After putting forth a tremendous 2024-25 campaign, one where he posted averages of 10.1 points, 4.1 rebounds, and 1.1 steals and earned the first All-Defensive nod of his career, Lu Dort has notably regressed here in his seventh season with the OKC Thunder.
From his long-range shooting efficiency that has dropped from a blistering 40.3 percent over the last two seasons to, now, a mere 33.5 percent in 2025-26, to the stunning fact that Oklahoma City's defense has actually gotten better from an advanced metrics standpoint when he's been off the floor, here in a contract season, the veteran finds himself falling flat.