Greatest weakness(es):
-The fundamentals of basketball! (especially defense)
-Turnovers
Look for Kevin Durant’s possible growth change and maturity in year 3.   The team needs to get stability in many facets of the game and then they can really be something.   
With that said, the Thunder will be 4th in the Northwest Division, 13th in the West!!  (Maybe get the #1 draft pick in 2009!!)  
(On a side note, the Sixers will sweep the Thunder (1-1).  Last year’s loss was quite an off-night for the Sixers that night in OKC.  Andre Iguodala v.s Kevin Durant matchup– that should be fun!!  Our frontcourt should be able to take care of the Thunder’s.

Also, there are some former Sixers on that roster and staff for OKC:  Scott Brooks,  Maurice Cheeks, and Kevin Ollie.

1. Jeff Green (starter)
2. Nenad Kristic (starter)
3. Nick Collison
4. Etan Thomas
5. D.J. White
6. B.J. Mullens (R)
7. Serge Ibaka (R)

I think it’s pretty much open competition for minutes behind Green and Kristic.   Collison has been a proven rebounder and hustle guy for them.  I am not sure what their plan is for their rookies with talent.  Than they brought in a veteran big and still have White.

Inarguably the best type of bench wing player is a guy that can both stroke the 3 as well as play excellent defense.  While Carney certainly isn’t a great at either one, he is good at both, and has shown the ability to hit the three, and has improved both his 2 point and 3 point shooting hugely since not only his rookie NBA year, but during his Memphis days, when he was a flat out AWFUL shooter.

If he can continue to work on his shot, as well as provide good defense as he did in his first two years with us, I’d much rather have a guy like Carney in the Willie Green role than Willie Green going into the future (taller, more athletic, better shooter, better at attacking the lane).

Obviously he’s not getting more then probably 10-12 mpg, but still a nice pickup for the price.

Nick Collison: I think this is going to be the best year of his career.  Certainly will never live up to the hype he had coming out of Kansas, but he’s either been caught in perennial logjams with Wilcox and their former platoon of 10,000 unskilled centers, or has had injury woes.  Collison is a tough player that has a knack for making good plays and is an excellent rebounder because he knows fundamentals like body positioning and actually boxes out.  He’ll be getting the lion’s share of minutes for the first time in a long while, and appears to be healthy, along with having a pretty strong year last year.  When push comes to shove, an ideal forward off the bench though, not as a starter.

Shaun Livingston – I am so in this kid’s camp it’s not funny…Livingston by all accounts is a very humble, good guy off the court, and I loved his game back when he had athleticism (throwback passfirst point) before the injury.  This team is a great fit for him as it will allow him to prove what game he still has left in a PG position (backup up Westbrook), and giving them another well rounded guard like Harden that has a very high basketball IQ.  I’ve heard Scott Brooks talk a lot about using Livingston as a SG and SF off the bench as well.  Shaun needs a place to call home to relaunch his career and be brought along slowly, and the Zombie Sonics need a bolster to their bench at a low cost.  Perfect fit.  I really hope he can prove he’s still got something left in the tank to offer the NBA.