2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder season

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2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach Mark Daigneault
General manager Sam Presti
Owner(s) Professional Basketball Club LLC
Clay Bennett (Chairman)
Arena Paycom Center
Results
Record 24–58 (.293)
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
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

The 2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder season was the 14th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 56th in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The Thunder were officially eliminated from playoff contention for the second consecutive season. It was the first time the team suffered consecutive losing seasons since 2006–2009 where they went on a four–year stretch.

Previous season

The Thunder finished the 2020–21 season 22–50 to finish in fourth place in the Northwest Division, fourteenth in the Western Conference and failed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2014-15. Following the season, Al Horford and Moses Brown were traded to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Kemba Walker and a conditional first round and second round pick.

Offseason

Draft Picks

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Main article: 2021 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College/Club team
1 6 Josh Giddey PG  Australia Adelaide 36ers
1 16 Alperen Şengün C  Turkey Beşiktaş
1 18 Tre Mann PG  United States Florida
2 34 Rokas Jokubaitis PG  Lithuania FC Barcelona
2 36 Miles McBride PG  United States West Virginia
2 55 Aaron Wiggins SG  United States Maryland

The Thunder had three first-round picks and three second-round picks entering the draft.[1] On the night of the draft, the Thunder traded the draft rights to Alperen Şengün to the Houston Rockets for a 2022 protected first-round pick from the Detroit Pistons and a 2023 protected first-round pick from the Washington Wizards. On July 30, 2021, the Thunder traded the draft rights to Rokas Jokubaitis and Miles McBride to the New York Knicks in exchange for the draft rights to Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, the 32nd overall pick.

Trades

On June 18, 2021, the Thunder acquired Kemba Walker, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick from the Boston Celtics in exchange for Al Horford, Moses Brown and a 2023 second-round pick.[2] On August 6, 2021, the Thunder waived Kemba Walker following a contract buyout.[3] On July 30, 2021, the Thunder acquired Derrick Favors and a future first-round pick from the Utah Jazz in exchange for a 2027 second-round pick and cash considerations.[4]

Roster

2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G/F 7 Bazley, Darius 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 208 lb (94 kg) 2000-06-12 Princeton HS (OH)
G 5 Dort, Luguentz 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1999-04-19 Arizona State
F 15 Favors, Derrick 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 265 lb (120 kg) 1991-07-15 Georgia Tech
G/F 35 Frazier, Melvin (TW) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1996-08-30 Tulane
G 3 Giddey, Josh 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) 2002-10-10 Australia
G 2 Gilgeous-Alexander, Shai 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 180 lb (82 kg) 1998-07-12 Kentucky
G/F 16 Jerome, Ty 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 1997-07-08 Virginia
G 27 Krejčí, Vít 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 195 lb (88 kg) 2000-06-19 Czech Republic
G 11 Maledon, Théo 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) 2001-06-12 France
G 23 Mann, Tre 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-02-03 Florida
F/C 33 Muscala, Mike 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) 1991-07-01 Bucknell
F 17 Pokuševski, Aleksej 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 2001-12-26 Serbia
F 50 Robinson-Earl, Jeremiah 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 2000-11-03 Villanova
F 22 Roby, Isaiah 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1998-02-03 Nebraska
G 12 Waters, Lindy (TW) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1997-07-28 Oklahoma State
G 21 Wiggins, Aaron 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) 1999-01-02 Maryland
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)
  • David Akinyooye
  • Dave Bliss
  • Mike Wilks
  • Kameron Woods
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: April 11, 2022

Standings

Division

Northwest Division
W L PCT GB Home Road Div GP
Denver Nuggets 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Minnesota Timberwolves 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Oklahoma City Thunder 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Portland Trail Blazers 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0
Utah Jazz 0 0 – 0.0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0


Conference

Western Conference
# Team W L PCT GB GP
1 Dallas Mavericks * 0 0 – – 0
2 Denver Nuggets * 0 0 – 0.0 0
3 Golden State Warriors * 0 0 – 0.0 0
4 Houston Rockets 0 0 – 0.0 0
5 Los Angeles Clippers 0 0 – 0.0 0
6 Los Angeles Lakers 0 0 – 0.0 0
7 Memphis Grizzlies 0 0 – 0.0 0
8 Minnesota Timberwolves 0 0 – 0.0 0
9 New Orleans Pelicans 0 0 – 0.0 0
10 Oklahoma City Thunder 0 0 – 0.0 0
11 Phoenix Suns 0 0 – 0.0 0
12 Portland Trail Blazers 0 0 – 0.0 0
13 Sacramento Kings 0 0 – 0.0 0
14 San Antonio Spurs 0 0 – 0.0 0
15 Utah Jazz 0 0 – 0.0 0


