2008–09 Oklahoma City Thunder season explained

Team:	Oklahoma City Thunder
End Year:	2009
Wins:	23
Losses:	59
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	5
Conf Place:	13
Coach:	P. J. Carlesimo (games 1–13, fired) Scott Brooks (interim, games 14–82)
Gm:	Sam Presti
Owners:	Professional Basketball Club LLC
Arena:	Ford Center
Playoffs:	Did not qualify
Bbr Team:	OKC
Television:	KSBI Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio:	WWLS-AM FM
Prev Name:	Seattle SuperSonics

The Oklahoma City Thunder played its inaugural season in the 2008–09 NBA season. It was the team's 1st season in Oklahoma City since the Seattle SuperSonics relocation was approved by league owners prior to settling a lawsuit. The team played at the Ford Center.

Oklahoma City hosted the New Orleans Hornets for two seasons, due to Hurricane Katrina's devastation along the Gulf Coast in August 2005.

Until 2021, this represents the Thunder's last losing season.

Key dates

• June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 1: The free agency period started.
• July 2: The Seattle SuperSonics announced their immediate relocation to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
• September 3 The team announces name and colors.
• October 8 The Oklahoma City Thunder took the court for the first time in an 88–82^[1] preseason loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Billings, Montana.
• October 29 The Oklahoma City Thunder played their first regular season game ever, hosting the Milwaukee Bucks.
• November 2 The Oklahoma City Thunder get their first win as an NBA franchise.
• November 22 P. J. Carlesimo is fired and replaced on an interim basis by Scott Brooks.
• November 28 The Thunder tie the franchise record for consecutive games lost at 14 with a 103–105 loss to the Timberwolves.
• November 29 Oklahoma City snaps 14-game losing streak.
• January 21 Jeff Green shoots Thunder's first buzzer beater to beat the Golden State Warriors 122–121.
• February 14 Kevin Durant wins All-Star Break H.O.R.S.E competition.
• April 15 The Thunder won over Los Angeles Clippers 126–85 to end 23-59 in their first season.
• April 15 Scott Brooks is named full-time coach of Thunder.

Offseason

• Oklahoma City rookies and other young professionals played in the first game of the Orlando summer league. Oklahoma City lost its summer league opener to the Indiana Pacers rookies by a score of 95-78. Earl Calloway scored 16 points and Andre Emmett had 15 for the Pacers, who scored the game's first eight points and never trailed. Jeff Green took the first shot in Oklahoma City's history and it bounced off the rim 43 seconds after tipoff. The first basket came 2:15 into the first quarter by D.J. White, who was drafted by Detroit, traded to Seattle and played in Oklahoma City.
• The Oklahoma City franchise released its season-ticket prices on Thursday, August 14. The franchise announced that there will be 3,400 seats available at $10 per game.^[2]
  • On average, ticket prices were about 36 per cent higher than they were for the 2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season. The announcement also stated that the average ticket price would be US$47.51 while Seattle's average ticket price last season was $35.^[2] While last year's NBA average ticket price at $48.83, Oklahoma City's rates below the league average.
  • Season tickets went on sale on Monday, September 8. Chairman Clay Bennett announced that the last of the 13,000 season tickets available were sold on Friday, September 12, and the team started a waiting list for season tickets.^[3]

Pre-season

• The Oklahoma City Thunder made their debut in an 88-82 preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 8, 2008.

First pre-season game

• Kevin Durant took and made the first shot in Oklahoma City history.
• The Thunder had their home debut on October 14, 2008 against the Los Angeles Clippers.^[4]

Draft picks

See main article: article and 2008 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College/Club team
1	4	Russell Westbrook	PG		UCLA
1	24	Serge Ibaka	PF		L'Hospitalet (Spain)
2	32	Walter Sharpe	PF		UAB
2	46		PF		BYU
2	50		C		California
2	56	Sasha Kaun	C		Kansas

The 2008 NBA Draft was the final time that the Seattle SuperSonics made an NBA Draft appearance, as well as the final time that the SuperSonics appeared in official media publications. In early July, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder made their first NBA Draft appearance in 2009.^[5]

Regular season

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 1| October 29| Milwaukee| | Russell Westbrook, Chris Wilcox (13)| Nick Collison, Chris Wilcox (6)| Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (4)| Ford Center
19,136| 0–1

