When the OKC Thunder announced that Deonte Burton had been suspended, they did not stop the hits as they also announced that Burton had been assigned to their G-League affiliate the OKC Blue.
His allocation came at a very timely manner for the Blue as Luguentz Dort had been called up to the varsity squad and they were hit by injury. They were without Myke Henry, Kevin Hervey, and Markel Brown. Not having four key members of your squad makes a massive difference.
However, this still felt like a further punishment for the altercation Burton reportedly had with Dennis Schroder in the Thunder locker room.