Oklahoma City Thunder: Top scorers all-time
By Ben Beecken
Serge Ibaka was drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008 but did not arrive stateside until 2009, spending his rookie year as a rotation member in Scott Brooks‘ 50-win squad.
The next two seasons saw Ibaka force his way into the starting lineup, blocking 3.7 shots in just 27.2 minutes per game in his third year as a pro — a block rate of a staggering 9.8 percent. The scoring developed, too, albeit not as quickly as the Thunder front office expected, given that Ibaka was seen as the third future star alongside Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook while James Harden was shipped off to Houston.
Ibaka continued to be a solid regular for the Thunder through the 2015-16 season, averaging 11.6 points per game in an OKC uniform, including 13.8 points per game on 51.6 percent shooting in 303 starts over his last three seasons with the Thunder.
Ibaka was traded to the Orlando Magic in the summer of 2016, and in turn was sent north of the border to the Raptors prior to the trade deadline of the 2016-17 season.