Game log

Preseason

2021–22 game log
Preseason: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
Game Date
Time		 Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location
Attendance		 Record
1 October 4 Charlotte L 93–117 Josh Giddey (18) Josh Giddey (7) Gilgeous-Alexander & Maledon (4) Paycom Center
 0–1
2 October 10 @ Milwaukee L 110–130 Luguentz Dort (19) D. J. Wilson (7) Giddey, Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Fiserv Forum
12,442		 0–2
3 October 13 Denver W 108–99 Darius Bazley (16) Darius Bazley (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (4) Paycom Center
 1–2
4 October 14 Denver L 107–113 Aleksej Pokusevski (22) Gabriel Deck (11) Josh Giddey (8) BOK Center
 1–3
2021–22 season schedule

Regular season

2021–22 game log
2021–22 season schedule

Player statistics

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field goal percentage  3P%  3-point field goal percentage  FT%  Free throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game  Bold  Career high

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Darius Bazley 69 53 27.9 42.2% 29.7% 68.8% 6.3 1.4 0.8 1.0 10.8
Gabriel Deck ‡ 7 0 8.0 57.1% 50.0% - 0.9 0.7 0.1 0.0 2.6
Mamadi Diakite ‡ 13 3 14.5 53.2% 0.0% 54.5% 4.5 0.2 0.4 0.7 4.3
Luguentz Dort 51 51 32.6 40.4% 33.2% 84.3% 4.2 1.7 0.9 0.4 17.2
Rob Edwards ≠ 2 0 5.5 25.0% 25.0% - 1.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.5
Derrick Favors 39 18 16.7 51.6% 12.5% 64.0% 4.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 5.3
Melvin Frazier Jr. ≠ 3 0 40.0 27.1% 4.8% 71.4% 4.3 0.3 0.3 0.0 10.7
Josh Giddey 54 54 31.5 41.9% 26.3% 70.9% 7.8 6.4 0.9 0.4 12.5
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 56 56 34.7 45.3% 30.0% 81.0% 5.0 5.9 1.3 0.8 24.5
Jaylen Hoard ≠ 7 5 34.3 48.9% 36.0% 42.9% 12.0 2.4 0.9 0.7 14.7
Scotty Hopson ≠ 1 0 18.0 50.0% 0.0% - 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 4.0
Ty Jerome 48 4 16.7 37.8% 29.0% 80.9% 1.6 2.3 0.6 0.1 7.1
Georgios Kalaitzakis ≠ 4 4 41.5 46.4% 36.4% 47.6% 3.3 3.0 2.5 0.3 17.5
Vít Krejčí 30 8 23.0 40.7% 32.7% 86.4% 3.4 1.9 0.6 0.3 6.2
Théo Maledon 51 7 17.8 37.5% 29.3% 79.0% 2.6 2.2 0.6 0.2 7.1
Tre Mann 60 26 22.8 39.3% 36.0% 79.3% 2.9 1.5 0.8 0.2 10.4
Mike Muscala 43 0 13.8 45.6% 42.9% 84.2% 3.0 0.5 0.4 0.6 8.0
Aleksej Pokuševski 61 12 20.2 40.8% 28.9% 70.0% 5.2 2.1 0.6 0.6 7.6
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl 49 36 22.2 41.4% 35.2% 74.1% 5.6 1.0 0.6 0.3 7.5
Isaiah Roby 45 28 21.1 51.4% 44.4% 67.2% 4.8 1.6 0.8 0.8 10.1
Olivier Sarr ≠ 22 2 19.1 57.4% 44.8% 82.8% 4.2 0.9 0.3 0.7 7.0
Zavier Simpson ≠ 4 4 43.5 36.5% 12.5% 100% 5.3 7.5 1.3 1.0 11.0
Lindy Waters III ≠ 25 1 18.6 40.6% 36.3% 80.0% 2.9 1.0 0.8 0.3 8.0
Paul Watson Jr. ‡ 9 3 17.3 34.4% 23.1% 50.0% 3.0 0.9 0.3 0.3 3.4
Aaron Wiggins 50 35 24.2 46.3% 30.4% 72.9% 3.6 1.4 0.6 0.2 8.3
Kenrich Williams 49 0 21.9 46.1% 33.9% 54.5% 4.5 2.2 0.9 0.2 7.4

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

Awards and records

Awards

Date Player Award
December 2, 2021 Josh Giddey[7] October/November Rookie of the Month
December 27, 2021 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander[8] December 20–26 Player of the Week
January 4, 2022 Josh Giddey[9] December Rookie of the Month
February 2, 2022 Josh Giddey[10] January Rookie of the Month
March 3, 2022 Josh Giddey[11] February Rookie of the Month