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 2| November 1| @ Houston| | Kevin Durant (26)| Johan Petro (9)| Earl Watson (8)| Toyota Center
16,996| 0–2|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 3| November 2| Minnesota| | Kevin Durant (18)| Nick Collison (10)| Earl Watson (4)| Ford Center
18,163| 1–2|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 4| November 5| Boston| | Kevin Durant (17)| Chris Wilcox (8)| Earl Watson (5)| Ford Center
19,136| 1–3|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 5| November 7| @ Utah| | Kevin Durant (24)| Nick Collison, Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox (6)| Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (3)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 1–4|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 6| November 9| Atlanta| | Kevin Durant (20)| Joe Smith (9)| Earl Watson (6)| Ford Center
18,231| 1–5|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 7| November 10| @ Indiana| | Kevin Durant (37)| Kevin Durant, Nick Collison, Johan Petro (8)| Earl Watson (9)| Conseco Fieldhouse
10,165| 1–6|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 8| November 12| Orlando| | Jeff Green (25)| Jeff Green (10)| Earl Watson (8)| Ford Center
18,185| 1–7|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 9| November 14| @ New York| | Kevin Durant (23)| Robert Swift (13)| Earl Watson (8)| Madison Square Garden
18,008| 1–8|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 10| November 15| @ Philadelphia| | Jeff Green (21)| Johan Petro (12)| Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (4)| Wachovia Center
13,385| 1–9|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 11| November 17| Houston| | Kevin Durant (29)| Robert Swift, Johan Petro (8)| Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (4)| Ford Center
18,145| 1–10|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 12| November 19| L.A. Clippers| | Kevin Durant (18)| Joe Smith (7)| Earl Watson (5)| Ford Center
18,312| 1–11|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 13| November 21| New Orleans| | Kevin Durant (17)| Nick Collison (13)| Earl Watson (4)| Ford Center
19,136| 1–12|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 14| November 22| @ New Orleans| | Kevin Durant (30)| Chris Wilcox (10)| Russell Westbrook (11)| New Orleans Arena
16,023| 1–13|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 15| November 25| Phoenix| | Kevin Durant (29)| Chris Wilcox, Jeff Green, Earl Watson, Joe Smith (6)| Earl Watson (13)| Ford Center
19,136| 1–14|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 16| November 26| @ Cleveland| | Chris Wilcox (14)| Chris Wilcox, Nick Collison (5)| Russell Westbrook, Kyle Weaver (5)| Quicken Loans Arena
19,753| 1–15|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 17| November 28| Minnesota| | Kevin Durant, Jeff Green (22)| Chris Wilcox (7)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Ford Center
18,229| 1–16|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 18| November 29| @ Memphis| | Kevin Durant (30)| Kevin Durant (7)| Earl Watson (7)| FedExForum
11,977| 2–16

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 19| December 3| @ Charlotte| | Kevin Durant (24)| Jeff Green (6)| Earl Watson (11)| Time Warner Cable Arena
11,629| 2–17|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 20| December 5| @ Orlando| | Russell Westbrook (19)| Kevin Durant (10)| Russell Westbrook (5)| Amway Arena
16,812| 2–18|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 21| December 6| @ Miami| | Russell Westbrook (30)| Jeff Green (9)| Earl Watson (12)| American Airlines Arena
17,585| 2–19|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 22| December 8| Golden State| | Kevin Durant (41)| Kevin Durant, Nick Collison (10)| Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (7)| Ford Center
17,854| 2–20|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 23| December 10| Memphis| | Kevin Durant (28)| Nick Collison (8)| Earl Watson (7)| Ford Center
18,009| 2–21|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 24| December 13| @ Dallas| | Jeff Green (25)| Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Nick Collison (8)| Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (6)| American Airlines Center
20,190| 2–22|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 25| December 14| @ San Antonio| | Jeff Green (33)| Kevin Durant (13)| Nick Collison (5)| AT&T Center
17,419| 2–23|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 26| December 16| L.A. Clippers| | Kevin Durant (25)| Russell Westbrook, Desmond Mason (7)| Earl Watson (12)| Ford Center
18,275| 2–24|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 27| December 19| Toronto| | Kevin Durant (26)| Desmond Mason (10)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Ford Center
18,806| 3–24|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 28| December 21| Cleveland| | Kevin Durant (26)| Jeff Green (10)| Russell Westbrook (11)| Ford Center
19,136| 3–25|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 29| December 23| @ Atlanta| | Kevin Durant (28)| Jeff Green (14)| Earl Watson (7)| Philips Arena
12,138| 3–26|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 30| December 26| @ Detroit| | Kevin Durant (26)| Joe Smith (10)| Earl Watson (6)| The Palace of Auburn Hills
22,076| 3–27|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 31| December 27| @ Washington| | Kevin Durant (25)| Kevin Durant (11)| Earl Watson (6)| Verizon Center
16,181| 3–28|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 32| December 29| Phoenix| | Russell Westbrook (31)| Jeff Green (11)| Russell Westbrook (5)| Ford Center
19,136| 3–29|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 33| December 31| Golden State| | Jeff Green (26)| Kevin Durant (10)| Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (6)| Ford Center
18,229| 4–29

