# 2008–09 Oklahoma City Thunder season

The Oklahoma City Thunder played its inaugural season in the 2008–09 NBA season. It was the team's 1st season in Oklahoma City since the Seattle SuperSonics relocation was approved by league owners prior to settling a lawsuit. The team played at the Ford Center.
Oklahoma City hosted the New Orleans Hornets for two seasons, due to Hurricane Katrina's devastation along the Gulf Coast in August 2005.
Until 2021, this represents the Thunder's last losing season.

## Key dates

* June 26: The 2008 NBA draft took place in New York City.
* July 1: The free agency period started.
* July 2: The Seattle SuperSonics announced their immediate relocation to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
* September 3 The team announces name and colors.
* October 8 The Oklahoma City Thunder took the court for the first time in an 88–82 preseason loss against the Minnesota Timberwolves in Billings, Montana.
* October 29 The Oklahoma City Thunder played their first regular season game ever, hosting the Milwaukee Bucks.
* November 2 The Oklahoma City Thunder get their first win as an NBA franchise.
* November 22 P. J. Carlesimo is fired and replaced on an interim basis by Scott Brooks.
* November 28 The Thunder tie the franchise record for consecutive games lost at 14 with a 103–105 loss to the Timberwolves.
* November 29 Oklahoma City snaps 14-game losing streak.
* January 21 Jeff Green shoots Thunder's first buzzer beater to beat the Golden State Warriors 122–121.
* February 14 Kevin Durant wins All-Star Break H.O.R.S.E competition.
* April 15 The Thunder won over Los Angeles Clippers 126–85 to end 23–59 in their first season.
* April 15 Scott Brooks is named full-time coach of Thunder.

## Offseason

* Oklahoma City rookies and other young professionals played in the first game of the Orlando summer league. Oklahoma City lost its summer league opener to the Indiana Pacers rookies by a score of 95–78. Earl Calloway scored 16 points and Andre Emmett had 15 for the Pacers, who scored the game's first eight points and never trailed. Jeff Green took the first shot in Oklahoma City's history and it bounced off the rim 43 seconds after tipoff. The first basket came 2:15 into the first quarter by D.J. White, who was drafted by Detroit, traded to Seattle and played in Oklahoma City.
* The Oklahoma City franchise released its season-ticket prices on Thursday, August 14. The franchise announced that there will be 3,400 seats available at $10 per game.
** On average, ticket prices were about 36 per cent higher than they were for the 2007–08 Seattle SuperSonics season. The announcement also stated that the average ticket price would be US$47.51 while Seattle's average ticket price last season was $35. While last year's NBA average ticket price at $48.83, Oklahoma City's rates below the league average.
** Season tickets went on sale on Monday, September 8. Chairman Clay Bennett announced that the last of the 13,000 season tickets available were sold on Friday, September 12, and the team started a waiting list for season tickets.

## Pre-season

* The Oklahoma City Thunder made their debut in an 88-82 preseason loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 8, 2008.

### First pre-season game

* KSBI
* October 8, 2008
Oklahoma City Thunder 82, Minnesota Timberwolves 88 :
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 28–16, 22–20, 19–28 |||
| Pts: Damien Wilkins 19 Rebs: Kevin Durant, Johan Petro 7 each Asts: Earl Watson 4 | Pts: Rashad McCants 15 Rebs: Al Jefferson 9 Asts: Mike Miller 5 |
* Rimrock Auto Arena, Billings Attendance: 3,817 Referees: Leroy Richardson, David Jones, Eric Dalen
* Kevin Durant took and made the first shot in Oklahoma City history.
* The Thunder had their home debut on October 14, 2008, against the Los Angeles Clippers.

## Draft picks

| Round | Pick | Player | Position | Nationality | College/Club team |
| 1 | 4 | Russell Westbrook | PG | United States | UCLA |
| 1 | 24 | Serge Ibaka | PF | Republic of the Congo Spain | L'Hospitalet (Spain) |
| 2 | 32 | Walter Sharpe | PF | United States | UAB |
| 2 | 46 | Trent Plaisted | PF | United States | BYU |
| 2 | 50 | DeVon Hardin | C | United States | California |
| 2 | 56 | Sasha Kaun | C | Russia | Kansas |
| D.J. White was later traded to the SuperSonics via Detroit Pistons ||||||
The 2008 NBA Draft was the final time that the Seattle SuperSonics made an NBA Draft appearance, as well as the final time that the SuperSonics appeared in official media publications. In early July, the franchise relocated to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and was renamed the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Thunder made their first NBA Draft appearance in 2009.

