Over the summer, the Thunder melted down two talented players and flipped them into enough draft picks to start a brand-new franchise. The writing was on the wall after an unspirited first-round playoffs exit versus the Portland Trailblazers, but it's wild to enter the 2019-20 NBA season where the most famous returning player is Steven Adams. Granted, Hornets legend Chris Paul will be returning to OKC, but the rumor mill is already churning with stories about how the Thunder is looking to dump him ASAP.
Knowing all that, it's both weird and oddly fitting that the biggest news coming from the OKC Thunder's media day was general manager Sam Presti showing up with a beard: