2013–14 Oklahoma City Thunder season explained

Team:	Oklahoma City Thunder
End Year:	2014
Divisionwin:	yes
Wins:	59
Losses:	23
Division:	Northwest
Division Place:	1
Conf Place:	2
Coach:	Scott Brooks
Gm:	Sam Presti
Owners:	Professional Basketball Club LLC
Arena:	Chesapeake Energy Arena
Playoffs:	Western Conference Finals (lost to Spurs 2–4)
Bbr Team:	OKC
Television:	Fox Sports Oklahoma
Radio:	KWPN WWLS-FM

The 2013–14 Oklahoma City Thunder season is the 6th season of the franchise in Oklahoma City and the 48th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Despite Russell Westbrook missing 36 games during the season, The Thunder managed to finish the season with 59 wins and 23 losses, earning them the second seed in the Western Conference.

In the playoffs, the Thunder faced the Memphis Grizzlies, the team that defeated them in five games in last season's Semi-finals, in the First Round and won in seven games, then defeated the Los Angeles Clippers in six games in the Semi-finals, before losing to the eventual NBA champion San Antonio Spurs in six games in the conference finals.

Previous season

The Thunder finished the 2012–13 season 60–22 to finish in first place in the Northwest Division, first in the Western Conference and qualified for the playoffs. Last season featured Russell Westbrook tearing his lateral meniscus following a collision with Patrick Beverley in game two against the Houston Rockets in the first round. The Thunder ended up defeating the Rockets in six before falling to the Memphis Grizzlies in the second round in five games.^[1]

Offseason

Draft picks

See main article: 2013 NBA draft.

Round	Pick	Player	Position	College/Club team
1	12	Steven Adams	C	Pittsburgh
1	29	Archie Goodwin	SG	Kentucky
2	32	Alex Abrines	SG	FC Barcelona

The Thunder had two first-round picks and one second-round pick entering the draft.^[2] The Thunder owned one first-round pick entering the 2013 NBA draft lottery. The pick originated from the Toronto Raptors before being traded to the Houston Rockets in the Kyle Lowry trade. The Rockets then traded the pick to the Thunder in the James Harden trade back in 2012.^[3] ^[4] The Thunder ended the night with the twelfth overall pick with only a 2.5% chance into moving into the top three. The Thunder also acquired a second-round pick from the Harden trade that ended up as the thirty-second pick, via the Bobcats.^[5] The Thunder traded their 2013 second-round pick in the Robert Vaden trade back in 2011.^[6]

On draft night, the Thunder traded the draft rights to Archie Goodwin, the twenty-ninth pick, and cash considerations to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for the draft rights to Andre Roberson, the twenty-sixth pick. The Thunder also traded for the draft rights to Grant Jerrett, the fortieth pick, from the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for cash considerations.^[7]

The Thunder ended 2013 NBA draft night with Pittsburgh center Steven Adams, Colorado guard Andre Roberson, FC Barcelona guard Alex Abrines and Arizona forward Grant Jerrett.^[8]

Trades

On June 27, the Thunder traded the draft rights to Archie Goodwin, the twenty-ninth pick, and cash considerations to the Golden State Warriors in exchange for Andre Roberson, the twenty-sixth pick. The same day, the Thunder traded cash considerations to the Portland Trail Blazers in exchange for Grant Jerrett, the fortieth pick.^[9]

On July 11, the Thunder signed-and-traded Kevin Martin and cash considerations to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team trade, for the draft rights to Szymon Szewczyk from Milwaukee.^[10] The Thunder also generated a trade exception worth $7 million.^[11]

Free agency

See main article: List of 2013–14 NBA season transactions. For this offseason, free agency began on July 1, 2013, while the July moratorium ended on July 10. Ronnie Brewer, Derek Fisher and Kevin Martin were set to hit unrestricted free agency. On July 2, it was reported that Kevin Martin agreed to a four-year, $28 million deal with the Minnesota Timberwolves, which he later signed on July 11.^[12] The Thunder negotiated a sign-and-trade to generate a trade exception.^[13] On July 24, Derek Fisher agreed to a new contract to stay with the Thunder. Sam Presti called Fisher "a valuable member of our team and we are excited to have him back. He has such a positive impact on his teammates and the organization.”^[14] On August 28, Ronnie Brewer signed a deal with the Houston Rockets.^[15]

