NBA: Every Team’s Biggest Early Season Disappointment

Nov 11, 2014; Milwaukee, WI, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder forward

Kevin Durant

and guard

Russell Westbrook

(0) talk during a timeout during the fourth quarter against the Milwaukee Bucks at BMO Harris Bradley Center. Milwaukee won 85-78. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Hanisch-USA TODAY Sports

Oklahoma City Thunder

Biggest Disappointment: Injuries

Specifically, Russell Westbrook’s.

The team came into the season knowing that they’d be without the second best player in the world for about two months. What they didn’t anticipate is being without their second best player, and probably a top-5 player in the NBA in his own right, for 4-6 weeks on top of Durant’s absence.