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 34| January 2| Denver| | Kevin Durant (33)| Kevin Durant (9)| Earl Watson (7)| Ford Center
18,613| 4–30|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 35| January 6| New York| | Kevin Durant, Jeff Green (27)| Kevin Durant (12)| Russell Westbrook (9)| Ford Center
18,487| 5–30|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 36| January 7| @ Minnesota| | Nick Collison (17)| Nick Collison (10)| Russell Westbrook (12)| Target Center
10,272| 5–31|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 37| January 9| Houston| | Kevin Durant (27)| Nick Collison (10)| Russell Westbrook (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 5–32|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 38| January 10| @ Chicago| | Kevin Durant (28)| Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (12)| Earl Watson (11)| United Center
20,469| 6–32|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 39| January 12| @ New Jersey| | Kevin Durant (26)| Jeff Green (10)| Earl Watson (9)| Izod Center
12,972| 6–33|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 40| January 14| Utah| | Jeff Green (23)| Nenad Krstić, Nick Collison (11)| Russell Westbrook (7)| Ford Center
18,437| 7–33|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 41| January 16| Detroit| | Kevin Durant (32)| Jeff Green (14)| Russell Westbrook (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 8–33|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 42| January 18| Miami| | Kevin Durant (31)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Earl Watson (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 8–34|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 43| January 21| @ Golden State| | Russell Westbrook (30)| Kevin Durant (12)| Russell Westbrook (7)| Oracle Arena
19,318| 9–34|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 44| January 23| @ L.A. Clippers| | Kevin Durant (46)| Kevin Durant (15)| Kyle Weaver (5)| Staples Center
14,913| 9–35|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 45| January 26| New Jersey| | Kevin Durant (18)| Chris Wilcox (9)| Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (4)| Ford Center
18,264| 10–35|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 46| January 28| Memphis| | Kevin Durant (35)| Kevin Durant (10)| Kevin Durant (6)| Ford Center
18,450| 11–35|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 47| January 30| @ Utah| | Kevin Durant (29)| Kevin Durant (10)| Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (4)| EnergySolutions Arena
19,911| 11–36

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 48| February 1| @ Sacramento| | Russell Westbrook (34)| Nick Collison (14)| Russell Westbrook (8)| ARCO Arena
10,817| 11–37|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 49| February 4| Denver| | Kevin Durant (31)| Kevin Durant, Nick Collison (8)| Earl Watson (8)| Ford Center
18,332| 11–38|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 50| February 6| Portland| | Kevin Durant (31)| Nick Collison (13)| Earl Watson (11)| Ford Center
18,694| 12–38|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 51| February 8| Sacramento| | Kevin Durant (39)| Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (7)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Ford Center
18,271| 13–38|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 52| February 10| @ L.A. Lakers| | Kevin Durant (31)| Kevin Durant (10)| Russell Westbrook (7)| Staples Center
18,997| 13–39|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 53| February 11| @ Portland| | Russell Westbrook (21)| Russell Westbrook (12)| Earl Watson (5)| Rose Garden
20,050| 13–40|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 54| February 17| New Orleans| | Kevin Durant (47)| Nenad Krstić (10)| Earl Watson (7)| Ford Center
18,593| 13–41|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 55| February 20| @ Phoenix| | Kevin Durant (35)| Jeff Green (14)| Russell Westbrook (8)| US Airways Center
18,422| 13–42|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 56| February 21| @ Golden State| | Kevin Durant (32)| Jeff Green (15)| Russell Westbrook (11)| Oracle Arena
19,108| 13–43|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 57| February 24| L.A. Lakers| | Kevin Durant (32)| Nenad Krstić (11)| Kevin Durant (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 13–44|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 58| February 27| @ Dallas| | Russell Westbrook (33)| Jeff Green (12)| Earl Watson (11)| American Airlines Center
20,007| 13–45|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 59| February 28| @ Memphis| | Jeff Green (27)| Thabo Sefolosha (11)| Russell Westbrook (7)| FedExForum
10,074| 14–45