On August 7, Ryan Gomes signed a deal with the Thunder. Gomes spent seven season in the NBA before playing internationally with the Artland Dragons in the ProA league.^[16]

Front office and coaching changes

On May 15, Thunder assistant Maurice Cheeks was hired as the head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Cheeks served as an assistant coach for the Thunder for four seasons. Cheeks helped guide the Thunder to four playoff appearances, a finals appearance and an overall 212-100 (.707) record.^[17]

On July 31, the Thunder announced Robert Pack and Mike Terpstra as assistant coaches. Pack joins the Thunder after serving three seasons as the assistant coach of the Los Angeles Clippers. Terpstra joins the Thunder after twenty years of experience in different capacities at the college, junior college and high school levels, with additional experience in the NBA Development League and the CBA.^[18]

Roster

Roster notes

Thabo Sefolosha changed his jersey number to #25.^[19]

Standings

Division

Game log

Preseason

Regular season

Playoffs

Player statistics

Regular season

|-| Steven Adams| style=";" | 81| 20| 14.8| 50.3%| -| 58.1%| 4.1| 0.5| 0.5| 0.7| 3.3|-| Caron Butler ^≠| 22| 0| 27.2| 40.9%| style=";" | 44.1%| 84.2%| 3.2| 1.2| 1.1| 0.3| 9.7|-| Nick Collison| style=";" | 81| 0| 16.7| 55.6%| 23.5%| 71.0%| 3.6| 1.3| 0.4| 0.3| 4.2|-| Kevin Durant| style=";" | 81| style=";" | 81| style=";" | 38.5| 50.3%| 39.1%| 87.3%| 7.4| 5.5| 1.3| 0.7| style=";" | 32.0|-| Derek Fisher| style=";" | 81| 0| 17.6| 39.1%| 38.4%| 77.5%| 1.5| 1.4| 0.9| 0.0| 5.2|-| Ryan Gomes ^†| 5| 0| 6.8| 37.5%| 0.0%| -| 0.8| 0.2| 0.0| 0.0| 1.2|-| Serge Ibaka| style=";" | 81| style=";" | 81| 32.9| 53.6%| 38.3%| 78.4%| style=";" | 8.8| 1.0| 0.5| style=";" | 2.7| 15.1|-| Royal Ivey ^≠| 2| 0| 2.5| 0.0%| 0.0%| -| 0.5| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0|-| Reggie Jackson| 80| 36| 28.5| 44.0%| 33.9%| style=";" | 89.3%| 3.9| 4.1| 1.1| 0.1| 13.1|-| Perry Jones| 62| 7| 12.3| 45.9%| 36.1%| 66.7%| 1.8| 0.4| 0.2| 0.3| 3.5|-| Jeremy Lamb| 78| 0| 19.7| 43.2%| 35.6%| 79.7%| 2.4| 1.5| 0.7| 0.3| 8.5|-| Kendrick Perkins| 62| 62| 19.5| 45.1%| 0.0%| 55.2%| 4.9| 1.1| 0.4| 0.5| 3.4|-| Andre Roberson| 40| 16| 10.0| 48.5%| 15.4%| 70.0%| 2.4| 0.4| 0.5| 0.3| 1.9|-| Thabo Sefolosha| 61| 61| 26.0| 41.5%| 31.6%| 76.8%| 3.6 | 1.5| 1.3| 0.3| 6.3|-| Mustafa Shakur ^≠| 3| 0| 3.7| 0.0%| 0.0%| 50.0%| 0.0| 1.3| 0.0| 0.0| 0.3|-| Hasheem Thabeet| 23| 0| 8.3| style=";" | 56.5%| -| 20.0%| 1.7| 0.0| 0.2| 0.4| 1.2|-| Russell Westbrook| 46| 46| 30.7| 43.7%| 31.8%| 82.6%| 5.7| style=";" | 6.9| style=";" | 1.9| 0.2| 21.8|-| Reggie Williams ^≠| 3| 0| 5.7| 55.6%| 33.3%| -| 0.0| 0.3| 0.3| 0.0| 3.7|-|}

