The Oklahoma City Thunder held the fourth day of their 2022-23 training camp on Friday.
Following practice, Thunder head coach Mark Daigneault, forward Jaylin Williams and rookie Cason Wallace spoke with the media. The Thunder are mere days away from their preseason opener against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday, Oct. 9.
Buy Thunder TicketsPrior to the trio talking to the media, practice footage was also recorded as several players were still in the facility. The final two players left on the court were Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Jalen Williams as they worked together.
Let’s recap what Daigneault, Williams and Wallace had to say following Friday’s practice.
Josh Giddey working on his FTs with Chip Engelland pic.twitter.com/W2RWlR890a
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
JRE, Sarr & White working on their corner 3s pic.twitter.com/dUPXb6XWAN
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
SGA & JDub last 2 players on the court today pic.twitter.com/HjHfg9SrjC
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
Mark Daigneault said they scrimmaged with 2 teams for the majority of today’s practice:
“(I thought) we were pretty organized… On the whole, we’re pacing well in terms of what we wanna get in.”
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
Mark Daigneault on the curiosity level of facing Wemby on Monday: pic.twitter.com/KRHdozza9j
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
I asked Mark Daigneault if everyone was tracking to play Monday and he confirmed everyone besides Aleksej Pokusevski (Ankle) is tracking to play Monday as of now against the Spurs and Victor Wembanyama.
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) October 6, 2023
Cason Wallace was going to talk media first but then Jaylin Williams jogged past him and told him to wait lmao
“My rookie gotta wait a little bit,” JWill joked
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
I asked Jaylin Williams about Monday facing off with Victor Wembanyama pic.twitter.com/HUOxadtuWm
— Rylan Stiles (@Rylan_Stiles) October 6, 2023
Cason Wallace on playing in front of OKC fans for the first time: “I’m very excited to see the atmosphere and what a game day is like.”
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
Interesting story from Cason Wallace today:
When asked if he’s ever met SGA prior to being drafted by OKC, he said he met SGA & Dort a few years ago during a Thunder game
— Clemente Almanza (@CAlmanza1007) October 6, 2023