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 60| March 2| Dallas| | Nenad Krstić (26)| Russell Westbrook (10)| Russell Westbrook (10)| Ford Center
18,527| 15–45|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 61| March 4| Washington| | Nenad Krstić (18)| Nick Collison (10)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Ford Center
18,576| 16–45|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 62| March 7| @ New Orleans| | Russell Westbrook (24)| Nick Collison (8)| Malik Rose (5)| New Orleans Arena
18,114| 16–46|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 63| March 8| Philadelphia| | Nenad Krstić (20)| Nick Collison (11)| Russell Westbrook (5)| Ford Center
18,738| 17–46|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 64| March 10| @ Sacramento| | Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (22)| Nenad Krstić (15)| Russell Westbrook (4)| ARCO Arena
10,784| 18–46|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 65| March 11| @ Denver| | Jeff Green (19)| Thabo Sefolosha (9)| Earl Watson (7)| Pepsi Center
16,186| 18–47|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 66| March 14| @ Phoenix| | Kevin Durant (22)| Jeff Green (10)| Russell Westbrook (7)| US Airways Center
18,422| 18–48|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 67| March 16| San Antonio| | Kevin Durant (25)| Nick Collison (10)| Chucky Atkins (3)| Ford Center
19,136| 19–48|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 68| March 18| Chicago| | Kevin Durant (28)| Nick Collison (13)| Russell Westbrook (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 19–49|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 69| March 20| Utah| | Kevin Durant (24)| Kevin Durant (12)| Kevin Durant (5)| Ford Center
19,136| 19–50|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 70| March 22| @ Minnesota| | Kevin Durant (30)| Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (8)| Russell Westbrook (10)| Target Center
18,561| 20–50|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 71| March 24| L.A. Lakers| | Kevin Durant (24)| Nick Collison (8)| Russell Westbrook (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 20–51|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 72| March 27| @ Toronto| | Nick Collison (21)| Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolosha (7)| Russell Westbrook (5)| Air Canada Centre
17,127| 20–52|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 73| March 29| @ Boston| | Russell Westbrook (23)| Jeff Green (9)| Kyle Weaver (7)| TD Banknorth Garden
18,624| 20–53|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 74| March 31| @ San Antonio| | Kevin Durant (31)| Kevin Durant, Nenad Krstić (8)| Russell Westbrook (10)| AT&T Center
18,797| 21–53

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 75| April 3| Portland| | Kevin Durant (13)| Russell Westbrook (8)| Chucky Atkins, Russell Westbrook (4)| Ford Center
19,136| 21–54|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 76| April 5| Indiana| | Kevin Durant (25)| Shaun Livingston, Russell Westbrook (7)| Shaun Livingston (5)| Ford Center
19,136| 21–55|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 77| April 7| San Antonio| | Kevin Durant (24)| Thabo Sefolosha (9)| Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (6)| Ford Center
19,136| 21–56|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 78| April 8| @ Denver| | Kevin Durant (31)| Kevin Durant (7)| Russell Westbrook (11)| Pepsi Center
16,536| 21–57|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 79| April 10| Charlotte| | Kevin Durant (20)| Jeff Green (11)| Russell Westbrook (11)| Ford Center
19,136| 22–57|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 80| April 11| @ Milwaukee| | Kevin Durant (19)| Kyle Weaver (9)| Earl Watson (7)| Bradley Center
15,418| 22–58|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"| 81| April 13| @ Portland| | Earl Watson (16)| Nenad Krstić (7)| Russell Westbrook (7)| Rose Garden
20,655| 22–59|- bgcolor="#bbffbb"| 82| April 15| @ L.A. Clippers| | Kevin Durant (26)| D. J. White (11)| Earl Watson (14)| Staples Center
19,060| 23–59

