LAS VEGAS — Before every Summer League, the Thunder coaching staff convenes and pinpoints a focus for the offseason version of its team.
Sometimes it's as simple as a defensive tweak. Other times Billy Donovan is looking for bigger philosophical changes. Whatever comes from those meetings is “the first thing on the whiteboard,” coach Mark Daigneault said, when the Summer League team gets together.
This year, the first thing on the whiteboard was pace. And though it was a talking point for the summer Thunder, the expectation is for that conversation to linger into winter.
“The pace of play and the way the ball is moving, this is not a one-off,” Daigneault said after Oklahoma City's 92-82 win against Toronto on Monday.