The Oklahoma City Thunder flew to Tulsa, OK, right after their preseason win against the Denver Nuggets on Monday.
The Thunder will play their annual preseason game at the BOK Center on Wednesday against the Dallas Mavericks — who will be without Luka Doncic as he rests.
Meanwhile, the Thunder will continue to be without Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as he deals with an MCL sprain.
The Thunder held practice on Tuesday, which means that head coach Mark Daigneault along with Josh Giddey and Kenrich Williams spoke with the media following it.
Here are some of the more noteworthy quotes and paraphrases from their media sessions as the Thunder prepare to play their second preseason game of the 2022-23 season.
Ousmane Dieng receiving some pointers from Chip Engelland pic.twitter.com/IlK0ZKWgMC
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Mark Daigneault said SGA is out the next 2 preseason games and that he’ll be re-evaluated in the next couple of days
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Here’s 1:29 of Chet making all of his shots pic.twitter.com/6Qsz8Nd8bW
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Only players left on the court are Chet Holmgren & Ousmane Dieng (who is working with Chip Engelland)
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
I asked Mark Daigneault about David Nwaba
Said he’s known him since the G League and that they’ll keep taking looks at him in the preseason pic.twitter.com/fHSWtueRjM
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Mark Daigneault on playing in Tulsa: “We love getting up here and playing in front of these fans.” pic.twitter.com/PyWYM6nuXa
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Josh Giddey on Chip Engelland: “Chip is the best in the business and I trust what he has in place for me.”
Said shooting — just like other life skills — takes time to work on
“As the season goes on, we can (hopefully) gradually progress that and get it to where we need to be.”
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
I asked Josh Giddey how he feels about being able to play the Adelaide 36ers in a couple of days
He sounds excited to match up against his former NBL team pic.twitter.com/NCydjLBWyu
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
Kenrich Williams lists of Josh Giddey & Tre Mann as players who looked vastly improved from last season: “Those guys have made huge improvements not only to their game but to (also) their body.”
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 4, 2022
