The Oklahoma City Thunder held practice on Friday before they began an extensive five-game, 11-day road trip. The Thunder will spend the first two weeks of December on the road.
The Thunder begins their road trip on Saturday, Nov. 3 against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault and rookie forward Ousmane Dieng spoke with the media before the conclusion of practice. More notably though, Chet Holmgren was at the practice facility putting in light work as he continues to rehab from his season-ending Lisfranc injury.
Let’s take a look at the best quotes and paraphrases from Daigneault’s and Dieng’s availability as well as look at Holmgren’s practice footage.
Chet Holmgren working on his shot pic.twitter.com/6b86KxecvK
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Josh Giddey from 3 pic.twitter.com/8pnTMH4Z4g
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Chet working on his dribbling & Poku working on his FTs side-by-side pic.twitter.com/NcfbufGYsj
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Chet working on his dribbling pic.twitter.com/ZQFXrfk4It
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
More Chet footage pic.twitter.com/ALVaMlu3ty
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Josh Giddey banking in floaters pic.twitter.com/D8cSudsAJ4
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Older Thunder fans should be familiar with this Chet move pic.twitter.com/q0th4SBmaV
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Chet taking right wing 3s pic.twitter.com/dR4hbZEo8M
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Chet from outside pic.twitter.com/7Fva8UwCs0
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Mark Daigneault on Jalen Williams winning Oct/Nov Rookie of the Month: “Happy for him. Certainly congratulate him. One of the takeaways with that one is his development to this point has not centered around accolades.” pic.twitter.com/dJvZoWj9eM
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Mark Daigneault said Ousmane Dieng will return to the OKC Blue soon
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
When asked about Ousmane Dieng, Mark Daigneault said one thing he’s learned over the last couple of seasons is that it’s especially hard for international players to adjust to the NBA in their rookie seasons
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Mark Daigneault said Mike Muscala is on his return-to-play and is progressing well
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
When asked about Ousmane Dieng being a roll man, Mark Daigneault said SGA is the most effective screen setter on the team pic.twitter.com/ziAYlmTIzy
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Ousmane Dieng said it’s always special to play against other French players and said he’s looking forward to going up against Rudy Gobert
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
Ousmane Dieng on his G League assignment: “I think it helped me. That gave me confidence. More minutes; more reps. It helped me a lot.”
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) December 2, 2022