## Regular season
### Standings

| Northwest Divisionvte | W | L | PCT | GB | Home | Road | Div | GP |
| y–Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | — | 33–8 | 21–20 | 12–4 | 82 |
| x–Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | — | 34–7 | 20–21 | 11–5 | 82 |
| x–Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 6 | 33–8 | 15–26 | 10–6 | 82 |
| Minnesota Timberwolves | 24 | 58 | .293 | 30 | 11–30 | 13–28 | 3–13 | 82 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 23 | 59 | .280 | 31 | 15–26 | 8–33 | 4–12 | 82 |
| # | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte | Western Conferencevte |
| # | Team | W | L | PCT | GB |
| 1 | c-Los Angeles Lakers | 65 | 17 | .793 | — |
| 2 | y-Denver Nuggets | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 3 | y-San Antonio Spurs | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 4 | x-Portland Trail Blazers | 54 | 28 | .659 | 11 |
| 5 | x-Houston Rockets | 53 | 29 | .646 | 12 |
| 6 | x-Dallas Mavericks | 50 | 32 | .610 | 15 |
| 7 | x-New Orleans Hornets | 49 | 33 | .598 | 16 |
| 8 | x-Utah Jazz | 48 | 34 | .585 | 17 |
| 9 | Phoenix Suns | 46 | 36 | .561 | 19 |
| 10 | Golden State Warriors | 29 | 53 | .354 | 36 |
| 11 | Minnesota Timberwolves | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 12 | Memphis Grizzlies | 24 | 58 | .293 | 41 |
| 13 | Oklahoma City Thunder | 23 | 59 | .280 | 42 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Clippers | 19 | 63 | .232 | 46 |
| 15 | Sacramento Kings | 17 | 65 | .207 | 48 |

