Oklahoma City Thunder: Biggest strengths and weaknesses for 2017-18

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Weakness: Depth

The Thunder drafted Terrance Ferguson with their first round pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, but he’s a rookie who cannot be relied upon just yet. The Thunder have Enes Kanter coming off the bench, who averaged 14.3 points a game last year in that same role and then Abrines, who is a 3-point specialist.

Also, they have Raymond Felton to back up Westbrook, which is big, but who will back up Paul George and will the production be enough? Doug McDermott could be an answer, but his production has not been up to par.

The Thunder had supporting cast problems last year and that was evident during their playoff series against the Rockets. OKC might have to wheel and deal again to get rotation players. A legit sixth man like Louis Williams will help the team in getting production off the bench.