2009-'10 Statistics
Finished 50-32, fourth in Northwest Division, eighth in Western Conference
Postseason
First Round: Lost to Los Angeles Lakers 4-2
Additions and Re-Signings
Cole Aldrich via trade, Daequan Cook via trade, Morris Peterson via trade, Tibor Pleiss via trade, Ryan Reid via trade, and Latavious Williams via trade.
Losses
None
It's hard to believe that only two years ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder were a struggling young franchise that had just lost it's core and was set to rely on a lanky forward out of Texas that couldn't bench the set weight at the combine once.
Coming into the 2010-2011 season, the Thunder have become Western Conference contenders, and after a successful postseason where they went six games with the eventual champion Los Angeles Lakers, they now have bigger dreams than ever before.
The 50-win season last year was their first since 2004, and they have no one to thank more than Kevin Durant, who will be going into just his fourth year. Durant set the mark for youngest player to win a scoring title at only 21 years old after av ...
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