### Game log

2008–09 game log :
October: 0–1 (home: 0–1; road: 0–0)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
1
October 29
Milwaukee
L 87–98
Russell Westbrook, Chris Wilcox (13)
Nick Collison, Chris Wilcox (6)
Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (4)
Ford Center 19,136
0–1 :
November: 2–15 (home: 1–8; road: 1–7)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
2
November 1
@ Houston
L 77–89
Kevin Durant (26)
Johan Petro (9)
Earl Watson (8)
Toyota Center 16,996
0–2
3
November 2
Minnesota
W 88–85
Kevin Durant (18)
Nick Collison (10)
Earl Watson (4)
Ford Center 18,163
1–2
4
November 5
Boston
L 83–96
Kevin Durant (17)
Chris Wilcox (8)
Earl Watson (5)
Ford Center 19,136
1–3
5
November 7
@ Utah
L 97–104
Kevin Durant (24)
Nick Collison, Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox (6)
Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (3)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
1–4
6
November 9
Atlanta
L 85–89
Kevin Durant (20)
Joe Smith (9)
Earl Watson (6)
Ford Center 18,231
1–5
7
November 10
@ Indiana
L 99–107
Kevin Durant (37)
Kevin Durant, Nick Collison, Johan Petro (8)
Earl Watson (9)
Conseco Fieldhouse 10,165
1–6
8
November 12
Orlando
L 92–109
Jeff Green (25)
Jeff Green (10)
Earl Watson (8)
Ford Center 18,185
1–7
9
November 14
@ New York
L 106–116
Kevin Durant (23)
Robert Swift (13)
Earl Watson (8)
Madison Square Garden 18,008
1–8
10
November 15
@ Philadelphia
L 85–110
Jeff Green (21)
Johan Petro (12)
Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (4)
Wachovia Center 13,385
1–9
11
November 17
Houston
L 89–100
Kevin Durant (29)
Robert Swift, Johan Petro (8)
Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (4)
Ford Center 18,145
1–10
12
November 19
L.A. Clippers
L 88–108
Kevin Durant (18)
Joe Smith (7)
Earl Watson (5)
Ford Center 18,312
1–11
13
November 21
New Orleans
L 80–105
Kevin Durant (17)
Nick Collison (13)
Earl Watson (4)
Ford Center 19,136
1–12
14
November 22
@ New Orleans
L 97–109
Kevin Durant (30)
Chris Wilcox (10)
Russell Westbrook (11)
New Orleans Arena 16,023
1–13
15
November 25
Phoenix
L 98–99
Kevin Durant (29)
Chris Wilcox, Jeff Green, Earl Watson, Joe Smith (6)
Earl Watson (13)
Ford Center 19,136
1–14
16
November 26
@ Cleveland
L 82–117
Chris Wilcox (14)
Chris Wilcox, Nick Collison (5)
Russell Westbrook, Kyle Weaver (5)
Quicken Loans Arena 19,753
1–15
17
November 28
Minnesota
L 103–105
Kevin Durant, Jeff Green (22)
Chris Wilcox (7)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Ford Center 18,229
1–16
18
November 29
@ Memphis
W 111–103
Kevin Durant (30)
Kevin Durant (7)
Earl Watson (7)
FedExForum 11,977
2–16 :
December: 2–13 (home: 2–5; road: 0–8)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
19
December 3
@ Charlotte
L 97–103
Kevin Durant (24)
Jeff Green (6)
Earl Watson (11)
Time Warner Cable Arena 11,629
2–17
20
December 5
@ Orlando
L 89–98
Russell Westbrook (19)
Kevin Durant (10)
Russell Westbrook (5)
Amway Arena 16,812
2–18
21
December 6
@ Miami
L 99–105
Russell Westbrook (30)
Jeff Green (9)
Earl Watson (12)
American Airlines Arena 17,585
2–19
22
December 8
Golden State
L 102–112
Kevin Durant (41)
Kevin Durant, Nick Collison (10)
Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (7)
Ford Center 17,854
2–20
23
December 10
Memphis
L 102–108
Kevin Durant (28)
Nick Collison (8)
Earl Watson (7)
Ford Center 18,009
2–21
24
December 13
@ Dallas
L 99–103
Jeff Green (25)
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook, Nick Collison (8)
Russell Westbrook, Earl Watson (6)
American Airlines Center 20,190
2–22
25
December 14
@ San Antonio
L 104–109
Jeff Green (33)
Kevin Durant (13)
Nick Collison (5)
AT&T Center 17,419
2–23
26
December 16
L.A. Clippers
L 88–98
Kevin Durant (25)
Russell Westbrook, Desmond Mason (7)
Earl Watson (12)
