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OKC Thunder: Dort ‘A young hungry team, we’ll compete every night’

Media Day for the OKC Thunder was front and center today as the players took to the podium to discuss their offseason and upcoming 2021-22 season.

The Thunder executive VP and GM, Sam Presti spoke to the media on Friday kicking off these media sessions with his annual preseason presser.

While the executive touched on individuals one of his comments could easily have been specifically referencing defensive specialist Luguentz Dort:

“For a young group of guys that’s trying to declare themselves — and ultimately, they’re really fighting and clawing and scratching to be a part of the next, to build the identity of the team going forward.