Oklahoma City Thunder Regular Season Rosters

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2008-2009 Oklahoma City Thunder Regular Season Roster

Jersey Player Pos HT WT YOS Pre-Draft Team Draft Status Nationality
13 Chucky Atkins G 5-11 185 10 South Florida 1996 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
4 Nick Collison FC 6-10 255 5 Kansas 2003 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
35 Kevin Durant SF 6-11 240 1 Texas 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 2 United States
22 Jeff Green F 6-8 235 1 Georgetown 2007 Rnd 1 Pick 5 United States
51 Steven Hill C 7-0 248 0 Arkansas 2008 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
12 Nenad Krstic C 6-10 255 4 KK Partizan (Serbia) 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 24 Serbia
14 Shaun Livingston G 6-7 192 4 Peoria Central High School (Illinois) 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
  John Lucas PG 5-11 166 2 Oklahoma State 2005 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States
34 Desmond Mason G-F 6-7 224 8 Oklahoma State 2000 Rnd 1 Pick 17 United States
27 Johan Petro C 7-0 247 3 Pau-Orthez (France) 2005 Rnd 1 Pick 25 France
9 Malik Rose F 6-7 250 12 Drexel 1996 Rnd 2 Pick 15 United States
  Thabo Sefolosha GF 6-7 220 2 Edilnol Pallacanestro Biella (Italy) 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 13 Switzerland
18 Saer Sene C 7-0 230 2 Voo Wolves Verviers-Pepinster (Belgium) 2006 Rnd 1 Pick 10 Senegal
7 Joe Smith F 6-10 225 13 Maryland 1995 Rnd 1 Pick 1 United States
31 Robert Swift C 7-0 245 4 Bakersfield High School (California) 2004 Rnd 1 Pick 12 United States
25 Earl Watson PG 6-1 199 7 UCLA 2001 Rnd 2 Pick 11 United States
5 Kyle Weaver SG 6-6 200 0 Washington State 2008 Rnd 2 Pick 8 United States
0 Russell Westbrook G 6-4 200 0 UCLA 2008 Rnd 1 Pick 4 United States
3 D.J. White PF 6-9 250 0 Indiana 2008 Rnd 1 Pick 29 United States
54 Chris Wilcox FC 6-10 235 6 Maryland 2002 Rnd 1 Pick 8 United States
21 Damien Wilkins GF 6-6 225 4 Georgia 2004 NBA Draft, Undrafted United States

2008-2009 Oklahoma City Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters R. Westbrook K. Durant N. Collison J. Green N. Krstic
Rotation E. Watson D. Mason D. White   R. Swift
Rotation   K. Weaver      
Rotation   D. Wilkins      
Lim PT C. Atkins T. Sefolosha   M. Rose  
Lim PT S. Livingston        

2008-2009 Northwest Division Standings

RankTeamRecordGB
1Denver Nuggets54-28-
2Portland Trail Blazers54-280
3Utah Jazz48-346
4Minnesota Timberwolves24-5830
5Oklahoma City Thunder23-5931

2008-2009 Oklahoma City Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Russell Westbrook All-Rookie First Team (2009)
Russell Westbrook Rookie Of The Month (Dec 08, Feb 09)
Russell Westbrook Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2009)
Kevin Durant Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2009)
Jeff Green Rising Stars Challenge Participant (2009)
Kevin Durant Rising Stars Challenge MVP (2009)

2008-2009 Oklahoma City Season Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Kevin Durant 74 39.0 25.3 6.5 2.8 1.3 0.7 3.0
Jeff Green 78 36.8 16.5 6.7 2.0 1.0 0.4 2.2
Russell Westbrook 82 32.5 15.3 4.9 5.3 1.3 0.2 3.3
Nick Collison 71 25.8 8.2 6.9 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.0
Earl Watson 68 26.1 6.6 2.7 5.8 0.7 0.2 2.3
Nenad Krstic 46 24.8 9.7 5.5 0.6 0.5 1.1 1.0
Chris Wilcox 37 19.4 8.4 5.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 1.5
Kyle Weaver 56 20.8 5.3 2.3 1.8 0.8 0.4 1.2
Desmond Mason 39 27.3 7.5 4.0 1.2 0.4 0.8 1.4
Joe Smith 36 19.2 6.6 4.5 0.7 0.3 0.7 0.4
Damien Wilkins 41 15.5 5.3 1.7 0.9 0.5 0.2 0.9
Thabo Sefolosha 23 31.2 8.5 5.2 2.0 1.7 1.1 1.2
Johan Petro 22 15.5 4.6 4.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.7
Malik Rose 20 15.5 5.0 3.2 1.3 0.5 0.1 0.9
Robert Swift 26 13.2 3.3 3.4 0.3 0.2 0.7 0.3
Chucky Atkins 18 16.4 3.9 1.0 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.7
D.J. White 7 18.5 8.9 4.6 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.4
Shaun Livingston 8 23.8 7.8 3.2 2.0 0.6 0.2 0.8
Saer Sene 5 4.5 3.4 1.8 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6
Steven Hill 1 2.4 2.0 3.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

2008-2009 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster Composition

Selected via Draft

Nick Collison was selected as the #12 pick in the First Round of the 2003 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Nick Collison signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 7, 2003. Nick Collison signed a multi-year extension with the Seattle SuperSonics on October 31, 2006.

