2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season

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2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach Mark Daigneault
General manager Sam Presti
Owner(s) Professional Basketball Club LLC
Clay Bennett (Chairman)
Arena Chesapeake Energy Arena
Results
Record 22–50 (.306)
Place Division: 5th (Northwest)
Conference: 14th (Western)
Playoff finish Did not qualify
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio KWPN and WWLS-FM
< 2019–20 2021–22 >

The 2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder season was 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 players Steven Adams and André Roberson were not on the roster, as Adams was traded to the New Orleans Pelicans, and Roberson signed with the Brooklyn Nets.

On November 11, the Thunder promoted assistant and former Oklahoma City Blue coach Mark Daigneault as their new head coach. At the age of 35, Daigneault is currently the youngest active head coach in the NBA, after the Minnesota Timberwolves fired third-year head coach Ryan Saunders on February 21, 2021.[2]

The 2020–21 season was the team's first time since 2014–15 missing the playoffs and their first losing season since 2008–09, the team's inaugural season in Oklahoma City. It was also the fourth time under Sam Presti's tenure that the team had missed the playoffs. Power forward Al Horford, who was acquired by the Thunder via trade on December 8, 2020, also missed the playoffs for the first time in his 14-year career.

Draft picks

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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

2020–21 Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 7 Bazley, Darius Injured 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2000-06-12 Princeton HS (OH)
F/C 13 Bradley, Tony 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 248 lb (112 kg) 1998-08-01 North Carolina
G 44 Brown, Charlie 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 199 lb (90 kg) 1997-02-02 Saint Joseph's
C 9 Brown, Moses 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 245 lb (111 kg) 1999-10-13 UCLA
F 6 Deck, Gabriel 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 231 lb (105 kg) 1995-02-08 Argentina
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 Injured 6 ft 6 in (1.98 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)
F 8 Hoard, Jaylen (TW) 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 216 lb (98 kg) 1999-03-30 Wake Forest
F/C 42 Horford, Al 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1986-06-03 Florida
G/F 16 Jerome, Ty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-07-08 Virginia
G 11 Maledon, Théo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-06-12 France
F/C 33 Muscala, Mike 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991-07-01 Bucknell
G/F 14 Mykhailiuk, Sviatoslav 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 1997-06-10 Kansas
C 17 Pokuševski, Aleksej 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 Texas Christian
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 Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: May 15, 2021

Standings

Division

Northwest Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
z – Utah Jazz 52 20 .722 0.0 31–5 21–15 7–5 72
x – Denver Nuggets 47 25 .653 5.0 25–11 22–14 9–3 72
x – Portland Trail Blazers 42 30 .583 10.0 20–16 22–14 6–6 72
Minnesota Timberwolves 23 49 .319 29.0 13–23 10–26 5–7 72
Oklahoma City Thunder 22 50 .306 30.0 10–26 12–24 3–9 72


Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 z – Utah Jazz * 52 20 .722 – 72
2 y – Phoenix Suns * 51 21 .708 1.0 72
3 x – Denver Nuggets 47 25 .653 5.0 72
4 x – Los Angeles Clippers 47 25 .653 5.0 72
5 y – Dallas Mavericks * 42 30 .583 10.0 72
6 x – Portland Trail Blazers 42 30 .583 10.0 72
7 x – Los Angeles Lakers 42 30 .583 10.0 72
8 x – Memphis Grizzlies 38 34 .528 14.0 72
9 Golden State Warriors 39 33 .542 13.0 72
10 San Antonio Spurs 33 39 .458 19.0 72
11 New Orleans Pelicans 31 41 .431 21.0 72
12 Sacramento Kings 31 41 .431 21.0 72
13 Minnesota Timberwolves 23 49 .319 29.0 72
14 Oklahoma City Thunder 22 50 .306 30.0 72
15 Houston Rockets 17 55 .236 35.0 72

Notes

  • z – Clinched home court advantage for the entire playoffs
  • c – Clinched home court advantage for the conference playoffs
  • y – Clinched division title
  • x – Clinched playoff spot
  • pb – Clinched play-in spot
  • o – Eliminated from playoff contention
  • * – Division leader

