OKLAHOMA CITY — In 2022, the won 24 games. They were two years removed from a 2020 postseason appearance, two years into rebuilding, often referenced first within broader conversations about the league’s tanking epidemic. Other franchises lost more, and for longer, than them. But they were losing, even as they wheeled and dealed for draft picks and temporarily homed celebrated veterans. And it appeared they would keep losing, at least for a few more years, even while discovering promising... Read this story
