2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder season

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).

2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder season
Head coach	Mark Daigneault
General manager	Sam Presti
Owners	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 at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	Bally Sports Oklahoma
Radio	KWPN and WWLS-FM
< 2020–21 2022–23 >

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.

Previous three seasons

Season	Record	Seeding
2018–19	49–33	6th
2019–20	44–28	5th
2020–21	22–50	14th

In their first year of the rebuild, the Thunder started the season returning only six players from the 2019-20 season. The Thunder also mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Billy Donovan after five seasons. To replace Donovan, the Thunder promoted assistant coach Mark Daigneault who previously served as the head coach of the Oklahoma City Blue.^[1]

Replacing Chris Paul, Danilo Gallinari, and Steven Adams in the starting lineup, the Thunder started veterans George Hill, Al Horford and promoted second-year forward Darius Bazley. After failing to trade Horford at the deadline, the Thunder announced Horford will remain inactive for the rest of the season to prioritize the team's younger talent.^[2] After Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's season-ending injury and Al Horford being shut down, the Thunder finished April and May with a 2-23 record including a 152-95 loss to the Indiana Pacers which was the largest home loss in league history.^[3]

Offseason

Draft picks

 

Josh Giddey was selected 6th overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder.

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
Jeremiah Robinson-Earl was later traded to the Thunder via New York Knicks

The Thunder had three first round-picks and three second-round picks entering the draft.^[4] The Thunder owned one first-round pick entering the 2021 NBA draft lottery. The Thunder ended the night with the sixth overall pick after having a 34.1% chance to be in the top three. The Thunder other's first rounders were acquired from the Al Horford trade and the Paul George trade.^[5][6] The Thunder also acquired two other second-round picks from the Kelly Oubre Jr. trade.^[7]

On draft night, the Thunder traded the draft rights to Alperen Şengün, the 16th pick, to the Houston Rockets in exchange for a 2022 protected first-round pick via DET and a 2023 protected first-round pick via WAS.^[8] The Thunder traded the draft rights to Rokas Jokubaitis, the 34th pick, and the draft rights to Miles McBride, the 36th pick to the New York Knicks in exchange for the draft rights to Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, the 32nd pick.^[9]

The Thunder ended 2021 NBA draft night with Australia's NBL guard Josh Giddey, Florida guard Tre Mann, Villanova center Jeremiah Robinson-Earl and Maryland guard Aaron Wiggins.^[10]

 

Derrick Favors was traded to the Thunder.

Trades

On June 18, the Thunder traded Al Horford, Moses Brown and a 2023 second-round pick to the Boston Celtics in exchange for Kemba Walker, a 2021 first-round pick and a 2025 second-round pick.^[11] On August 6, the Thunder negotiated a contract buyout and waived Walker. In return, Walker gave up $20 million in total in his buyout. Walker gave up $9.7 million in his 2021-22 salary and $10.2 million in his 2022-23 salary.^[12][13]

On July 30, the Thunder traded a 2027 second-round pick and cash considerations to the Utah Jazz in exchange for Derrick Favors and a future first-round pick.^[14]

Free agency

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions

For this offseason, free agency began on August 2, 2021. Tony Bradley, Svi Mykhailiuk and Mike Muscala were set to hit unrestricted free agency while Josh Hall was set to hit restricted free agency. On August 2, it was reported that Mike Muscala agreed to a two-year, $7 million deal to stay with the Thunder, which he later signed on August 11.^[15][16] On August 18, Josh Hall accepted his two-way qualifying offer to re-sign with the Thunder.^[17] However, on September 12, the Thunder waived Hall.^[18] On August 19, Tony Bradley signed a deal with the Chicago Bulls.^[19] On September 11, Svi Mykhailiuk signed a deal with the Toronto Raptors.^[20] On August 2, it was reported that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander agreed to a five-year, $172 million rookie extension with the Thunder, which he later signed on August 6.^[21][22]

On September 3, Vít Krejčí signed a rookie deal with the Thunder. Krejčí was originally selected 37th overall in the 2020 NBA draft but did not sign a contract in the 2020-21 season, instead spent the season rehabbing with the Oklahoma City Blue after tearing his ACL.^[23] On September 15, Paul Watson Jr. signed a two-way contract with the Thunder. Watson Jr. spent the 2020-21 season with the Toronto Raptors.^[24]

On September 26, Charlie Brown Jr. was waived by the Thunder.^[25]

