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#3 Oklahoma City Thunder
Previous rank: 1st (worldwide)
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Average annual salary: £7.85 million ($10 million)
Highest-paid player: Russell Westbrook ($35.65 million)
The Thunder were widely criticized for their abysmal postseason performance last season after paying the highest luxury tax bill in NBA salary cap history for the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Russell Westbrook. They have, since then, made amends by trading an ageing Melo for Dennis Schroder, who's fit into the sixth man role like a custom-made glove.
The Thunder are much deeper this season than they have been in recent memory, and although the injury bug has deprived us of taking a look at what their roster is capable of in its totality, not much time remains for Andre Roberson's slated comeback in January. Their fortunes in the postseason will depend a lot on how they perform during the 82-game grind that the NBA regular season is.