Kevin Durant was selected as the #2 pick in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Kevin Durant signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 2, 2007.

Robert Swift was selected as the #12 pick in the First Round of the 2004 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Robert Swift signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 14, 2004. Robert Swift signed a contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder on September 9, 2008.

Russell Westbrook was selected as the #4 pick in the First Round of the 2008 NBA Draft by the Seattle SuperSonics. Russell Westbrook signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 4, 2008.

Acquired via Draft Rights Trade

Draft Rights to Jeff Green, the #5 pick in the First Round of the 2007 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Seattle SuperSonics from the Boston Celtics on June 28, 2007. Jeff Green signed a multi-year contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on July 2, 2007.

Draft Rights to Kyle Weaver, the #8 pick in the Second Round of the 2008 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Oklahoma City Thunder from the Charlotte Hornets on August 11, 2008. Kyle Weaver signed a multi-year contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder on August 27, 2008.

Draft Rights to D.J. White, the #29 pick in the First Round of the 2008 NBA Draft, were acquired by the Seattle SuperSonics from the Detroit Pistons on June 26, 2008. D.J. White signed a multi-year contract with the Oklahoma City Thunder on July 1, 2008.

Acquired via Trade

Chucky Atkins was acquired in a trade by the Oklahoma City Thunder from the Denver Nuggets on January 7, 2009.

Desmond Mason was acquired in a trade by the Oklahoma City Thunder from the Milwaukee Bucks on August 13, 2008.

Malik Rose was acquired in a trade by the Oklahoma City Thunder from the New York Knicks on February 19, 2009.

Thabo Sefolosha was acquired in a trade by the Oklahoma City Thunder from the Chicago Bulls on February 19, 2009.

Earl Watson was acquired in a trade by the Seattle SuperSonics from the Denver Nuggets on February 23, 2006.

Acquired via Free Agency

Nenad Krstic signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Oklahoma City Thunder on December 30, 2008.

Shaun Livingston signed a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Oklahoma City Thunder on March 31, 2009.

Damien Wilkins signed a contract with the Seattle SuperSonics on October 4, 2004. Damien Wilkins re-signed to a multi-year contract as a free agent with the Seattle SuperSonics on August 29, 2005.

2008-2009 Oklahoma City Thunder Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Clay Bennett Owner 2006-2007 N/A
Danny Barth Chief Executive Officer 2006-2007 Chief Financial Officer (Oklahoma City Thunder, 2000 to 2006)
Michael Chatman Director of Team Security 2007-2008 N/A
P.J. Carlesimo Head Coach 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (San Antonio Spurs, 2002 to 2007)
Scott Brooks Head Coach, Assistant Coach 2008-2009 Assistant Coach (Oklahoma City Thunder, 2007 to 2009)
Ralph Lewis II Assistant Coach 2005-2006 Head Coach (Huntsville Flight, 2002 to 2005)
Mark Bryant Assistant Coach 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (Orlando Magic, 2005 to 2007)
Ron Adams Assistant Coach 2008-2009 Scout (Chicago Bulls, 2007 to 2008)
Sam Presti General Manager 2007-2008 Assistant General Manager (San Antonio Spurs, 2005 to 2007)
Rich Cho Assistant General Manager 2000-2001 Director of Basketball Affairs (Oklahoma City Thunder, 1997 to 2000)
Frank Ross Director of East Coast Scouting 2007-2008 Scout (Charlotte Hornets, 2003 to 2007)
Vin Bhavnani Video Coordinator 2008-2009 Assistant Video Coordinator (San Antonio Spurs, 2006 to 2008)
Bob Thornton Advance Scout 2007-2008 Assistant Coach (Minnesota Timberwolves, 2004 to 2007)
Bill Branch Director of Player Personnel 2008-2009 Assistant Coach (Denver Nuggets, 2002 to 2007)
Brian Keefe Player Development Coach 2007-2008 Assistant Video Coordinator (San Antonio Spurs, 2005 to 2007)
Donnie Strack Director of Medical Services 2008-2009 N/A
Brian Davis Television Play-By-Play 2004-2005 N/A
Matt Pinto Radio Broadcaster 2007-2008 Radio Broadcaster (Los Angeles Clippers, 2005 to 2007)