Front office and coaching changes

On August 10, the Thunder announced Nick Collison as a special assistant to Sam Presti. Prior to taking this position, Collison served as a basketball operations representative for the Thunder. Collison joins Eric Maynor, Nazr Mohammed, Mike Milks and Anthony Morrow as former Thunder players contributing to the Thunder organization.^[26]

Roster

2021–22 Oklahoma City Thunder roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB 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 6 Frazier Jr., 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 TCU	Head coach Mark Daigneault 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 Roster Last transaction: April 11, 2022

Staff

Oklahoma City Thunder staff

	Front Office Chairman – Clay Bennett Executive Vice President & General Manager – Sam Presti Vice President of Basketball Operations – Rob Hennigan Vice President of Basketball Operations – Will Dawkins Basketball Operations Chief of Staff – Glenn Wong Vice President of Human & Player Performance – Donnie Strack Vice President of Logistics & Engagement – Marc St. Yves Vice President of Basketball Communications & Engagement – Matt Tumbleson Vice President / Team Counsel & Strategic Alignment – Amanda Green Vice President of Strategy & Analysis – Jesse Gould Vice President of Strategy & Design – Wynn Sullivan Pro Evaluation Scout – Nazr Mohammed			Coaches Head coach – Mark Daigneault Assistant coach – David Akinyooye Assistant coach – Dave Bliss Assistant coach – Mike Wilks Assistant coach – Kameron Woods Assistant coach for Player Development – Zach Peterson Assistant coach for Player Development – Eric Maynor Assistant coach for Program Development – Connor Johnson Broadcasters Play-by-Play – Chris Fisher Television Analyst – Michael Cage Broadcast Reporter – Nick Gallo Broadcast Reporter – Paris Lawson Radio Broadcaster – Matt Pinto Spanish Radio Broadcaster – Eleno Ornelas → Coaching staff → Management → Ownership → Broadcasters

Standings

Division

Northwest Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div	GP
y – Utah Jazz	49	33	.598	–	29–12	20–21	15–1	82
x – Denver Nuggets	48	34	.585	1.0	23–18	25–16	6–10	82
x – Minnesota Timberwolves	46	36	.561	3.0	26–15	20–21	12–4	82
Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	22.0	17–24	10–31	1–15	82
Oklahoma City Thunder	24	58	.293	25.0	12–29	12–29	6–10	82

Conference

Western Conference
#	Team	W	L	PCT	GB	GP
1	z – Phoenix Suns *	64	18	.780	–	82
2	y – Memphis Grizzlies *	56	26	.683	8.0	82
3	x – Golden State Warriors	53	29	.646	11.0	82
4	x – Dallas Mavericks	52	30	.634	12.0	82
5	y – Utah Jazz *	49	33	.598	15.0	82
6	x – Denver Nuggets	48	34	.585	16.0	82
7	x – Minnesota Timberwolves	46	36	.561	18.0	82
8	pi – Los Angeles Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0	82
9	x – New Orleans Pelicans	36	46	.439	28.0	82
10	pi − San Antonio Spurs	34	48	.415	30.0	82
11	Los Angeles Lakers	33	49	.402	31.0	82
12	Sacramento Kings	30	52	.366	34.0	82
13	Portland Trail Blazers	27	55	.329	37.0	82
14	Oklahoma City Thunder	24	58	.293	40.0	82
15	Houston Rockets	20	62	.244	44.0	82

