agree to mutually part ways". NBA.com. September 8, 2020. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  2. "Thunder Names Mark Daigneault Head Coach". NBA.com. November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
  3. https://www.si.com/nba/2020/03/31/nba-mock-draft-march-madness-canceled
  4. "Full 2020 NBA Draft Order". tankathon.com. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
  5. "76ers vs. Thunder postponed in accordance with league's Health and Safety Protocols". NBA.com. January 18, 2021. Retrieved January 20, 2021.
  6. "Thunder Acquires Ty Jerome, Jalen Lecque, Kelly Oubre Jr., Ricky Rubio and 2022 First-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. November 16, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
  7. "Thunder Acquires Admiral Schofield and Draft Rights to Vít Krejčí". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  8. "Thunder Acquires Vincent Poirier". NBA.com. November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 19, 2020.
  9. "Thunder Acquires Draft Rights to Aleksej Pokuševski, James Johnson and 2024 Second-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. November 20, 2020. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
  10. "Thunder Acquires First and Second-Round Draft Picks". NBA.com. November 22, 2020. Retrieved November 22, 2020.
  11. "Thunder Acquires George Hill, Zylan Cheatham, Josh Gray, Darius Miller, Kenrich Williams, One First and Two Second-Round Draft Picks and a Trade Exception". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  12. "Atlanta Hawks Acquire Forward Danilo Gallinari". NBA.com. November 24, 2020. Retrieved November 24, 2020.
  13. "Thunder Acquires TJ Leaf and 2027 Second-Round Draft Pick". NBA.com. November 25, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
  14. "Thunder Acquires Trevor Ariza, Justin Jackson and Two Second-Round Draft Picks". NBA.com. November 27, 2020. Retrieved December 4, 2020.
  15. https://www.nba.com/thunder/news/acquisitions-201208
  16. "Thunder Signs Moses Brown and Josh Hall to Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  17. "Thunder Signs Moses Brown and Josh Hall to Two-Way Contracts". NBA.com. December 9, 2019. Retrieved December 9, 2020.
  18. "Thunder Waives Josh Gray". NBA.com. December 1, 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  19. "Thunder Waives Zylan Cheatham". NBA.com. December 2, 2020. Retrieved December 2, 2020.
  20. "Thunder Waives TJ Leaf and Admiral Schofield". NBA.com. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  21. "Thunder Waives TJ Leaf and Admiral Schofield". NBA.com. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
  22. "Thunder Waives Frank Jackson". NBA.com. December 21, 2020. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
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