Remember last year when Nikola Jokiu0107 noted how teams winning in the playoffs had "longer benches" and deep rotations? Of course you do, because he said so after the Thunder eliminated the Denver Nuggets in Game 7 of the semifinals. Jokiu0107 didn't say anything fans didn't already know, but it still felt like a message to the front office.
The new front office duo of Ben Tenzer and Jon Wallace went to work over the offseason, from offloading Michael Porter Jr.'s contract to create the space to sign players like Tim Hardaway Jr., to trading for Jonas Valanu010diu016bnas.