Game log

Preseason

2021 preseason game log Total: 1–3 (Home: 1–2; Road: 0–1)
Preseason: 1–3 (home: 1–2; road: 0–1) Game Date 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 Total: 24–58 (Home: 12–29; Road: 12–29)
October: 1–5 (home: 1–2; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 1 October 20 @ Utah L 86–107 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (18) Josh Giddey (10) Giddey, Pokusevski, Maledon (3) Vivint Arena 18,306 0–1 2 October 22 @ Houston L 91–124 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (13) Aleksej Pokusevski (7) Dort, Giddey (4) Toyota Center 15,674 0–2 3 October 24 Philadelphia L 103–115 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) Josh Giddey (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Paycom Center 14,256 0–3 4 October 26 Golden State L 98–106 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) Josh Giddey (9) Giddey, Gilgeous-Alexander (4) Paycom Center 15,717 0–4 5 October 27 LA Lakers W 123–115 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (27) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Josh Giddey (10) Paycom Center 15,783 1–4 6 October 30 @ Golden State L 82–103 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (15) Darius Bazley (8) Josh Giddey (6) Chase Center 18,063 1–5
November: 5–9 (home: 3–4; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 7 November 1 @ LA Clippers L 95–99 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28) Maledon, Muscala, Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Josh Giddey (7) Staples Center 13,722 1–6 8 November 4 @ LA Lakers W 107–104 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (28) Derrick Favors (11) Josh Giddey (8) Staples Center 18,997 2–6 9 November 7 San Antonio W 99–94 Mike Muscala (20) Darius Bazley (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 12,972 3–6 10 November 10 @ New Orleans W 108–100 Luguentz Dort (27) Josh Giddey (12) Josh Giddey (9) Smoothie King Center 15,355 4–6 11 November 12 Sacramento W 105–103 Dort, Gilgeous-Alexander (22) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (14) Josh Giddey (5) Paycom Center 12,881 5–6 12 November 14 Brooklyn L 96–120 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (23) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (8) Giddey, Wiggins (4) Paycom Center 15,080 5–7 13 November 15 Miami L 90–103 Luguentz Dort (20) Darius Bazley (7) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) Paycom Center 12,330 5–8 14 November 17 Houston W 101–89 Luguentz Dort (34) Josh Giddey (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 12,066 6–8 15 November 19 @ Milwaukee L 89–96 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (17) Josh Giddey (12) Giddey, Williams (4) Fiserv Forum 17,341 6–9 16 November 20 @ Boston L 105–111 Luguentz Dort (16) Darius Bazley (10) Darius Bazley (6) TD Garden 19,156 6–10 17 November 22 @ Atlanta L 101–113 Dort, Giddey, Jerome (15) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (10) Josh Giddey (8) State Farm Arena 15,806 6–11 18 November 24 Utah L 104–110 Luguentz Dort (27) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (10) Josh Giddey (8) Paycom Center 17,341 6–12 19 November 26 Washington L 99–101 Luguentz Dort (21) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 14,579 6–13 20 November 29 @ Houston L 89–102 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (22) Mann, Robinson-Earl (7) Josh Giddey (7) Toyota Center 12,829 6–14
December: 7–8 (home: 4–4; road: 3–4) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 21 December 1 Houston L 110–114 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (39) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (9) Dort, Robinson-Earl (4) Paycom Center 13,222 6–15 22 December 2 @ Memphis L 79–152 ^[a] Luguentz Dort (15) Muscala, Robinson-Earl (5) Ty Jerome (4) FedExForum 13,103 6–16 23 December 6 @ Detroit W 114–103 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (30) Bazley, Robinson-Earl (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (13) Little Caesars Arena 10,522 7–16 24 December 8 @ Toronto W 110–109 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (26) Derrick Favors (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Scotiabank Arena 19,800 8–16 25 December 10 LA Lakers L 95–116 Tre Mann (19) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (9) Josh Giddey (7) Paycom Center 16,523 8–17 26 December 12 Dallas L 84–103 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (18) Aleksej Pokusevski (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) Paycom Center 15,747 8–18 27 December 15 New Orleans L 110–113 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Josh Giddey (9) Josh Giddey (7) Paycom Center 13,253 8–19 28 December 18 LA Clippers W 104–103 Luguentz Dort (29) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (18) Paycom Center 15,123 9–19 29 December 20 @ Memphis W 102–99 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (23) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Josh Giddey (11) FedEx Forum 15,721 10–19 30 December 22 Denver W 108–94 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (27) Bazley, Gilgeous-Alexander (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (12) Paycom Center 14,932 11–19 31 December 23 @ Phoenix L 101–113 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) Darius Bazley (10) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Footprint Center 17,071 11–20 32 December 26 New Orleans W 117–112 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (10) Paycom Center 15,608 12–20 33 December 28 @ Sacramento L 111–117 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Dort, Williams (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (5) Golden 1 Center 14,750 12–21 34 December 29 @ Phoenix L 97–115 Ty Jerome (24) Jerome, Wiggins (8) Ty Jerome (5) Footprint Center 17,071 12–22 35 December 31 New York W 95–80 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (23) Isaiah Roby (9) Ty Jerome (5) Paycom Center 16,451 13–22