Player statistics

Season

|-| Chucky Atkins*|| 18 || 0 || 16.6 || .291 || .250 || .917 || 1.0 || 1.7 || 0.4 || 0.1 || 3.9|-| Nick Collison|| 71 || 40 || 25.8 || .568 || .000 || .721 || 6.9 || 0.9 || 0.7 || 0.7 || 8.2|-| Kevin Durant|| 74 || 74 || 39.0 || .476 || .422 || .863 || 6.5 || 2.8 || 1.3 || 0.7 || 25.3|-| Jeff Green|| 78 || style="background:#FF4422;"| 78 || 36.8 || .446 || .389 || .788 || 6.7 || 2.0 || 1.0 || 0.4 || 16.5|-| Steven Hill|| 1 || 0 || 2.0 || 1.000 || .000 || .000 || 3.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 2.0|-| Nenad Krstić|| 46 || 29 || 24.8 || .469 || .000 || .797 || 5.5 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 1.1 || 9.7|-| Shaun Livingston|| 8 || 1 || 23.8 || .538 || .000 || 1.000 || 3.3 || 2.0 || 0.6 || 0.3 || 7.8|-| Desmond Mason*|| 39 || 19 || 27.3 || .435 || .000 || .541 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.8 || 7.5|-| Johan Petro*|| 22 || 12 || 15.5 || .407 || .000 || .667 || 4.3 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 4.6|-| Malik Rose*|| 20 || 0 || 15.7 || .378 || .000 || .800 || 3.3 || 1.3 || 0.5 || 0.1 || 5.0|-| Thabo Sefolosha*|| 23 || 22 || 31.1 || .417 || .243 || .833 || 5.2 || 2.0 || 1.7 || 1.1 || 8.5|-| Mouhamed Sene*|| 5 || 0 || 4.6 || .714 || .000 || .778 || 1.8 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 0.4 || 3.4|-| Joe Smith*|| 36 || 3 || 19.2 || .454 || .500 || .704 || 4.5 || 0.7 || 0.3 || 0.7 || 6.6|-| Robert Swift|| 26 || 10 || 13.2 || .521 || .000 || .750 || 3.4 || 0.3 || 0.2 || 0.7 || 3.3|-| Earl Watson|| 68 || 18 || 26.1 || .384 || .235 || .755 || 2.7 || 5.8 || 0.7 || 0.2 || 6.6|-| Kyle Weaver|| 56 || 19 || 20.8 || .459 || .344 || .707 || 2.3 || 1.8 || 0.8 || 0.4 || 5.3|-| Russell Westbrook| style="background:#FF4422;" | 82 || 65 || 32.5 || .398 || .271 || .815 || 4.9 || 5.3 || 1.3 || 0.2 || 15.3|-| D. J. White|| 7 || 0 || 18.6 || .520 || .000 || .769 || 4.6 || 0.9 || 0.4 || 0.7 || 8.9|-| Chris Wilcox*|| 37 || 6 || 19.4 || .485 || .000 || .598 || 5.3 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.3 || 8.4|-| Damien Wilkins|| 41 || 14 || 15.5 || .362 || .375 || .804 || 1.7 || 0.9 || 0.5 || 0.2 || 5.3|-|}

* Statistics with Oklahoma City.

Awards and records

Awards

Week/Month

• Russell Westbrook was named Western Conference rookie of the month in December and February.^{[6] [7]}

All-Star

• Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green and Kevin Durant played in the Rookie Challenge, where Durant was named MVP.
• Kevin Durant won the H–O–R–S–E Competition.

Season

• Russell Westbrook was selected to the All-Rookie 1st team.