Led team in statisticAfter all games.^[20]
^‡ Waived during the season
^† Traded during the season
^≠ Acquired during the season

Playoffs

|-| Steven Adams| 18| 0| 18.4| style=";" | 68.9%| -| 34.8%| 4.1| 0.2| 0.1| 1.3| 3.9|-| Caron Butler | 18| 2| 23.3| 32.4%| 35.6%| 78.6%| 3.2| 0.8| 0.3| 0.1| 6.9|-| Nick Collison| 17| 2| 10.8| 41.4%| style=";" | 40.0%| 70.0%| 2.2| 0.8| 0.2| 0.4| 1.9|-| Kevin Durant| style=";" | 19| style=";" | 19| style=";" | 42.9| 46.0%| 34.4%| 81.0%| style=";" | 8.9| 3.9| 1.0| 1.3| style=";" | 29.6|-| Derek Fisher| style=";" | 19| 0| 15.7| 31.5%| 29.3%| style=";" | 100%| 1.7| 0.8| 0.7| 0.0| 3.8|-| Serge Ibaka| 17| 17| 34.2| 59.2%| 38.5%| 76.5%| 6.8| 0.7| 0.6| style=";" | 2.5| 12.1|-| Reggie Jackson| style=";" | 19| 4| 27.9| 46.6%| 39.6%| 88.6%| 3.8| 2.4| 0.3| 0.2| 11.1|-| Perry Jones| 11| 0| 5.0| 38.9%| 30.0%| -| 0.8| 0.1| 0.0| 0.1| 1.5|-| Jeremy Lamb| 11| 0| 9.1| 40.5%| 14.3%| style=";" | 100%| 1.5| 0.6| 0.6| 0.1| 3.6|-| Kendrick Perkins| style=";" | 19| style=";" | 19| 20.2| 53.3%| -| 80.0%| 5.4| 0.7| 0.2| 0.3| 3.2|-| Andre Roberson| 2| 0| 4.5| 0.0%| -| -| 1.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0|-| Thabo Sefolosha| 15| 13| 15.7| 41.8%| 26.1%| 80.0%| 2.1| 0.7| 0.7| 0.0| 3.7|-| Hasheem Thabeet| 2| 0| 3.5| -| -| -| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0| 0.0|-| Russell Westbrook| style=";" | 19| style=";" | 19| 38.7| 42.0%| 28.0%| 88.4%| 7.3| style=";" | 8.1| style=";" | 2.2| 0.3| 26.7|-|}

Led team in statisticAfter all games.^[21]

Individual game highs

Category	Player	Statistic
Points	Kevin Durant	54 vs Warriors on January 17, 2014
Rebounds	Serge Ibaka	20 vs Bucks on November 16, 2013
Assists	Russell Westbrook	14 vs 76ers on March 4, 2014
Steals	Thabo Sefolosha Reggie Jackson Thabo Sefolosha Steven Adams Russell Westbrook	6 vs Clippers on November 13, 2013 6 vs Rockets on January 16, 2014 6 vs Heat on January 29, 2014 6 vs Nuggets on March 24, 2014 6 vs Pistons on April 16, 2014
Blocks	Serge Ibaka	8 vs Pelicans on April 11, 2014
Minutes	Kevin Durant	52:29 vs Raptors on March 21, 2014

Category	Player	Statistic
Field Goals Made	Kevin Durant	19 vs Warriors on January 17, 2014
Threes Made	Kevin Durant	7 vs Raptors on March 21, 2014
Free Throws Made	Kevin Durant	22 vs Jazz on October 30, 2013
Double-Doubles	Serge Ibaka	29
Triple-Doubles	Kevin Durant	3