January: 2–12 (home: 1–5; road: 1–7) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 36 January 2 Dallas L 86–95 Josh Giddey (17) Josh Giddey (13) Josh Giddey (14) Paycom Center 14,571 13–23 37 January 5 @ Minnesota L 90–98 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (19) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (15) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Target Center 14,375 13–24 38 January 7 Minnesota L 105–135 Luguentz Dort (18) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Paycom Center 14,874 13–25 39 January 9 Denver L 95–99 Luguentz Dort (14) Josh Giddey (7) Josh Giddey (8) Paycom Center 14,772 13–26 40 January 11 @ Washington L 118–122 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32) Darius Bazley (9) Giddey, Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Capital One Arena 13,985 13–27 41 January 13 @ Brooklyn W 130–109 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (10) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Barclays Center 16,964 14–27 42 January 15 Cleveland L 102–107 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (21) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Paycom Center 15,284 14–28 43 January 17 @ Dallas L 102–104 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (34) Luguentz Dort (7) Dort, Giddey (7) American Airlines Center 19,266 14–29 44 January 19 @ San Antonio L 96–118 Aaron Wiggins (19) Josh Giddey (11) Josh Giddey (8) AT&T Center 11,848 14–30 45 January 21 @ Charlotte L 98–121 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Paycom Center 15,835 14–31 46 January 22 @ Cleveland L 87–94 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (6) Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse 19,432 14–32 47 January 24 Chicago L 110–111 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) Bazley, Giddey (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (10) Paycom Center 14,378 14–33 48 January 28 Indiana L 110–113 (OT) Luguentz Dort (27) Josh Giddey (10) Josh Giddey (5) Paycom Center 15,106 14–34 49 January 31 Portland W 98–81 Luguentz Dort (18) Josh Giddey (12) Ty Jerome (6) Paycom Center 13,812 15–34
February : 4–7 (home: 0–4; road: 4–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 50 February 2 @ Dallas W 120–114 (OT) Luguentz Dort (30) Darius Bazley (11) Josh Giddey (10) American Airlines Center 19,200 16–34 51 February 4 @ Portland W 96–93 Luguentz Dort (23) Darius Bazley (12) Ty Jerome (8) Moda Center 15,329 17–34 52 February 5 @ Sacramento L 103–113 Josh Giddey (24) Aleksej Pokusevski (9) Josh Giddey (8) Golden 1 Center 14,097 17–35 53 February 7 Golden State L 98–110 Luguentz Dort (26) Josh Giddey (11) Josh Giddey (7) Paycom Center 17,009 17–36 54 February 9 Toronto L 98–117 Pokusevski, Maledon (18) Kenrich Williams (12) Giddey, Williams (6) Paycom Center 13,858 17–37 55 February 11 @ Philadelphia L 87–100 Derrick Favors (16) Darius Bazley (15) Giddey, Jerome (5) Wells Fargo Center 20,669 17–38 56 February 12 @ Chicago L 101–106 Luguentz Dort (31) Josh Giddey (12) Josh Giddey (10) United Center 20,072 17–39 57 February 14 @ New York W 127–123 Tre Mann (30) Josh Giddey (11) Josh Giddey (12) Madison Square Garden 18,433 18–39 58 February 16 San Antonio L 106–114 Tre Mann (24) Isaiah Roby (12) Josh Giddey (10) Paycom Center 14,920 18–40 All-Star Break 59 February 24 Phoenix L 104–124 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32) Josh Giddey (9) Giddey, Mann (6) Paycom Center 14,176 18–41 60 February 25 @ Indiana W 129–125 (OT) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (36) Isaiah Roby (11) Gilgeous-Alexander, Mann (5) Gainbridge Fieldhouse 15,182 19–41 61 February 28 Sacramento L 110–131 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (37) Aleksej Pokusevski (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (10) Paycom Center 13,945 19–42
March : 3–12 (home: 1–7; road: 2–5) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 62 March 2 @ Denver W 119–107 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (29) Aleksej Pokusevski (11) Gilgeous-Alexander, Roby (5) Ball Arena 15,167 20–42 63 March 4 Minnesota L 101–138 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Isaiah Roby (10) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Paycom Center 15,180 20–43 64 March 6 Utah L 103–116 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Aleksej Pokusevski (11) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Paycom Center 15,079 20–44 65 March 8 Milwaukee L 115–142 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (33) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (14) Paycom Center 15,743 20–45 66 March 9 @ Minnesota L 102–132 Aaron Wiggins (25) Aaron Wiggins (9) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Target Center 16,191 20–46 67 March 13 Memphis L 118–125 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (31) Darius Bazley (10) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (7) Paycom Center 17,482 20–47 68 March 14 Charlotte W 134–116 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (32) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (8) Tre Mann (6) Paycom Center 15,810 20–48 69 March 16 @ San Antonio L 120–122 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (34) Darius Bazley (9) Gilgeous-Alexander, Maledon (9) AT&T Center 14,994 20–49 70 March 18 @ Miami L 108–120 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (26) Aleksej Pokusevski (15) Aleksej Pokusevski (5) FTX Arena 19,600 20–50 71 March 20 @ Orlando L 85–90 Darius Bazley (18) Isaiah Roby (10) Aleksej Pokusevski (5) Amway Center 15,012 20–51 72 March 21 Boston L 123–132 Tre Mann (35) Darius Bazley (10) Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (9) Paycom Center 15,345 20–52 73 March 23 Orlando W 118–102 Theo Maledon (25) Vit Krejci (11) Theo Maledon (6) Paycom Center 14,393 21–52 74 March 26 @ Denver L 106–113 Theo Maledon (20) Isaiah Roby (7) Vit Krejci (6) Ball Arena 19,520 21–53 75 March 28 @ Portland W 134–131 (OT) Isaiah Roby (30) Theo Maledon (10) Aleksej Pokusevski (11) Moda Center 18,188 22–53 76 March 30 Atlanta L 118–136 Lindy Waters III (25) Roby, Sarr (9) Theo Maledon (8) Paycom Center 15,595 22–54
April : 2–4 (home: 2–1; road: 0–3) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Record 77 April 1 Detroit L 101–110 Theo Maledon (28) Jaylen Hoard (20) Theo Maledon (6) Paycom Center 16,961 22–55 78 April 3 Phoenix W 117–96 Olivier Sarr (24) Aleksej Pokusevski (10) Aleksej Pokusevski (12) Paycom Center 17,078 23–55 79 April 5 Portland W 98–94 Jaylen Hoard (24) Jaylen Hoard (21) Zavier Simpson (5) Paycom Center 14,674 24–55 80 April 6 @ Utah L 101–137 Jaylen Hoard (23) Vit Krejčí (6) Zavier Simpson (11) Vivint Arena 18,306 24–56 81 April 8 @ LA Lakers L 101–120 Jaylen Hoard (27) Jaylen Hoard (17) Zavier Simpson (7) Staples Center 18,997 24–57 82 April 10 @ LA Clippers L 88–138 Simpson & Kalaitzakis (17) Jaylen Hoard (15) Zavier Simpson (8) Staples Center 18,210 24–58
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

