Last season, Coach Daigneault experimented with his options in the front-court and the starting lineup changed quite regularly. We saw Jeremiah Robinson-Earl, Isaiah Roby, Derrick Favors and Olivier Sarr all spend minutes at the 5. It is unusual to see so many changes but Favors fell out of favour and JRE’s injury meant that Coach Daigneault had to get creative.
Sam Presti’s decision to draft Chet Holmgren was huge for the Thunder. The addition of Holmgren meant that Oklahoma City would have a ready, available solution at center who could play in different coverages and guard different types of players.