Game log

Preseason

2020–21 game log
Preseason: 1–2 (Home: 0–2; Road: 1–0)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 December 12 @ San Antonio W 121–108 Theo Maledon (20) Isaiah Roby (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (4) AT&T Center
No In-Person Attendance		 1–0
2 December 16 Chicago L 103–124 Horford & Jackson (15) Al Horford (7) Gilgeous-Alexander & Roby (3) Chesapeake Energy Arena
No In-Person Attendance		 1–1
3 December 18 Chicago L 103–105 Al Horford (17) Aleksej Pokuševski (13) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) Chesapeake Energy Arena
No In-Person Attendance		 1–2
2020–21 season schedule

Regular season

2020–21 game log
2020–21 season schedule

Player statistics

Regular season

Player Pos. GP GS MP Reb. Ast. Stl. Blk. Pts.
Darius Bazley PF 55 55 1,714 396 99 29 25 754
Tony Bradley ≠ PF 22 0 397 135 20 9 17 191
Charlie Brown Jr. SG 9 1 152 17 9 4 2 40
Moses Brown C 43 32 920 383 10 31 47 370
Gabriel Deck≠ SF 10 0 212 40 24 8 0 84
Hamidou Diallo† SG 32 5 761 165 77 31 12 381
Luguentz Dort SG 52 52 1,543 189 88 45 19 729
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander SG 35 35 1,180 166 207 27 23 830
Josh Hall SF 20 1 336 59 28 4 1 86
George Hill† PG 14 14 369 29 43 12 2 165
Jaylen Hoard ≠ SF 19 0 320 65 24 13 5 116
Al Horford PF 28 28 782 188 94 25 26 398
Justin Jackson‡ SF 33 3 544 71 51 15 2 236
Ty Jerome PG 33 1 788 91 120 20 6 353
Théo Maledon PG 65 49 1,778 211 227 56 11 658
Darius Miller ‡ SF 18 0 197 24 21 13 5 37
Mike Muscala PF 35 0 645 132 28 8 11 339
Mike Muscala PF 35 0 645 132 28 8 11 339
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk ≠ SG 30 9 690 89 53 24 6 310
Aleksej Pokuševski C 45 28 690 212 97 20 42 367
Justin Robinson ≠ PG 9 0 88 7 9 3 0 21
Isaiah Roby SF 61 34 1,425 341 107 52 37 533
Kenrich Williams SF 66 13 1,426 273 152 55 17 526

After all games.[6]
‡Waived during the season
†Traded during the season
≠Acquired during the season

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2020–21 NBA season transactions

Trades

November 16, 2020[7] 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[8] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Admiral Schofield
Draft rights to Vít Krejčí		 To Washington Wizards
Draft rights to Cassius Winston
November 19, 2020[9] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Vincent Poirier
cash considerations		 To Boston Celtics
protected 2021 second-round pick
November 20, 2020[10] 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[11] 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[12] 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[13] To Oklahoma City Thunder
2025 ATL protected second-round pick		 To Atlanta Hawks
Danilo Gallinari (sign and trade)
cash considerations
November 25, 2020[14] To Oklahoma City Thunder
T. J. Leaf
2027 IND second-round pick		 To Indiana Pacers
Jalen Lecque
November 27, 2020[15] 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[16] To Oklahoma City Thunder
To Philadelphia 76ers
March 13 [17] To Oklahoma City Thunder
To Detroit Pistons
March 17 [18] To Oklahoma City Thunder
To Miami Heat
March 25 [19] To Oklahoma City Thunder
  • Tony Bradley (from PHI)
  • Austin Rivers (from NYK)
  • 2025 PHI second-round pick (from PHI)
  • 2026 PHI second-round pick (from PHI)
 To Philadelphia 76ers
To New York Knicks

Free agency

Re-signed

Player Signed

Additions

Player Signed Former team
Moses Brown[20] Two-way contract Portland Trail Blazers
Josh Hall[21] Two-way contract

Subtractions

Player Reason left New team
Josh Gray[22] Waived
Zylan Cheatham[23] Waived
Andre Roberson Free Agency Brooklyn Nets
T. J. Leaf[24] Waived
Admiral Schofield[25] Waived
Frank Jackson[26] Waived
Meyers Leonard[27] Waived
Austin Rivers[28] Waived

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