  Led team in statistic

After all games.^[28]
‡ Waived during the season
^† Traded during the season
^≠ Acquired during the season

Individual game highs

Category Player Statistic Points Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 39 vs Rockets on December 1, 2021 Rebounds Jaylen Hoard 21 vs Trail Blazers on April 5, 2022 Assists Josh Giddey Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 vs Mavericks on January 2, 2022 14 vs Bucks on March 8, 2022 Steals Josh Giddey Darius Bazley Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Kenrich Williams Kenrich Williams Luguentz Dort Josh Giddey Kenrich Williams Aleksej Pokuševski Tre Mann Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 4 vs 76ers on October 24, 2021 4 vs Lakers on October 27, 2021 4 vs Rockets on November 17, 2021 4 vs Pistons on December 6, 2021 4 vs Raptors on December 8, 2021 4 vs Pelicans on December 26, 2021 4 vs Mavericks on January 2, 2022 4 vs Timberwolves on January 5, 2022 4 vs Raptors on February 9, 2022 4 vs Suns on February 24, 2022 4 vs Jazz on March 6, 2022 Blocks Isaiah Roby 6 vs Trail Blazers on April 5, 2022 Minutes Georgios Kalaitzakis 48:00 vs Clippers on April 10, 2022

Category Player Statistic Field Goals Made Luguentz Dort Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 vs Rockets on November 17, 2021 14 vs Timberwolves on March 4, 2022 14 vs Spurs on March 16, 2022 Threes Made Tre Mann Lindy Waters III 7 vs Celtics on March 21, 2022 7 vs Hawks on March 30, 2022 Free Throws Made Shai Gilgeous-Alexander 14 vs Rockets on December 1, 2021 14 vs Kings on December 28, 2021 Double-Doubles Josh Giddey 16 Triple-Doubles Josh Giddey 4

Awards and records

Awards

Date	Player	Award
December 2, 2021	Josh Giddey (1/4)^[29]	October/November Rookie of the Month
December 27, 2021	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (1/1)^[30]	December 20–26 Player of the Week
January 4, 2022	Josh Giddey (2/4)^[31]	December Rookie of the Month
February 2, 2022	Josh Giddey (3/4)^[32]	January Rookie of the Month
March 3, 2022	Josh Giddey (4/4)^[33]	February Rookie of the Month
May 18, 2022	Josh Giddey^[34]	NBA All-Rookie Second Team

