At no time during the offseason, training camp or preseason did the OKC Thunder ever indicate that Andre Roberson wasn’t on track to be ready to start the 2019-20 season.
There was constancy in the message which was Roberson was on track to participate at camp, in the preseason and then be in the rotation at season start.
At best, the only hints the fanbase received about Roberson’s absence was now that he was getting in full contact practices the team wanted to exercise caution allowing his body time to heal between practice sessions and these sessions with contact.