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Oklahoma City Thunder: Top scorers all-time

By Ben Beecken

OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- MAY 12: Russell Westbrook #0 and Kevin Durant #35 of the Oklahoma City Thunder talk during the game against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Six of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2016 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK- MAY 12: Russell Westbrook #0 and Kevin Durant #35 of the Oklahoma City Thunder talk during the game against the San Antonio Spurs in Game Six of the Western Conference Semifinals during the 2016 NBA Playoffs on May 12, 2016 at Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2016 NBAE (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) /
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OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – FEBRUARY 22: Jeff Green #22 of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2011 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images)
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – FEBRUARY 22: Jeff Green #22 of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Mandatory Copyright Notice: Copyright 2011 NBAE (Photo by Layne Murdoch/NBAE via Getty Images) /

4. player. 149. <ul> <li>Three seasons in Oklahoma City (2008-11)</li> <li>3,273 points scored</li> </ul>. Forward. . Jeff Green

Jeff Green was selected fifth overall by the Boston Celtics and sent to Seattle along with Wally Szczerbiak and Delonte West on draft night back in 2007 in the trade that brought Ray Allen to Boston ahead of the Celtics’ 2008 title run. After one year in Seattle — alongside some rookie by the name of Kevin Durant — Green headed to OKC when the franchise relocated.

Green scored 838 points as a rookie SuperSonic, but then tallied 3,273 in Thunder blue and white over the next three seasons. He was a regular starter before being shipped “back” to Boston, the team that officially drafted him, as part of the Kendrick Perkins trade prior to the deadline in 2011.

That 2011 playoff run from the Thunder saw them end up in the Finals sans Green, of course, which forever tainted his reputation in Oklahoma City. After all, the team went on a Finals run and was a Western Conference contender after jettisoning the fourth-highest scorer in franchise history mid-season.

All told, however, Green was a regular starter and played extremely heavy minutes for the Thunder as the team was rapidly improving. He averaged 15.8 points per game in his two full seasons as a starter in OKC, taking advantage of carrying some of the scoring load alongside the painfully young duo of Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook.

Green missed one full season due to a heart condition and after spending parts of four seasons in Boston has bounced to four teams in five seasons, failing to find a permanent NBA home.

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