Ford Center 18,275
2–24
27
December 19
Toronto
W 91–83
Kevin Durant (26)
Desmond Mason (10)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Ford Center 18,806
3–24
28
December 21
Cleveland
L 91–102
Kevin Durant (26)
Jeff Green (10)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Ford Center 19,136
3–25
29
December 23
@ Atlanta
L 88–99
Kevin Durant (28)
Jeff Green (14)
Earl Watson (7)
Philips Arena 12,138
3–26
30
December 26
@ Detroit
L 88–90
Kevin Durant (26)
Joe Smith (10)
Earl Watson (6)
The Palace of Auburn Hills 22,076
3–27
31
December 27
@ Washington
L 95–104
Kevin Durant (25)
Kevin Durant (11)
Earl Watson (6)
Verizon Center 16,181
3–28
32
December 29
Phoenix
L 102–110
Russell Westbrook (31)
Jeff Green (11)
Russell Westbrook (5)
Ford Center 19,136
3–29
33
December 31
Golden State
W 107–100
Jeff Green (26)
Kevin Durant (10)
Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (6)
Ford Center 18,229
4–29 :
January: 7–7 (home: 5–3; road: 2–4)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
34
January 2
Denver
L 120–122
Kevin Durant (33)
Kevin Durant (9)
Earl Watson (7)
Ford Center 18,613
4–30
35
January 6
New York
W 107–99
Kevin Durant, Jeff Green (27)
Kevin Durant (12)
Russell Westbrook (9)
Ford Center 18,487
5–30
36
January 7
@ Minnesota
L 87–129
Nick Collison (17)
Nick Collison (10)
Russell Westbrook (12)
Target Center 10,272
5–31
37
January 9
Houston
L 96–98
Kevin Durant (27)
Nick Collison (10)
Russell Westbrook (6)
Ford Center 19,136
5–32
38
January 10
@ Chicago
W 109–98 (OT)
Kevin Durant (28)
Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (12)
Earl Watson (11)
United Center 20,469
6–32
39
January 12
@ New Jersey
L 99–103 (OT)
Kevin Durant (26)
Jeff Green (10)
Earl Watson (9)
Izod Center 12,972
6–33
40
January 14
Utah
W 114–93
Jeff Green (23)
Nenad Krstić, Nick Collison (11)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Ford Center 18,437
7–33
41
January 16
Detroit
W 89–79
Kevin Durant (32)
Jeff Green (14)
Russell Westbrook (6)
Ford Center 19,136
8–33
42
January 18
Miami
L 94–104
Kevin Durant (31)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Earl Watson (6)
Ford Center 19,136
8–34
43
January 21
@ Golden State
W 122–121
Russell Westbrook (30)
Kevin Durant (12)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Oracle Arena 19,318
9–34
44
January 23
@ L.A. Clippers
L 104–107
Kevin Durant (46)
Kevin Durant (15)
Kyle Weaver (5)
Staples Center 14,913
9–35
45
January 26
New Jersey
W 94–85
Kevin Durant (18)
Chris Wilcox (9)
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (4)
Ford Center 18,264
10–35
46
January 28
Memphis
W 114–102 (OT)
Kevin Durant (35)
Kevin Durant (10)
Kevin Durant (6)
Ford Center 18,450
11–35
47
January 30
@ Utah
L 90–110
Kevin Durant (29)
Kevin Durant (10)
Kevin Durant, Earl Watson (4)
EnergySolutions Arena 19,911
11–36 :
February: 3–9 (home: 2–3; road: 1–6)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
48
February 1
@ Sacramento
L 118–122 (OT)
Russell Westbrook (34)
Nick Collison (14)
Russell Westbrook (8)
ARCO Arena 10,817
11–37
49
February 4
Denver
L 113–114
Kevin Durant (31)
Kevin Durant, Nick Collison (8)
Earl Watson (8)
Ford Center 18,332
11–38
50
February 6
Portland
W 102–93
Kevin Durant (31)
Nick Collison (13)
Earl Watson (11)
Ford Center 18,694
12–38
51
February 8
Sacramento
W 116–113
Kevin Durant (39)
Kevin Durant, Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (7)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Ford Center 18,271
13–38
52
February 10
@ L.A. Lakers
L 98–105
Kevin Durant (31)
Kevin Durant (10)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Staples Center 18,997
13–39
53
February 11
@ Portland
L 92–106
Russell Westbrook (21)
Russell Westbrook (12)
Earl Watson (5)
Rose Garden 20,050
13–40
54
February 17
New Orleans
L 98–100
