The Oklahoma City Thunder led the NBA in efficiency differential during the preseason with a mark of +12.5.

During the 14-15 preseason, the Golden State Warriors had the league's best mark with +11.0, which became a first indicator of their jump as title contenders.

Here's the full rankings from the 15-16 preseason:

1. Thunder: 12.5
2. Celtics: 11.6
3. Grizzlies: 11.5
4. Wizards: 10.4
5. Hornets: 10.0
6. Pistons: 7.1
7. Raptors: 5.6
8. Pacers: 4.7
9. Knicks: 4.0
10. Suns: 3.9
11. Nuggets: 3.5
12. Kings: 3.3
13. Magic: 2.8
14. Blazers: 1.8
15. Jazz: 0.4
16. Heat: 0.0
17. Hawks: -0.7
18. Rockets: -0.7
19. Nets: -1.0
20. Warriors: -1.3
21. Spurs: -1.9
22. Lakers: -2.1
23. Bucks: -3.4
24. Bulls: -3.6
25. Pelicans: -3.6
26. Clippers: -4.2
27. Cavaliers: -6.5
28. 76ers: -8.6
29. Mavericks: -10.7
30. Wolves: -11.0

The minority owners of the Sacramento Kings have been engaged in serious conversations about how Vivek Ranadive has run the franchise as chairman.

Ranadive fired Mike Malone last December, hired George Karl as head coach and Vlade Divac as top decision-maker. There was more potential upheaval in the offseason when tension between DeMarcus Cousins and Karl came to light.

The Kings' minority owners are powerless to do anything under the franchise's governing documents unless Ranadive accepts an offer to sell his controlling stake.

The Sacramento Kings have waived David Stockton, while Eric Moreland has secured a place on their regular season roster.

Stockton played for the Kings and the Reno Bighorns last season.

Moreland also played for the Bighorns last season.

Rajon Rondo was interviewed by Cowbell Kingdom about how he's adjusting in his early days with the Sacramento Kings.

"It's been a great opportunity to learn these guys over the past couple of weeks," said Rondo of his teammates.

Rondo was also asked about his relationship with George Karl.

"It's not been going too well," said Rondo. "We've got into a couple of arguments the past couple of days. Hopefully we continue to talk and get better."

Rondo has said similar things previously in the summer sarcastically.

DeMarcus Cousins was asked if winning MVP is a reachable goal for him this season.

“Reachable, man?” Cousins responded. “It’s mine to grab.”

Cousins has become one of the NBA's best bigs and is the best player in the league to have never appeared in a playoff game.

George Karl admitted apologizing to DeMarcus Cousins during a meeting facilitated by Vlade Divac during the offseason.

Karl had suggested every player on the Sacramento Kings was tradeable.

“What I said, I should not have said,” Karl reiterated Friday. “But we all make mistakes. I make mistakes with game-planning, make mistakes coaching. DeMarcus makes mistakes. I think he was a little surprised (laugh) to hear me say that I make mistakes and that I’m going to ‘bleep up’ again.”

The Sacramento Kings have picked up the 2016-17 option on guard Ben McLemore’s contract.

Entering his third NBA campaign, the 6-5 guard averaged 12.1 points (.437 FG%, .358 3pt%, .813 FT%), 2.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 32.6 minutes per contest in starting all 82 games he played in last season.