After years of comfortable certainty, the Oklahoma City Thunder are heading into a season of unease.
Kevin Durant and Serge Ibaka are gone, and so is any realistic chance of a title run. But basketball won't stop, and the Thunder are certainly in contention for a playoff spot, even after having to pick up the pieces following the offseason's big blow.
Whenever a superstar departs a team, the second-best player isn't the only beneficiary. It also opens up plenty of minutes to reserves who may not have had a realistic shot at cracking the rotation in the past.
Russell Westbrook will undoubtedly fill the stat sheet on a nightly basis, while guys such as Steven Adams and Victor Oladipo now have room to grow into fearsome two-way threats. Even though progressing as a team will be difficult, several key cogs could be in for career-best seasons.
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