Kevin Durant (47)
Nenad Krstić (10)
Earl Watson (7)
Ford Center 18,593
13–41
55
February 20
@ Phoenix
L 118–140
Kevin Durant (35)
Jeff Green (14)
Russell Westbrook (8)
US Airways Center 18,422
13–42
56
February 21
@ Golden State
L 120–133
Kevin Durant (32)
Jeff Green (15)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Oracle Arena 19,108
13–43
57
February 24
L.A. Lakers
L 93–107
Kevin Durant (32)
Nenad Krstić (11)
Kevin Durant (6)
Ford Center 19,136
13–44
58
February 27
@ Dallas
L 108–110 (OT)
Russell Westbrook (33)
Jeff Green (12)
Earl Watson (11)
American Airlines Center 20,007
13–45
59
February 28
@ Memphis
W 99–92
Jeff Green (27)
Thabo Sefolosha (11)
Russell Westbrook (7)
FedExForum 10,074
14–45 :
March: 7–8 (home: 4–3; road: 3–5)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
60
March 2
Dallas
W 96–87
Nenad Krstić (26)
Russell Westbrook (10)
Russell Westbrook (10)
Ford Center 18,527
15–45
61
March 4
Washington
W 88–83
Nenad Krstić (18)
Nick Collison (10)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Ford Center 18,576
16–45
62
March 7
@ New Orleans
L 90–108
Russell Westbrook (24)
Nick Collison (8)
Malik Rose (5)
New Orleans Arena 18,114
16–46
63
March 8
Philadelphia
W 89–74
Nenad Krstić (20)
Nick Collison (11)
Russell Westbrook (5)
Ford Center 18,738
17–46
64
March 10
@ Sacramento
W 99–98
Jeff Green, Russell Westbrook (22)
Nenad Krstić (15)
Russell Westbrook (4)
ARCO Arena 10,784
18–46
65
March 11
@ Denver
L 99–112
Jeff Green (19)
Thabo Sefolosha (9)
Earl Watson (7)
Pepsi Center 16,186
18–47
66
March 14
@ Phoenix
L 95–106
Kevin Durant (22)
Jeff Green (10)
Russell Westbrook (7)
US Airways Center 18,422
18–48
67
March 16
San Antonio
W 78–76
Kevin Durant (25)
Nick Collison (10)
Chucky Atkins (3)
Ford Center 19,136
19–48
68
March 18
Chicago
L 96–103
Kevin Durant (28)
Nick Collison (13)
Russell Westbrook (6)
Ford Center 19,136
19–49
69
March 20
Utah
L 94–101
Kevin Durant (24)
Kevin Durant (12)
Kevin Durant (5)
Ford Center 19,136
19–50
70
March 22
@ Minnesota
W 97–90
Kevin Durant (30)
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (8)
Russell Westbrook (10)
Target Center 18,561
20–50
71
March 24
L.A. Lakers
L 89–107
Kevin Durant (24)
Nick Collison (8)
Russell Westbrook (6)
Ford Center 19,136
20–51
72
March 27
@ Toronto
L 96–112
Nick Collison (21)
Nick Collison, Thabo Sefolosha (7)
Russell Westbrook (5)
Air Canada Centre 17,127
20–52
73
March 29
@ Boston
L 84–103
Russell Westbrook (23)
Jeff Green (9)
Kyle Weaver (7)
TD Banknorth Garden 18,624
20–53
74
March 31
@ San Antonio
W 96–95
Kevin Durant (31)
Kevin Durant, Nenad Krstić (8)
Russell Westbrook (10)
AT&T Center 18,797
21–53 :
April: 2–6 (home: 1–3; road: 1–3)
GameDateTeamScoreHigh pointsHigh reboundsHigh assistsLocation AttendanceRecord
75
April 3
Portland
L 72–107
Kevin Durant (13)
Russell Westbrook (8)
Chucky Atkins, Russell Westbrook (4)
Ford Center 19,136
21–54
76
April 5
Indiana
L 99–117
Kevin Durant (25)
Shaun Livingston, Russell Westbrook (7)
Shaun Livingston (5)
Ford Center 19,136
21–55
77
April 7
San Antonio
L 89–99
Kevin Durant (24)
Thabo Sefolosha (9)
Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook (6)
Ford Center 19,136
21–56
78
April 8
@ Denver
L 112–122
Kevin Durant (31)
Kevin Durant (7)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Pepsi Center 16,536
21–57
79
April 10
Charlotte
W 84–81
Kevin Durant (20)
Jeff Green (11)
Russell Westbrook (11)
Ford Center 19,136
22–57
80
April 11
@ Milwaukee
L 98–115
Kevin Durant (19)
Kyle Weaver (9)
Earl Watson (7)
Bradley Center 15,418
22–58
81
April 13
@ Portland
L 83–113
Earl Watson (16)
Nenad Krstić (7)
Russell Westbrook (7)
Rose Garden 20,655
22–59
82
April 15
@ L.A. Clippers
W 126–85
Kevin Durant (26)
D. J. White (11)
Earl Watson (14)
Staples Center 19,060
23–59 :
2008–09 season schedule :