Records

  • On December 2, 2021, the Oklahoma City Thunder took a 73-point loss against the Memphis Grizzlies setting an NBA-record for the worst margin of loss in history.[12]
  • On December 27, 2021, Josh Giddey became the second player in NBA history to record a double-double while also going scoreless (Norm Van Lier).[13]
  • On January 2, 2022, Giddey became the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 17 points, 13 rebounds, and 14 assists at 19 years and 84 days, surpassing the record set by LaMelo Ball last season.[14] Giddey also became the youngest player in NBA history to lead all players in points, rebounds, and assists in one game, becoming the second teenager to do so along with Luka Dončić.[15]
  • On February 14, 2022, Giddey became the 7th rookie in NBA history to record back-to-back triple-doubles following a triple-double in Chicago the prior day. Giddey also became the third rookie to record a triple-double in his Madison Square Garden debut.[16]
  • On February 16, 2022, Giddey, 19, joined Oscar Robertson as the only rookies in league history to record three consecutive triple-doubles.[17]
  • On March 21, 2022, Tre Mann set a Thunder rookie record with 35 points on 13-20 shooting, 7 threes. Mann scored 23 of his 35 points on a perfect 6-6 shooting in a single quarter marking the new Thunder rookie record for points in a quarter. [18]
  • On March 28, 2022, all five Thunder starters made two or more 3-pointers for the first time in OKC history.[19]
  • On April 1, 2022, Jaylen Hoard became the sixth Thunder player to record a 20-rebound game.[20]
  • On April 3, 2022, Aleksej Pokuševski became the 12th youngest player in NBA history to record a triple-double with 17 points, 10 rebounds, and 12 assists at 20 years and 98 days old.[21]
  • On April 5, 2022, Hoard became the seventh player in OKC history to post a 20-point, 20-rebound game and the fifth to record multiple 20-rebound performances.[22]

Transactions

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Main article: List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions

Trades

June 18, 2021[23] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Kemba Walker
2021 first-round pick
2025 second-round pick		 To Boston Celtics
Al Horford
Moses Brown
2023 second-round pick
July 30, 2021[24] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Draft rights to Jeremiah Robinson-Earl		 To New York Knicks
Draft rights to Rokas Jokubaitis
Draft rights to Miles McBride
July 30, 2021[24] To Oklahoma City Thunder
2022 DET protected first-round pick
2023 WAS protected first-round pick		 To Houston Rockets
Draft rights to Alperen Şengün
July 30, 2021[4] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Derrick Favors
2024 protected first-round pick		 To Utah Jazz
2027 second-round pick
Cash considerations
January 4, 2022[25] To Oklahoma City Thunder
Miye Oni
2028 second-round pick		 To Utah Jazz
Cash considerations
February 9, 2022[26] To Oklahoma City Thunder
KZ Okpala
Amends conditions on first round pick		 To Miami Heat
2026 second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Date Player Contract
August 6, 2021 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander[27] Multi-Year Extension
August 11, 2021 Mike Muscala[28] Multi-Year
August 17, 2021 Josh Hall[29] Two-Way
October 11, 2021 Jaylen Hoard[30] Exhibit 10
February 12, 2022 Aaron Wiggins[31] Multi-Yeara[›]

^ a: Aaron Wiggins initially signed a two-way contract before it was converted into a multi-year contract.[32]

Additions

Date Player Contract Former team
September 3, 2021 Vít Krejčí[33] Standard Spain Basket Zaragoza
September 15, 2021 Paul Watson Jr.[34] Two-Way Toronto Raptors
December 27, 2021 Rob Edwards[35] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 27, 2021 Scotty Hopson[35] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 27, 2021 Olivier Sarr[35] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 29, 2021 Jaylen Hoard[36] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
January 9, 2022 Olivier Sarr[37] Second 10-Day Oklahoma City Thunder
January 11, 2022 Mamadi Diakite[38] Hardship Exception 10-Day Milwaukee Bucks
January 21, 2022 Mamadi Diakite[39] 10-Day Oklahoma City Thunder
January 31, 2022 Mamadi Diakite[40] Second 10-Day Oklahoma City Thunder
February 10, 2022 Lindy Waters III[41] Two-Way Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
February 21, 2022 Olivier Sarr[42] Two-Way Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 1, 2022 Jaylen Hoard[43] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 5, 2022 Georgios Kalaitzakis[44] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 5, 2022 Zavier Simpson[45] Hardship Exception 10-Day Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 6, 2022 Melvin Frazier Jr.[46] Two-Way Iowa Wolves (G League)

Subtractions

Date Player Reason left New team
August 6, 2021 Kemba Walker[47] Waived / Buyout New York Knicks
August 19, 2021 Tony Bradley[48] Free agency Chicago Bulls
August 31, 2021 Svi Mykhailiuk[49] Free agency Toronto Raptors
September 12, 2021 Josh Hall[50] Waived Raptors 905 (G League)
September 26, 2021 Charlie Brown Jr.[51] Waived Delaware Blue Coats (G League)
October 12, 2021 Jaylen Hoard[52] Waived Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
January 4, 2022 Gabriel Deck[53] Waived Spain Real Madrid
January 7, 2022 Miye Oni[54] Waived New Orleans Pelicans
February 9, 2022 Mamadi Diakite[55] Waived
February 10, 2022 Paul Watson Jr.[56] Waived
February 11, 2022 KZ Okpala[57] Waived
April 6, 2022 Olivier Sarr[58] Waived

Notes

  1. ↑ Record for largest margin of victory in NBA history, by 73 points.[5]

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