Thunder roster
BY BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
6/12/12 at 8:45 AM
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PROJECTED STARTERS
Russell Westbrook
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-3
Weight: 187
Regular-season statistics: 23.6 ppg, 5.5 apg
For the second consecutive season, Westbrook was an All-Star and an All-NBA second-team selection. He has the NBA's current longest streak of games played (312). In regular-season games in which Westbrook scored at least 20 points, OKC was 31-12.
Thabo Sefolosha
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-7
Weight: 215
Regular-season statistics: 4.8, 3.0 rpg
Missed 23 games with a right-foot injury. With Sefolosha in the starting lineup, the Thunder was 31-11. During a Game 3 victory in the San Antonio series, he totaled 19 points and six steals.
Kevin Durant
Position: Small forward
Height: 6-9
Weight: 235
Regular-season statistics: 28.0 ppg, 8.0 rpg
Durant captured his third consecutive NBA scoring title. For the second consecutive season, he was an All-Star starter and an All-NBA first-team selection. Finished second - behind LeBron James - in the MVP voting.
Serge Ibaka
Position: Power forward
Height: 6-10
Weight: 235
Regular-season statistics: 9.1 ppg, 7.5 rpg
Ibaka was by far the NBA leader in blocked shots. He averaged 3.65 per game. The next-best average was the 2.16 recorded by Denver's Javale McGee. Ibaka finished second - behind New York's Tyson Chandler - in voting for NBA defensive player of the year.
Kendrick Perkins
Position: Center
Height: 6-10
Weight: 270
Regular-season statistics: 5.1 ppg, 6.6 rpg
Since Perkins was acquired from Boston a year ago, the Thunder is 59-23 with him in the starting lineup. A veteran of 100 playoff games, he won a championship ring with the Celtics in 2008.
RESERVES
James Harden
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-5
Weight: 220
Regular-season statistics: 16.8 ppg, 3.7 apg
In voting for the NBA's Sixth Man of the Year award, Harden received 584 of 595 points. He connected on one of the more important shots of the season - a 3-pointer with 28.8 seconds remaining in last week's Game 5 win at San Antonio.
Nick Collison
Position: Power forward
Height: 6-10
Weight: 255
Regular-season statistics: 4.5 ppg, 4.3 rpg
During Games 3, 4 and 5 of the San Antonio series, Collison was a combined 10-of-11 from the field and scored 20 points.
Derek Fisher
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-1
Weight: 210
Regular-season statistics: 5.6 ppg, 2.7 apg
A former member of five championship teams with the Los Angeles Lakers, Fisher signed with the Thunder on March 21. In 23 minutes in Game 6 against the Spurs, he scored nine points on 4-of-7 shooting.
Daequan Cook
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-5
Weight: 210
Regular-season statistics: 5.5 ppg, 2.1 rpg
Cook's most important sequence of his two-season Thunder run occurred during Game 5 at San Antonio, when he scored eight points during a second-quarter span of two minutes.
Nazr Mohammed
Position: Center
Height: 6-10
Weight: 250
Regular-season statistics: 2.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg
Mohammed has appeared in eight of Oklahoma City's 15 playoff contests, averaging 2.3 points and 2.0 rebounds.
Cole Aldrich
Position: Center
Height: 6-11
Weight: 240
Regular-season statistics: 2.2 ppg, 1.8 rpg
As a rookie during the 2010-11 season, the former Kansas Jayhawk was assigned to the Tulsa 66ers of the D-League on three occasions.
Royal Ivey
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-4
Weight: 215
Regular-season statistics: 2.1 ppg, 0.7 rpg
Ivey got playing time in 34 regular-season games and in four playoff games.
Lazar Hayward
Position: Shooting guard
Height: 6-6
Weight: 225
Regular-season statistics: 1.4 ppg, 0.6 rpg
Acquired from the Minnesota Timberwolves before the start of the 2011-12 season.
Reggie Jackson
Position: Point guard
Height: 6-3
Weight: 208
Regular-season statistics: 3.1 ppg, 1.6 apg
After Eric Maynor was injured on Jan. 7, and before the Thunder signed Fisher in March, Jackson was Oklahoma City's backup point guard as a rookie.
