Assessing the Thunder's shooting guard rotation in preseason

Dennis Schroder will start at point guard until Russell Westbrook returns to the Oklahoma City Thunder lineup. Westbrook is missing preseason action while recovering from knee surgery. [PHOTO BY SARAH PHIPPS, THE OKLAHOMAN]As the Thunder waits patiently on the rehabilitation of Russell Westbrook and Andre Roberson, the question turns to who fills their minutes.

At least one of those questions has been answered in the starting lineup with Dennis Schroder at point guard. Patrick Patterson has positioned himself to be the starter at power forward, with Jerami Grant playing heavy minutes across the entire frontcourt.

But the shooting guard position remains a question. Even when Roberson was…