The Thunder have long been participants in the summer league, albeit in Orlando. WTLC has sent numerous writers down there over the years, always enjoying the experience to see guys up close, talk to scouts, and observe how cantankerous Larry Bird is in virtually every setting.
My last foray down to Orlando was in 2016. It...did not go well. After a certain Players Tribune PR piece was posted, within minutes the energy escaped the Amway Center. The remaining Thunder guys essentially watched championship aspirations vanish into thin air (which, now that I think of it, may also explain the entire Mitch McGary experience).