Awards and records

Awards

Date	Player	Award
December 2, 2013	Kevin Durant (1/6)^[22]	November 25–December 1 Player of the Week
December 3, 2013	Kevin Durant (1/4)^[23]	October/November Player of the Month
December 30, 2013	Kevin Durant (2/6)^[24]	December 23–29 Player of the Week
January 3, 2014	Kevin Durant (2/4)^[25]	December Player of the Month
January 20, 2014	Kevin Durant (3/6)^[26]	January 13–19 Player of the Week
January 23, 2014	Kevin Durant^[27]	All-Star
January 27, 2014	Kevin Durant (4/6)^[28]	January 20–26 Player of the Week
February 5, 2014	Kevin Durant (3/4)^[29]	January Player of the Month
February 10, 2014	Kevin Durant (5/6)^[30]	February 3–9 Player of the Week
March 24, 2014	Kevin Durant (6/6)^[31]	March 17–23 Player of the Week
April 1, 2014	Kevin Durant (4/4)^[32]	March Player of the Month
May 6, 2014	Kevin Durant^[33]	NBA Most Valuable Player
May 22, 2014	Steven Adams^[34]	NBA All-Rookie Second Team
June 2, 2014	Serge Ibaka^[35]	NBA All-Defensive First Team
June 4, 2014	Kevin Durant^[36]	All-NBA First Team

Transactions

See main article: article and List of 2013–14 NBA season transactions.

Overview

Players Added Via draft Steven Adams Via trade André Roberson Via free agency Ryan Gomes	Players Lost <	--Via trade-->Via free agency Ronnie Brewer Kevin Martin Waived DeAndre Liggins Daniel Orton

Players Added

Via draft

Steven Adams

Via trade

André Roberson

Via free agency

Ryan Gomes

Players Lost

--Via trade-->Via free agency

Waived

Trades

June 28, 2013^[37]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Andre Roberson	To Golden State Warriors Draft rights to Archie Goodwin Cash considerations
June 28, 2013^[38]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Grant Jerrett	To Portland Trail Blazers Cash considerations
July 11, 2013^[39]	To Oklahoma City Thunder Draft rights to Szymon Szewczyk via MIL	To Minnesota Timberwolves Kevin Martin via OKC Cash considerations via OKC
To Milwaukee Bucks Luke Ridnour via MIN 2014 second-round pick via MIN Cash considerations via OKC
January 7, 2014^[40]	To Oklahoma City Thunder 2014 second-round pick via MEM 2017 second-round pick via MEM	To Boston Celtics Jerryd Bayless via MEM Ryan Gomes via OKC
To Memphis Grizzlies Courtney Lee via BOS 2016 second-round pick via BOS Cash considerations via OKC

Free agency

Additions

Date	Player	Contract	Former team
August 7, 2013	Ryan Gomes^[42]	Standard	Artland Dragons
In-Season Additions
January 16, 2014	Royal Ivey^[43]	10-Day	Philadelphia 76ers
March 1, 2014	Caron Butler^[44]	Standard	Milwaukee Bucks
March 6, 2014	Reggie Williams^[45]	10-Day	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
March 16, 2014	Mustafa Shakur^[46]	10-Day	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)
March 28, 2014	Reggie Williams^[47]	Second 10-Day	Oklahoma City Thunder
April 7, 2014	Grant Jerrett^[48]	Standard	Tulsa 66ers (D-League)

Subtractions

Date	Player	Reason left	New team
July 11, 2013	Kevin Martin^[49]	Free Agent	Minnesota Timberwolves
August 28, 2013	Ronnie Brewer^[50]	Free Agent	Houston Rockets
September 6, 2013	DeAndre Liggins^[51]	Waived	Sioux Falls Skyforce (D-League)
October 10, 2013	Daniel Orton^[52]	Waived	Philadelphia 76ers

