It hasn't been the most glittering of starts to the season for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Minus Russell Westbrook, who's still recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, for their first two games, the Thunder went 0-3 during opening week. And yet, while the first of those losses was to a familiar face in Kevin Durant, OKC doesn't enter this season gripped with the depression of a team still reeling from the former MVP's departure to Golden State in 2016. No, the franchise located in the NBA's third-smallest market didn't plunge into oblivion after Durant left and joined the superteam of all superteams two years ago.
OKC's Blueprint to Survive Loss of a Star Not Easy to Follow for Pelicans, Bucks