Records

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2008–09 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via draft Russell Westbrook Via trade Desmond Mason Joe Smith Kyle Weaver D.J. White <	--Via free agency-->	Players Lost Via trade Via free agency Ronald Dupree Francisco Elson Mickaël Gelabale <	--Via retirement-->Waived Donyell Marshall

Trades

July 5, 2008^[8]	To Seattle SuperSonics D.J. White	To Detroit Pistons Walter Sharpe Trent Plaisted
August 11, 2008^[9]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Kyle Weaver	To Charlotte Bobcats 2009 second-round pick
August 13, 2008^[10]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Desmond Mason via MIL Joe Smith via CLE	To Milwaukee Bucks Adrian Griffin via OKC Luke Ridnour via OKC Damon Jones via CLE
To Cleveland Cavaliers Mo Williams via MIL
January 7, 2009^[11]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Chucky Atkins 2009 first-round pick	To Denver Nuggets Johan Petro 2009 second-round pick
February 19, 2009^[12]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Thabo Sefolosha	To Chicago Bulls 2009 first-round pick
February 19, 2009^[13]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Malik Rose	To New York Knicks Chris Wilcox

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former team
November 4, 2008	Steven Hill^[15]	Standard	Arkansas Razorbacks
December 31, 2008	Nenad Krstic^[16]	Multi-Year Contract	New Jersey Nets Triumph Lyubertsy
March 31, 2009	Shaun Livingston^[17]	Multi-Year Contract	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
July 1, 2008	Mickaël Gelabale	Free Agency	Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League)
August 20, 2008	Donyell Marshall^[18]	Waived	Philadelphia 76ers
September 9, 2008	Francisco Elson	Free Agency	Milwaukee Bucks
December 3, 2008	Ronald Dupree^[19]	Free Agency	Tulsa 66ers
December 30, 2008	Steven Hill	Waived	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
February 19, 2009	Mouhamed Sene	Waived	Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D-League)

See also

• Seattle SuperSonics relocation to Oklahoma City
• 2008–09 NBA season

Notes and References

1. News: T'Wolves Play Spoiler . Phil . Sites . . October 8, 2008. October 9, 2008.
2. Web site: CANOE -- SLAM! Sports - Basketball - NBA: NBA season-ticket prices set for Oklahoma City . August 16, 2008. usurped . https://archive.today/20080916233810/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Basketball/NBA/2008/08/14/6454111-ap.html . September 16, 2008.
3. News: Waiting list begun for Oklahoma City season tickets . Associated Press . ESPN. September 13, 2008. September 13, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915173959/http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3585230. September 15, 2008 . live.
4. http://newsok.com/oklahoma-city-nba-team-to-face-hectic-pace-in-preseason/article/3282760/?tm=1218596987 Oklahoma City NBA team to face hectic pace in preseason
5. Web site: Sonics, city reach settlement . Sharon . Pian Chan . Sharon Chan (journalist) . Seattle Times . July 2, 2008 . July 2, 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080703210555/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008030229_sonitrial02.html . 3 July 2008 . dead .
6. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/01/02/010209rom.release/index.html Bulls' Rose, Thunder's Westbrook named Rookies of the Month
7. http://www.nba.com/2009/news/03/02/rookies.month/index.html Nets' Lopez, Thunder's Westbrook named Rookies of the Month
8. Web site: Westbrook, White sign rookie deals with SuperSonics. espn.com. November 8, 2022. July 5, 2008.
9. Web site: Bobcats trade G Weaver to Oklahoma City for pick. espn.com. November 8, 2022. August 11, 2008.
10. Web site: Cavaliers Acquire Williams in Three-Team Trade. nba.com. November 8, 2022. August 13, 2008.
11. Web site: Nuggets get another big man in Petro. espn.com. November 8, 2022. August 11, 2008.
12. Web site: Thunder Acquires Thabo Sefolosha. nba.com. November 8, 2022. February 19, 2009.
13. Web site: Knicks swap Rose for Wilcox. espn.com. November 8, 2022. February 19, 2009.
14. Web site: Oklahoma City Re-Signs Swift. basketball.realgm.com. November 8, 2022. September 11, 2008.
15. Web site: Thunder signs 7-foot center Hill. espn.com. November 8, 2022. November 4, 2008.
16. Web site: Krstic gives Thunder another 7-footer. espn.com. November 8, 2022. December 31, 2008.
17. Web site: Livingston sign multiyear deal. espn.com. November 8, 2022. March 31, 2009.
18. Web site: Veteran forward Marshall waived by Oklahoma City. espn.com. November 8, 2022. August 20, 2008.
19. Web site: 66ers Acquire Forward Ronald Dupree. oursportscentral.com. November 8, 2022. December 3, 2008.