Notes and References

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Web site: Thunder Acquires Martin, Lamb and Multiple Draft Picks from Rockets. nba.com. November 8, 2022. October 27, 2012.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Martin, Lamb and Multiple Draft Picks from Rockets. nba.com. November 8, 2022. October 27, 2012.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Lazar Hayward. nba.com. November 8, 2022. December 13, 2011.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Steven Adams, Alex Abrines and Draft Rights to Andre Roberson and Grant Jerrett. nba.com. November 8, 2022. June 28, 2013.
Web site: 2013 NBA Draft Blog. nba.com. November 23, 2022. June 27, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Steven Adams, Alex Abrines and Draft Rights to Andre Roberson and Grant Jerrett. nba.com. November 8, 2022. June 28, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Trade Exception. nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 11, 2013.
Web site: In sign-and-trade of Kevin Martin to Minnesota, OKC will send cash to Wolves as part of deal to create $7M trade exception, sources tell Y!. twitter.com. July 11, 2013. July 11, 2013.
Web site: Free agent Kevin Martin has reached agreement on a four year, $28 million deal with Minnesota, league source tells Y! Sports.. twitter.com. July 2, 2013. July 2, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Trade Exception. nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 11, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Signs Derek Fisher . nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 24, 2013.
Web site: Rockets sign Ronnie Brewer. espn.com. November 8, 2022. August 28, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Signs Ryan Gomes. nba.com. November 8, 2022. August 7, 2013.
Web site: May 15, 2013 . Detroit Pistons Name Maurice Cheeks Head Coach . May 15, 2013 . NBA.com.
Web site: July 31, 2013 . Thunder Announces Additions to Coaching Staff . July 31, 2013 . NBA.com.
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Web site: 2013-14 Oklahoma City Thunder Roster and Stats. basketball-reference.com. April 16, 2014.
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Web site: Heat’s LeBron James, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named Kia NBA Players of the Month. pr.nba.com. January 3, 2014. January 3, 2014.
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Web site: Hawks’ Paul Millsap, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named NBA Players of the Week. pr.nba.com. January 27, 2014. January 27, 2014.
Web site: Knicks’ Carmelo Anthony, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named Kia NBA Players of the Month. pr.nba.com. February 5, 2014. February 5, 2014.
Web site: Celtics’ Jared Sullinger, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named NBA Players of the Week. pr.nba.com. February 10, 2014. February 10, 2014.
Web site: Nets’ Joe Johnson, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named NBA Players of the Week. pr.nba.com. March 24, 2014. March 24, 2014.
Web site: Bobcats’ Al Jefferson, Thunder’s Kevin Durant named Kia NBA Players of the Month. pr.nba.com. April 1, 2014. April 1, 2014.
Web site: Kevin Durant Wins 2013-14 KIA Most Valuable Player Award. nba.com. May 6, 2014. May 6, 2014.
Web site: Steven Adams Named to All-Rookie Second Team. nba.com. May 22, 2014. May 22, 2014.
Web site: Serge Ibaka Named to NBA All-Defensive First Team. nba.com. June 2, 2014. June 2, 2014.
Web site: Kevin Durant Named to All-NBA First Team. nba.com. June 4, 2014. June 4, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Steven Adams, Alex Abrines and Draft Rights to Andre Roberson and Grant Jerrett. nba.com. November 8, 2022. June 28, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Steven Adams, Alex Abrines and Draft Rights to Andre Roberson and Grant Jerrett. nba.com. November 8, 2022. June 28, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Trade Exception. nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 11, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Two Second-Round Draft Picks. nba.com. November 8, 2022. January 7, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Derek Fisher . nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 24, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Signs Ryan Gomes. nba.com. November 8, 2022. August 7, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Signs Royal Ivey to 10-Day Contract. nba.com. November 8, 2022. January 16, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Caron Butler. nba.com. November 8, 2022. March 1, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Reggie Williams to 10-Day Contract. nba.com. November 8, 2022. March 6, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Mustafa Shakur to 10-Day Contract. nba.com. November 8, 2022. March 16, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Reggie Williams to 10-Day Contract. nba.com. November 8, 2022. March 28, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Signs Grant Jerrett. nba.com. November 8, 2022. April 7, 2014.
Web site: Thunder Acquires Trade Exception. nba.com. November 8, 2022. July 11, 2013.
Web site: Rockets sign Ronnie Brewer. espn.com. November 8, 2022. August 28, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Waives DeAndre Liggins. nba.com. November 8, 2022. September 6, 2013.
Web site: Thunder Waives Daniel Orton. nba.com. November 8, 2022. October 10, 2013.