## Player statistics
### Season

Oklahoma City Thunder statistics :
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Chucky Atkins* | 18 | 0 | 16.6 | .291 | .250 | .917 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 3.9 |
| Nick Collison | 71 | 40 | 25.8 | .568 | .000 | .721 | 6.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 8.2 |
| Kevin Durant | 74 | 74 | 39.0 | .476 | .422 | .863 | 6.5 | 2.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 25.3 |
| Jeff Green | 78 | 78 | 36.8 | .446 | .389 | .788 | 6.7 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 16.5 |
| Steven Hill | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 1.000 | .000 | .000 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 |
| Nenad Krstić | 46 | 29 | 24.8 | .469 | .000 | .797 | 5.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 9.7 |
| Shaun Livingston | 8 | 1 | 23.8 | .538 | .000 | 1.000 | 3.3 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 7.8 |
| Desmond Mason* | 39 | 19 | 27.3 | .435 | .000 | .541 | 4.0 | 1.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 7.5 |
| Johan Petro* | 22 | 12 | 15.5 | .407 | .000 | .667 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 4.6 |
| Malik Rose* | 20 | 0 | 15.7 | .378 | .000 | .800 | 3.3 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 5.0 |
| Thabo Sefolosha* | 23 | 22 | 31.1 | .417 | .243 | .833 | 5.2 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 8.5 |
| Mouhamed Sene* | 5 | 0 | 4.6 | .714 | .000 | .778 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 |
| Joe Smith* | 36 | 3 | 19.2 | .454 | .500 | .704 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| Robert Swift | 26 | 10 | 13.2 | .521 | .000 | .750 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 3.3 |
| Earl Watson | 68 | 18 | 26.1 | .384 | .235 | .755 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 6.6 |
| Kyle Weaver | 56 | 19 | 20.8 | .459 | .344 | .707 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 5.3 |
| Russell Westbrook | 82 | 65 | 32.5 | .398 | .271 | .815 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 15.3 |
| D. J. White | 7 | 0 | 18.6 | .520 | .000 | .769 | 4.6 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 8.9 |
| Chris Wilcox* | 37 | 6 | 19.4 | .485 | .000 | .598 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 8.4 |
| Damien Wilkins | 41 | 14 | 15.5 | .362 | .375 | .804 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 5.3 |
* Statistics with Oklahoma City.

## Awards and records
### Awards
#### Week/Month

* Russell Westbrook was named Western Conference rookie of the month in December and February.

#### All-Star

* Russell Westbrook, Jeff Green and Kevin Durant played in the Rookie Challenge, where Durant was named MVP.
* Kevin Durant won the H–O–R–S–E Competition.

#### Season

* Russell Westbrook was selected to the All-Rookie 1st team.

### Records
## Transactions
### Overview

| Players Added Via draft Russell Westbrook Via trade Desmond Mason Joe Smith Kyle Weaver (Draft rights) D.J. White (Draft rights) | Players Lost Via trade Adrian Griffin Luke Ridnour Via free agency Ronald Dupree Francisco Elson Mickaël Gelabale Waived Donyell Marshall |

### Trades

| July 5, 2008 | To Seattle SuperSonicsD.J. White | To Detroit PistonsWalter Sharpe Trent Plaisted |
| August 11, 2008 | To Oklahoma City ThunderKyle Weaver | To Charlotte Bobcats2009 second-round pick |
| August 13, 2008 | To Oklahoma City ThunderDesmond Mason via MIL Joe Smith via CLE | To Milwaukee BucksAdrian Griffin via OKC Luke Ridnour via OKC Damon Jones via CLE |
| To Cleveland CavaliersMo Williams via MIL |||
| January 7, 2009 | To Oklahoma City ThunderChucky Atkins 2009 first-round pick | To Denver NuggetsJohan Petro 2009 second-round pick |
| February 19, 2009 | To Oklahoma City ThunderThabo Sefolosha | To Chicago Bulls2009 first-round pick |
| February 19, 2009 | To Oklahoma City ThunderMalik Rose | To New York KnicksChris Wilcox |

### Free agency
#### Re-signed

| Date | Player | Contract |
| September 11, 2008 | Robert Swift | Standard |

#### Additions

| Date | Player | Contract | Former team |
| November 4, 2008 | Steven Hill | Standard | Arkansas Razorbacks |
| December 31, 2008 | Nenad Krstic | Multi-Year Contract | New Jersey Nets Triumph Lyubertsy |
| March 31, 2009 | Shaun Livingston | Multi-Year Contract | Tulsa 66ers (D-League) |

#### Subtractions

| Date | Player | Reason left | New team |
| July 1, 2008 | Mickaël Gelabale | Free Agency | Los Angeles D-Fenders (D-League) |
| August 20, 2008 | Donyell Marshall | Waived | Philadelphia 76ers |
| September 9, 2008 | Francisco Elson | Free Agency | Milwaukee Bucks |
| December 3, 2008 | Ronald Dupree | Free Agency | Tulsa 66ers |
| December 30, 2008 | Steven Hill | Waived | Tulsa 66ers (D-League) |
| February 19, 2009 | Mouhamed Sene | Waived | Albuquerque Thunderbirds (D-League) |