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.^[35]
• 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).^[36]
• 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.^[37] 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.^[38]
• 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.^[39]
• On February 16, 2022, Giddey, 19, joined Oscar Robertson as the only rookies in league history to record three consecutive triple-doubles.^[40]
• 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.^[41]
• On March 28, 2022, all five Thunder starters made two or more 3-pointers for the first time in OKC history.^[42]
• On April 1, 2022, Jaylen Hoard became the sixth Thunder player to record a 20-rebound game.^[43]
• 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.^[44]
• 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.^[45]

Transactions

Main article: List of 2021–22 NBA season transactions

Overview

Players Added Via draft Josh Giddey Tre Mann Aaron Wiggins Via trade Derrick Favors Jeremiah Robinson-Earl (Draft rights) Via free agency Vít Krejčí (Draft rights) Paul Watson Jr.

Players Lost Via trade Moses Brown Al Horford Via free agency Tony Bradley Svi Mykhailiuk Waived Charlie Brown Jr. Josh Hall

Trades

June 18, 2021^[46]	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^[47]	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^[47]	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^[48]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Derrick Favors 2024 protected first-round pick	To Utah Jazz 2027 second-round pick Cash considerations
January 4, 2022^[49]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Miye Oni 2028 second-round pick	To Utah Jazz Cash considerations
February 9, 2022^[50]	To Oklahoma City Thunder KZ Okpala Amendments conditions on a previously traded first-round pick	To Miami Heat 2026 second-round pick

Free agency

Re-signed

Date	Player	Contract
August 6, 2021	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander^[21]	Multi-Year Extension
August 11, 2021	Mike Muscala^[15]	Multi-Year
August 18, 2021	Josh Hall^[17]	Two-Way
In-Season Re-Signings
February 12, 2022	Aaron Wiggins^[51]	Multi-Year^[a]

^ a: Aaron Wiggins initially signed a two-way contract before it was converted into a multi-year contract.^[51]

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former team
September 3, 2021	Vít Krejčí^[23]	Standard	Basket Zaragoza
September 15, 2021	Paul Watson Jr.^[24]	Two-Way	Toronto Raptors
In-Season Additions
December 27, 2021	Rob Edwards^[52]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 27, 2021	Scotty Hopson^[52]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 27, 2021	Olivier Sarr^[52]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
December 29, 2021	Jaylen Hoard^[53]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
January 9, 2022	Olivier Sarr^[54]	Second 10-Day	Oklahoma City Thunder
January 11, 2022	Mamadi Diakite^[55]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Milwaukee Bucks
January 21, 2022	Mamadi Diakite^[56]	10-Day	Oklahoma City Thunder
January 31, 2022	Mamadi Diakite^[57]	Second 10-Day	Oklahoma City Thunder
February 10, 2022	Lindy Waters III^[58]	Two-Way	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
February 21, 2022	Olivier Sarr^[59]	Two-Way	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 1, 2022	Jaylen Hoard^[60]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 5, 2022	Georgios Kalaitzakis^[61]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 5, 2022	Zavier Simpson^[61]	Hardship Exception 10-Day	Oklahoma City Blue (G League)
April 6, 2022	Melvin Frazier Jr.^[62]	Two-Way	Iowa Wolves (G League)

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
August 6, 2021	Kemba Walker^[63]	Waived	New York Knicks
August 19, 2021	Tony Bradley^[19]	Free Agent	Chicago Bulls
September 1, 2021	Svi Mykhailiuk^[20]	Free Agent	Toronto Raptors
September 12, 2021	Josh Hall^[18]	Waived	Raptors 905 (G League)
September 26, 2021	Charlie Brown Jr.^[64]	Waived	Delaware Blue Coats (G League)
In-Season Subtractions
January 4, 2022	Gabriel Deck^[65]	Waived	Real Madrid
January 7, 2022	Miye Oni^[66]	Waived	New Orleans Pelicans
February 9, 2022	Mamadi Diakite^[67]	Waived	Cleveland Cavaliers
February 10, 2022	Paul Watson Jr.^[68]	Waived	TBD
February 11, 2022	KZ Okpala^[69]	Waived	Sacramento Kings
April 6, 2022	Olivier Sarr^[62]	Waived	Portland Trail Blazers

Notes

1. Record for largest margin of victory in NBA history, by 73 points.^[27]

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